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In the decremental $(1+\epsilon)$-approximate Single-Source Shortest Path (SSSP) problem, we are given a graph $G=(V,E)$ with $n = |V|, m = |E|$, undergoing edge deletions, and a distinguished source $s \in V$, and we are asked to process…

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We give a deterministic $m^{1+o(1)}$ time algorithm that computes exact maximum flows and minimum-cost flows on directed graphs with $m$ edges and polynomially bounded integral demands, costs, and capacities. As a consequence, we obtain the…

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Computing a minimum path cover (MPC) of a directed acyclic graph (DAG) is a fundamental problem with a myriad of applications, including reachability. Although it is known how to solve the problem by a simple reduction to minimum flow,…

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We present the first non-trivial fully dynamic algorithm maintaining exact single-source distances in unweighted graphs. This resolves an open problem stated by Sankowski [COCOON 2005] and van den Brand and Nanongkai [FOCS 2019]. Previous…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-09-29 Jan van den Brand , Adam Karczmarz

We give a deterministic $O(m\log^{2/3}n)$-time algorithm for single-source shortest paths (SSSP) on directed graphs with real non-negative edge weights in the comparison-addition model. This is the first result to break the $O(m+n\log n)$…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-07-31 Ran Duan , Jiayi Mao , Xiao Mao , Xinkai Shu , Longhui Yin

Pseudo-deterministic algorithms are randomized algorithms that, with high constant probability, output a fixed canonical solution. The study of pseudo-deterministic algorithms for the global minimum cut problem was recently initiated by…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-02-24 Yotam Kenneth-Mordoch

We present two new and efficient algorithms for computing all-pairs shortest paths. The algorithms operate on directed graphs with real (possibly negative) weights. They make use of directed path consistency along a vertex ordering d. Both…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-01-21 Léon R. Planken , Mathijs M. de Weerdt , Roman P. J. van der Krogt

We consider the single-source shortest paths problem on a directed graph with real-valued (possibly negative) edge weights and solve this problem in $n^{2+o(1)}$ time by refining the shortcutting procedure introduced in Li, Li, Rao, and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-02-19 George Z. Li , Jason Li , Junkai Zhang

In undirected graphs with real non-negative weights, we give a new randomized algorithm for the single-source shortest path (SSSP) problem with running time $O(m\sqrt{\log n \cdot \log\log n})$ in the comparison-addition model. This is the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-10-05 Ran Duan , Jiayi Mao , Xinkai Shu , Longhui Yin

Given a directed graph $G$ with arbitrary real-valued weights, the single source shortest-path problem (SSSP) asks for, given a source $s$ in $G$, finding a shortest path from $s$ to each vertex $v$ in $G$. A classical SSSP algorithm…

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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…

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We consider the Shortest Odd Path problem, where given an undirected graph $G$, a weight function on its edges, and two vertices $s$ and $t$ in $G$, the aim is to find an $(s,t)$-path with odd length and, among all such paths, of minimum…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-08-25 Alpár Jüttner , Csaba Király , Lydia Mirabel Mendoza-Cadena , Gyula Pap , Ildikó Schlotter , Yutaro Yamaguchi

A minimum path cover (MPC) of a directed acyclic graph (DAG) $G = (V,E)$ is a minimum-size set of paths that together cover all the vertices of the DAG. Computing an MPC is a basic polynomial problem, dating back to Dilworth's and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-11-18 Manuel Caceres , Massimo Cairo , Brendan Mumey , Romeo Rizzi , Alexandru I. Tomescu

We study the decremental All-Pairs Shortest Paths (APSP) problem in undirected edge-weighted graphs. The input to the problem is an $n$-vertex $m$-edge graph $G$ with non-negative edge lengths, that undergoes a sequence of edge deletions.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-09-14 Julia Chuzhoy

We study the exact fully dynamic shortest paths problem. For real-weighted directed graphs, we show a deterministic fully dynamic data structure with $\tilde{O}(mn^{4/5})$ worst-case update time processing arbitrary $s,t$-distance queries…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-08-27 Adam Karczmarz , Piotr Sankowski

This paper presents parallel, distributed and quantum algorithms for single-source shortest paths when edges can have negative weights (negative-weight SSSP). We show a framework that reduces negative-weight SSSP in all these setting to…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-12-20 Vikrant Ashvinkumar , Aaron Bernstein , Nairen Cao , Christoph Grunau , Bernhard Haeupler , Yonggang Jiang , Danupon Nanongkai , Hsin Hao Su

The girth of a graph, i.e. the length of its shortest cycle, is a fundamental graph parameter. Unfortunately all known algorithms for computing, even approximately, the girth and girth-related structures in directed weighted $m$-edge and…

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We significantly improve known time bounds for solving the minimum cut problem on undirected graphs. We use a ``semi-duality'' between minimum cuts and maximum spanning tree packings combined with our previously developed random sampling…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2007-05-23 David R. Karger

We present an all-pairs shortest path algorithm whose running time on a complete directed graph on $n$ vertices whose edge weights are chosen independently and uniformly at random from $[0,1]$ is $O(n^2)$, in expectation and with high…

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