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We consider the problem of throughput-optimal broadcast- ing in time-varying wireless networks, whose underlying topology is restricted to Directed Acyclic Graphs (DAG). Previous broadcast algorithms route packets along spanning trees. In…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-04-05 Abhishek Sinha , Leandros Tassiulas , Eytan Modiano

A network can contain numerous spanning trees. If two spanning trees $T_i,T_j$ do not share any common edges, $T_i$ and $T_j$ are said to be pairwisely edge-disjoint. For spanning trees $T_1, T_2, ..., T_m$, if every two of them are…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2026-04-08 Xiaorui Li , Baolei Cheng , Jianxi Fan , Yan Wang , Dajin Wang

We have a set of processors (or agents) and a set of graph networks defined over some vertex set. Each processor can access a subset of the graph networks. Each processor has a demand specified as a pair of vertices $<u, v>$, along with a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2012-10-08 Venkatesan T. Chakaravarthy , Sambuddha Roy , Yogish Sabharwal

Probabilistic message-passing algorithms are developed for routing transmissions in multi-wavelength optical communication networks, under node and edge-disjoint routing constraints and for various objective functions. Global routing…

Physics and Society · Physics 2022-04-25 Yi-Zhi Xu , Ho Fai Po , Chi Ho Yeung , David Saad

Spanning trees are fundamental for efficient communication in networks. For fault-tolerant communication, it is desirable to have multiple spanning trees to ensure resilience against failures of nodes and edges. To this end, various notions…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2026-04-23 Anil Maheshwari , Karthik Murali , Michiel Smid

In this paper we design and prove correct a fully dynamic distributed algorithm for maintaining an approximate Steiner tree that connects via a minimum-weight spanning tree a subset of nodes of a network (referred as Steiner members or…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2015-05-13 Lélia Blin , Maria Gradinariu Potop-Butucaru , Stephane Rovedakis

We develop distributed algorithms to allocate resources in multi-hop wireless networks with the aim of minimizing total cost. In order to observe the fundamental duplexing constraint that co-located transmitters and receivers cannot operate…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-11-15 Yufang Xi , Edmund M. Yeh

Motivated by the increasing need for fast processing of large-scale graphs, we study a number of fundamental graph problems in a message-passing model for distributed computing, called $k$-machine model, where we have $k$ machines that…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2023-02-10 Khalid Hourani , Hartmut Klauck , William K. Moses , Danupon Nanongkai , Gopal Pandurangan , Peter Robinson , Michele Scquizzato

We consider the minimum spanning tree problem with predictions, using the weight-arrival model, i.e., the graph is given, together with predictions for the weights of all edges. Then the actual weights arrive one at a time and an…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-02-24 Magnus Berg , Joan Boyar , Lene M. Favrholdt , Kim S. Larsen

In this work, we study protocols so that populations of distributed processes can construct networks. In order to highlight the basic principles of distributed network construction we keep the model minimal in all respects. In particular,…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2014-07-11 Othon Michail , Paul G. Spirakis

We deal with the problem of maintaining a shortest-path tree rooted at some process r in a network that may be disconnected after topological changes. The goal is then to maintain a shortest-path tree rooted at r in its connected component,…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2017-12-01 Stéphane Devismes , David Ilcinkas , Colette Johnen

Due to its broad applications in practice, the minimum spanning tree problem and its all kinds of variations have been studied extensively during the last decades, for which a host of efficient exact and heuristic algorithms have been…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-05 Yang Xu , Lianmin Zhang

Connectivity queries, which check whether vertices belong to the same connected component, are fundamental in graph computations. Sliding window connectivity processes these queries over sliding windows, facilitating real-time streaming…

Databases · Computer Science 2025-01-07 Chao Zhang , Angela Bonifati , Tamer Özsu

We consider distributed optimization by a collection of nodes, each having access to its own convex function, whose collective goal is to minimize the sum of the functions. The communications between nodes are described by a time-varying…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-03-18 Angelia Nedic , Alex Olshevsky

Building a spanning tree, minimum spanning tree (MST), and BFS tree in a distributed network are fundamental problems which are still not fully understood in terms of time and communication cost. x The first work to succeed in computing a…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2019-07-30 Ali Mashreghi , Valerie King

Multicast allows sending a message to multiple recipients without having to create and send a separate message for each recipient. This preserves network bandwidth, which is particularly important in time-sensitive networks. These networks…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-10-24 Heiko Geppert , Frank Dürr , Simon Naß , Kurt Rothermel

The most popular algorithms for generation of minimal spanning tree are Kruskal and Prim algorithm. Many algorithms have been proposed for generation of all spanning tree. This paper deals with generation of all possible spanning trees in…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2012-09-20 Barun Biswas , Krishnendu Basuli , Saptarshi Naskar , Saomya Chakraborti , Samar Sen Sarma

Multicast communication primitives have broad utility as building blocks for distributed applications. The challenge is to create and maintain the distributed structures that support these primitives while accounting for volatile end nodes…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Matei Ripeanu , Adriana Iamnitchi , Ian Foster , Anne Rogers

The semi-streaming model is a variant of the streaming model frequently used for the computation of graph problems. It allows the edges of an $n$-node input graph to be read sequentially in $p$ passes using $\tilde{O}(n)$ space. In this…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-01-22 Yi-Jun Chang , Martin Farach-Colton , Tsan-Sheng Hsu , Meng-Tsung Tsai

We investigate the properties of the spanning trees of various real-world and model networks. The spanning tree representing the communication kernel of the original network is determined by maximizing total weight of edges, whose weights…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Dong-Hee Kim , Jae Dong Noh , Hawoong Jeong