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We develop new $(1+\epsilon)$-approximation algorithms for finding the global minimum edge-cut in a directed edge-weighted graph, and for finding the global minimum vertex-cut in a directed vertex-weighted graph. Our algorithms are…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-12-17 Ron Mosenzon

This study addresses the limitations of the traditional analysis of message-passing, central to graph learning, by defining {\em \textbf{generalized propagation}} with directed and weighted graphs. The significance manifest in two ways.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-02-14 Chen Lin , Liheng Ma , Yiyang Chen , Wanli Ouyang , Michael M. Bronstein , Philip H. S. Torr

We give the first almost-linear total time algorithm for deciding if a flow of cost at most $F$ still exists in a directed graph, with edge costs and capacities, undergoing decremental updates, i.e., edge deletions, capacity decreases, and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-07-16 Jan van den Brand , Li Chen , Rasmus Kyng , Yang P. Liu , Simon Meierhans , Maximilian Probst Gutenberg , Sushant Sachdeva

While it is known that using network coding can significantly improve the throughput of directed networks, it is a notorious open problem whether coding yields any advantage over the multicommodity flow (MCF) rate in undirected networks. It…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-08-24 Mark Braverman , Sumegha Garg , Ariel Schvartzman

A $t$-spanner of an undirected $n$-vertex graph $G$ is a sparse subgraph $H$ of $G$ that preserves all pairwise distances between its vertices to within multiplicative factor $t$, also called the \emph{stretch}. We investigate the problem…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-01-29 Julia Chuzhoy , Merav Parter

An extended formulation of a polytope is a linear description of this polytope using extra variables besides the variables in which the polytope is defined. The interest of extended formulations is due to the fact that many interesting…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-06-14 Samuel Fiorini , Kanstantsin Pashkovich

We give an algorithm to find a mincut in an $n$-vertex, $m$-edge weighted directed graph using $\tilde O(\sqrt{n})$ calls to any maxflow subroutine. Using state of the art maxflow algorithms, this yields a directed mincut algorithm that…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-04-19 Ruoxu Cen , Jason Li , Danupon Nanongkai , Debmalya Panigrahi , Thatchaphol Saranurak

We make several advances broadly related to the maintenance of electrical flows in weighted graphs undergoing dynamic resistance updates, including: 1. More efficient dynamic spectral vertex sparsification, achieved by faster length…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-12-02 Jan van den Brand , Yu Gao , Arun Jambulapati , Yin Tat Lee , Yang P. Liu , Richard Peng , Aaron Sidford

We study two "above guarantee" versions of the classical Longest Path problem on undirected and directed graphs and obtain the following results. In the first variant of Longest Path that we study, called Longest Detour, the task is to…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-01-11 Fedor V. Fomin , Petr A. Golovach , William Lochet , Danil Sagunov , Kirill Simonov , Saket Saurabh

In this paper we study the problem of finding $(\epsilon, \phi)$-expander decompositions of a graph in the streaming model, in particular for dynamic streams of edge insertions and deletions. The goal is to partition the vertex set so that…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-05-30 Yu Chen , Michael Kapralov , Mikhail Makarov , Davide Mazzali

We consider the distributed and parallel construction of low-diameter decompositions with strong diameter for (weighted) graphs and (weighted) graphs that can be separated through $k \in \tilde{O}(1)$ shortest paths. This class of graphs…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-12-02 Jinfeng Dou , Thorsten Götte , Henning Hillebrandt , Christian Scheideler , Julian Werthmann

Goemans and Williamson designed a 0.878-approximation algorithm for Max-Cut in undirected graphs [JACM'95]. Khot, Kindler, Mosel, and O'Donnel showed that the approximation ratio of the Goemans-Williamson algorithm is optimal assuming…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-09-16 Tamio-Vesa Nakajima , Stanislav Živný

A disconnected cut of a connected graph is a vertex cut that itself also induces a disconnected subgraph. The decision problem whether a graph has a disconnected cut is called Disconnected Cut. This problem is closely related to several…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-03-13 Barnaby Martin , Daniel Paulusma , Erik Jan van Leeuwen

We show an improved parallel algorithm for decomposing an undirected unweighted graph into small diameter pieces with a small fraction of the edges in between. These decompositions form critical subroutines in a number of graph algorithms.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2013-07-16 Gary L. Miller , Richard Peng , Shen Chen Xu

We present a randomized augmenting paths-based algorithm to compute the maximum flow in a directed, uncapacitated graph in almost $m+nF$ time, matching the algorithm of Karger and Levine for undirected graphs (SICOMP 2015). Combined with an…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-04-17 Jason Li

We give a combinatorial algorithm for computing exact maximum flows in directed graphs with $n$ vertices and edge capacities from $\{1,\dots,U\}$ in $\tilde{O}(n^{2}\log U)$ time, which is near-optimal on dense graphs. This shaves an…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-10-21 Aaron Bernstein , Joakim Blikstad , Jason Li , Thatchaphol Saranurak , Ta-Wei Tu

The theory of graphons is ultimately connected with the so-called cut norm. In this paper, we approach the cut norm topology via the weak* topology (when considering a predual of $L^{1}$-functions). We prove that a sequence…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-01-05 Martin Doležal , Jan Grebík , Jan Hladký , Israel Rocha , Václav Rozhoň

In this paper we present an O(n log n) algorithm for finding a maximum flow in a directed planar graph, where the vertices are subject to capacity constraints, in addition to the arcs. If the source and the sink are on the same face, then…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2009-05-05 Haim Kaplan , Yahav Nussbaum

Expansion property of a graph refers to its strong connectivity as well as sparseness. It has been reported that deep neural networks can be pruned to a high degree of sparsity while maintaining their performance. Such pruning is essential…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-03-19 Suryam Arnav Kalra , Arindam Biswas , Pabitra Mitra , Biswajit Basu

In the graph stream model of computation, an algorithm processes the edges of an input graph in one or more sequential passes while using a memory sublinear in the input size. This model poses significant challenges for constructing long…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-08-25 Christian Konrad , Chhaya Trehan