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We are interested in computing an approximation of the maximum flow in large (brain) connectivity networks. The maximum flow in such networks is of interest in order to better understand the routing of information in the human brain.…
In this work, we present the first algorithm to compute expander decompositions in an m-edge directed graph with near-optimal time \~O(m). Further, our algorithm can maintain such a decomposition in a dynamic graph and again obtains…
The support of a flow $x$ in a network is the subdigraph induced by the arcs $uv$ for which $x(uv)>0$. We discuss a number of results on flows in networks where we put certain restrictions on structure of the support of the flow. Many of…
We study dynamic network flows with uncertain input data under a robust optimization perspective. In the dynamic maximum flow problem, the goal is to maximize the flow reaching the sink within a given time horizon $T$, while flow requires a…
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…
In this paper, we discuss the maximum flow problem in the two-party communication model, where two parties, each holding a subset of edges on a common vertex set, aim to compute the maximum flow of the union graph with minimal…
We present linear time {\it in-place} algorithms for several basic and fundamental graph problems including the well-known graph search methods (like depth-first search, breadth-first search, maximum cardinality search), connectivity…
In this paper we show an O(n^(3/2) log^2 n) time algorithm for finding a maximum flow in a planar graph with multiple sources and multiple sinks. This is the fastest algorithm whose running time depends only on the number of vertices in the…
The maximal biclique enumeration problem in bipartite graphs is fundamental and has numerous applications in E-commerce and transaction networks. Most existing studies adopt a branch-and-bound framework, which recursively expands a partial…
Network flow is one of the most studied combinatorial optimization problems having innumerable applications. Any flow on a directed acyclic graph $G$ having $n$ vertices and $m$ edges can be decomposed into a set of $O(m)$ paths. In some…
We provide $m^{1+o(1)}k\epsilon^{-1}$-time algorithms for computing multiplicative $(1 - \epsilon)$-approximate solutions to multi-commodity flow problems with $k$-commodities on $m$-edge directed graphs, including concurrent…
We devise the first constant-factor approximation algorithm for finding an integral multi-commodity flow of maximum total value for instances where the supply graph together with the demand edges can be embedded on an orientable surface of…
We give an almost-linear time algorithm for the Steiner connectivity augmentation problem: given an undirected graph, find a smallest (or minimum weight) set of edges whose addition makes a given set of terminals $\tau$-connected (for any…
We introduce the notion of {\em fair cuts} as an approach to leverage approximate $(s,t)$-mincut (equivalently $(s,t)$-maxflow) algorithms in undirected graphs to obtain near-linear time approximation algorithms for several cut problems.…
In this paper we present an $\tilde{O}(m\sqrt{n}\log^{O(1)}U)$ time algorithm for solving the maximum flow problem on directed graphs with $m$ edges, $n$ vertices, and capacity ratio $U$. This improves upon the previous fastest running time…
We study the problem of scheduling a set of jobs with release dates, deadlines and processing requirements (or works), on parallel speed-scaled processors so as to minimize the total energy consumption. We consider that both preemption and…
We present algorithms for solving a large class of flow and regression problems on unit weighted graphs to $(1 + 1 / poly(n))$ accuracy in almost-linear time. These problems include $\ell_p$-norm minimizing flow for $p$ large ($p \in…
We present an algorithm for min-cost flow in graphs with $n$ vertices and $m$ edges, given a tree decomposition of width $\tau$ and size $S$, and polynomially bounded, integral edge capacities and costs, running in…
We present the first polynomial-time algorithm for computing a near-optimal \emph{flow}-expander decomposition. Given a graph $G$ and a parameter $\phi$, our algorithm removes at most a $\phi\log^{1+o(1)}n$ fraction of edges so that every…
We study a delay-sensitive information flow problem where a source streams information to a sink over a directed graph G(V,E) at a fixed rate R possibly using multiple paths to minimize the maximum end-to-end delay, denoted as the…