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Given a simple connected undirected graph G = (V, E), a set X \subseteq V(G), and integers k and p, STEINER SUBGRAPH EXTENSION problem asks if there exists a set S \supseteq X with at most k vertices such that G[S] is p-edge-connected. This…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-10-07 Eduard Eiben , Diptapriyo Majumdar , M. S. Ramanujan

An edge-colored graph is said to be balanced if it has an equal number of edges of each color. Given a graph $G$ whose edges are colored using two colors and a positive integer $k$, the objective in the Edge Balanced Connected Subgraph…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-04-03 P. S. Ardra , R. Krithika , Saket Saurabh , Roohani Sharma

We present a new exact algorithm for the Steiner tree problem in edge-weighted graphs. Our algorithm improves the classical dynamic programming approach by Dreyfus and Wagner. We achieve a significantly better practical performance via…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-09-09 Stefan Hougardy , Jannik Silvanus , Jens Vygen

The synchronizing word of deterministic automaton is a word in the alphabet of colors (considered as letters) of its edges that maps the automaton to a single state. A coloring of edges of a directed graph is synchronizing if the coloring…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2011-11-10 A. N. Trahtman

The Euclidean Steiner tree problem seeks the min-cost network to connect a collection of target locations, and it underlies many applications of wireless networks. In this paper, we present a study on solving the Euclidean Steiner tree…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-09-22 Siqi Wang , Yifan Wang , Guangmo Tong

We consider Directed Steiner Forest (DSF), a fundamental problem in network design. The input to DSF is a directed edge-weighted graph $G = (V, E)$ and a collection of vertex pairs $\{(s_i, t_i)\}_{i \in [k]}$. The goal is to find a minimum…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-10-24 Chandra Chekuri , Rhea Jain

The inference of minimum spanning arborescences within a set of objects is a general problem which translates into numerous application-specific unsupervised learning tasks. We introduce a unified and generic structure called edit…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-08-02 Lucas Gnecco , Nicolas Boria , Sébastien Bougleux , Florian Yger , David B. Blumenthal

The geometric bottleneck Steiner network problem on a set of vertices $X$ embedded in a normed plane requires one to construct a graph $G$ spanning $X$ and a variable set of $k\geq 0$ additional points, such that the length of the longest…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-01-22 M. Brazil , C. J. Ras , D. A. Thomas

In the classical Steiner tree problem, given an undirected, connected graph $G=(V,E)$ with non-negative edge costs and a set of \emph{terminals} $T\subseteq V$, the objective is to find a minimum-cost tree $E' \subseteq E$ that spans the…

In the present paper, we study algorithmic questions for the arc-intersection graph of directed paths on a tree. Such graphs are known to be perfect (proved by Monma and Wei in 1986). We present faster algorithms than all previously known…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2009-02-10 Olivier Durand de Gévigney , Frédéric Meunier , Christian Popa , Julien Reygner , Ayrin Romero

We consider connectivity augmentation problems in the Steiner setting, where the goal is to augment the edge-connectivity between a specified subset of terminal nodes. In the Steiner Augmentation of a Graph problem ($k$-SAG), we are given a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-08-12 Daniel Hathcock , Michael Zlatin

Given two points s and t in the plane and a set of obstacles defined by closed curves, what is the minimum number of obstacles touched by a path connecting s and t? This is a fundamental and well-studied problem arising naturally in…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2020-12-01 Neeraj Kumar , Daniel Lokshtanov , Saket Saurabh , Subhash Suri

An instance of the maximum mixed graph orientation problem consists of a mixed graph and a collection of source-target vertex pairs. The objective is to orient the undirected edges of the graph so as to maximize the number of pairs that…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2012-04-03 Iftah Gamzu , Moti Medina

We study a special case of the Steiner Tree problem in which the input graph does not have a minor model of a complete graph on 4 vertices for which all branch sets contain a terminal. We show that this problem can be solved in $O(n^4)$…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-10-10 Carla Groenland , Jesper Nederlof , Tomohiro Koana

We present an $O(\log k)$-approximation for both the edge-weighted and node-weighted versions of \DST in planar graphs where $k$ is the number of terminals. We extend our approach to \MDST (in general graphs \MDST and \DST are easily seen…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-04-25 Zachary Friggstad , Ramin Mousavi

We study a variation of the graph colouring problem on random graphs of finite average connectivity. Given the number of colours, we aim to maximise the number of different colours at neighbouring vertices (i.e. one edge distance) of any…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-11 S. Bounkong , J. van Mourik , D. Saad

We study the replacement paths problem in the $\mathsf{CONGEST}$ model of distributed computing. Given an $s$-$t$ shortest path $P$, the goal is to compute, for every edge $e$ in $P$, the shortest-path distance from $s$ to $t$ avoiding $e$.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-08-28 Yi-Jun Chang , Yanyu Chen , Dipan Dey , Gopinath Mishra , Hung Thuan Nguyen , Bryce Sanchez

Consider a graph whose vertices are colored in one of two colors, say black or white. A white vertex is called integrated if it has at least as many black neighbors as white neighbors, and similarly for a black vertex. The coloring as a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-06-10 Charles Burnette , Broden Caton , Olivia Coward , Julian Davis , Austin Teter

Uniform cost-distance Steiner trees minimize the sum of the total length and weighted path lengths from a dedicated root to the other terminals. They are applied when the tree is intended for signal transmission, e.g. in chip design or…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-07-31 Josefine Foos , Stephan Held , Yannik Kyle Dustin Spitzley

We introduce a new variant of the geometric Steiner arborescence problem, motivated by the layout of flow maps. Flow maps show the movement of objects between places. They reduce visual clutter by bundling lines smoothly and avoiding…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2011-09-16 Kevin Buchin , Bettina Speckmann , Kevin Verbeek