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Throughput is a main performance objective in communication networks. This paper considers a fundamental maximum throughput routing problem -- the all-or-nothing multicommodity flow (ANF) problem -- in arbitrary directed graphs and in the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-07-27 Anya Chaturvedi , Chandra Chekuri , Mengxue Liu , Andréa W. Richa , Mattias Rost , Stefan Schmid , Jamison Weber

The Max-Flow Min-Cut theorem is the classical duality result for the Max-Flow problem, which considers flow of a single commodity. We study a multiple commodity generalization of Max-Flow in which flows are composed of real-valued k-vectors…

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We apply a novel optimization scheme from the image processing and machine learning areas, a fast Primal-Dual method, to achieve controllable and realistic fluid simulations. While our method is generally applicable to many problems in…

Graphics · Computer Science 2017-04-10 Tiffany Inglis , Marie-Lena Eckert , James Gregson , Nils Thuerey

In this paper, the multicommodity network flow (MCNF) problem is formulated as a mixed integer programing model which is known as NP-hard, aiming to optimize the vehicle routing and minimize the total travel cost. We explore the potential…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-02-08 Niu Chence , Purvi Rastogi , Jaikishan Soman , Kausik Tamuli , Vinayak V. Dixit

This paper researches combinatorial algorithms for the multi-commodity flow problem. We relax the capacity constraints and introduce a penalty function $h$ for each arc. If the flow exceeds the capacity on arc $a$, arc $a$ would have a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-10-08 Pengfei Liu

Multi-fluid flows are found in various industrial processes, including metal injection molding and 3D printing. The accuracy of multi-fluid flow modeling is determined by how well interfaces and capillary forces are represented. In this…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-05-10 Michel Nohra , Steven Dufour

We present a scalable solution method based on an alternating direction method of multipliers and graphics processing units (GPUs) for rapidly computing and tracking a solution of alternating current optimal power flow (ACOPF) problem. Such…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-10-14 Youngdae Kim , Kibaek Kim

This work presents a GPU-accelerated solver for the unit commitment (UC) problem in large-scale power grids. The solver uses the Primal-Dual Hybrid Gradient (PDHG) algorithm to efficiently solve the relaxed linear subproblem, achieving…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-12-09 Hussein Sharadga , Javad Mohammadi

The Integer Multicommodity Flow problem has been studied extensively in the literature. However, from a parameterised perspective, mostly special cases, such as the Disjoint Paths problem, have been considered. Therefore, we investigate the…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2023-10-24 Hans L. Bodlaender , Isja Mannens , Jelle J. Oostveen , Sukanya Pandey , Erik Jan van Leeuwen

The Multi-Capacity Fixed-Charge Network Flow (MC-FCNF) problem, a generalization of the Fixed-Charge Network Flow problem, aims to assign capacities to edges in a flow network such that a target amount of flow can be hosted at minimum cost.…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-11-12 Caleb Eardley , Dalton Gomez , Ryan Dupuis , Michael Papadopoulos , Sean Yaw

Networks of interconnected resistors, springs and beams, or pores are standard models of studying scalar and vector transport processes in heterogeneous materials and media, such as fluid flow in porous media, and conduction, deformations,…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-08-12 Hassan Dashtian , Muhammad Sahimi

We present an efficient implementation for running three-dimensional numerical simulations of fluid-structure interaction problems on single GPUs, based on Nvidia CUDA through Numba and Python. The incompressible flow around moving bodies…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-12-05 M. Guerrero-Hurtado , J. M. Catalán , M. Moriche , A. Gonzalo , O. Flores

Network super point is a kind of special host which plays an important role in network management and security. For a core network, detecting super points in real time is a burden task because it requires plenty computing resources to keep…

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The Maximum Flow (Max-Flow) problem is a cornerstone in graph theory and combinatorial optimization, aiming to determine the largest possible flow from a designated source node to a sink node within a capacitated flow network. It has…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-11-04 Shruthi Kannappan , Ashwina Kumar , Rupesh Nasre

The purpose of this work is to develop an algorithmic optimization approach for a capacitated Multi-Commodity flow problem, where the objective is to minimize the total link costs, where the cost of each arc increases convexly with its…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-03-11 Guillaume Beraud-Sudreau , Lucas Létocart , Youcef Magnouche , Sébastien Martin

This paper addresses the scheduling problem of coflows in identical parallel networks, which is a well-known $NP$-hard problem. Coflow is a relatively new network abstraction used to characterize communication patterns in data centers. We…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-12-21 Chi-Yeh Chen

We investigate a family of approximate multi-step proximal point methods, framed as implicit linear discretizations of gradient flow. The resulting methods are multi-step proximal point methods, with similar computational cost in each…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-01-15 Yushen Huang , Yifan Sun

High-fidelity simulations of unsteady fluid flow are now possible with advancements in high-performance computing hardware and software frameworks. Since computational fluid dynamics (CFD) computations are dominated by linear algebraic…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-02-28 Rahul Sundar , Dipanjan Majumdar , Chhote Lal Shah , Sunetra Sarkar

We propose a GPU-accelerated distributed optimization algorithm for controlling multi-phase optimal power flow in active distribution systems with dynamically changing topologies. To handle varying network configurations and enable…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-01-15 Minseok Ryu , Geunyeong Byeon , Kibaek Kim

Multi-depot vehicle routing problems (MDVRPs) are prevalent in a variety of practical applications. However, they are computationally challenging to solve due to their inherent complexity. This paper proposes an effective hybrid algorithm…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-05-08 Zhenyu Lei , Jin-Kao Hao