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Consider a computer network that consists of a path with $n$ nodes. The nodes are labeled with inputs from a constant-sized set, and the task is to find output labels from a constant-sized set subject to some local constraints---more…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2019-02-19 Alkida Balliu , Sebastian Brandt , Yi-Jun Chang , Dennis Olivetti , Mikaël Rabie , Jukka Suomela

One of the central models in distributed computing is Linial's LOCAL model [SIAM J. Comp. 1992]. Over time, researchers have studied distributed graph problems in the LOCAL model under slightly different assumptions, such as whether nodes…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2026-05-14 Alkida Balliu , Sebastian Brandt , Fabian Kuhn , Dennis Olivetti , Timothé Picavet , Gustav Schmid

Consider any locally checkable labeling problem $\Pi$ in rooted regular trees: there is a finite set of labels $\Sigma$, and for each label $x \in \Sigma$ we specify what are permitted label combinations of the children for an internal node…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2022-09-05 Alkida Balliu , Sebastian Brandt , Yi-Jun Chang , Dennis Olivetti , Jan Studený , Jukka Suomela , Aleksandr Tereshchenko

By prior work, we have many results related to distributed graph algorithms for problems that can be defined with local constraints; the formal framework used in prior work is locally checkable labeling problems (LCLs), introduced by Naor…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-07-09 Alkida Balliu , Mohsen Ghaffari , Fabian Kuhn , Augusto Modanese , Dennis Olivetti , Mikaël Rabie , Jukka Suomela , Jara Uitto

Locally checkable labeling problems (LCLs) form the foundation of the modern theory of distributed graph algorithms. First introduced in the seminal paper by Naor and Stockmeyer [STOC 1993], these are graph problems that can be described by…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2026-02-23 Antonio Cruciani , Avinandan Das , Alesya Raevskaya , Jukka Suomela

In this work we introduce the graph-theoretic notion of mendability: for each locally checkable graph problem we can define its mending radius, which captures the idea of how far one needs to modify a partial solution in order to "patch a…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2021-09-15 Alkida Balliu , Juho Hirvonen , Darya Melnyk , Dennis Olivetti , Joel Rybicki , Jukka Suomela

In this work we study local computation with advice: the goal is to solve a graph problem $\Pi$ with a distributed algorithm in $T(\Delta)$ communication rounds, for some function $T$ that only depends on the maximum degree $\Delta$ of the…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-08-25 Alkida Balliu , Sebastian Brandt , Fabian Kuhn , Krzysztof Nowicki , Dennis Olivetti , Eva Rotenberg , Jukka Suomela

Locally Checkable Labeling (LCL) problems include essentially all the classic problems of $\mathsf{LOCAL}$ distributed algorithms. In a recent enlightening revelation, Chang and Pettie [arXiv 1704.06297] showed that any LCL (on bounded…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-05-17 Manuela Fischer , Mohsen Ghaffari

LCLs or locally checkable labelling problems (e.g. maximal independent set, maximal matching, and vertex colouring) in the LOCAL model of computation are very well-understood in cycles (toroidal 1-dimensional grids): every problem has a…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2017-05-25 Sebastian Brandt , Juho Hirvonen , Janne H. Korhonen , Tuomo Lempiäinen , Patric R. J. Östergård , Christopher Purcell , Joel Rybicki , Jukka Suomela , Przemysław Uznański

The LOCAL model is among the main models for studying locality in the framework of distributed network computing. This model is however subject to pertinent criticisms, including the facts that all nodes wake up simultaneously, perform in…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2019-12-09 Carole Delporte-Gallet , Hugues Fauconnier , Pierre Fraigniaud , Mikaël Rabie

Locally checkable labeling problems (LCLs) are distributed graph problems in which a solution is globally feasible if it is locally feasible in all constant-radius neighborhoods. Vertex colorings, maximal independent sets, and maximal…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2020-02-19 Alkida Balliu , Sebastian Brandt , Dennis Olivetti , Jukka Suomela

We consider locally checkable labeling LCL problems in the LOCAL model of distributed computing. Since 2016, there has been a substantial body of work examining the possible complexities of LCL problems. For example, it has been established…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2023-11-14 Yi-Jun Chang

Recent research revealed the existence of gaps in the complexity landscape of locally checkable labeling (LCL) problems in the LOCAL model of distributed computing. For example, the deterministic round complexity of any LCL problem on…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-09-22 Yi-Jun Chang

A rich line of work has been addressing the computational complexity of locally checkable labelings (LCLs), illustrating the landscape of possible complexities. In this paper, we study the landscape of LCL complexities under bandwidth…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-05-18 Alkida Balliu , Keren Censor-Hillel , Yannic Maus , Dennis Olivetti , Jukka Suomela

In this work, we give a unifying view of locality in four settings: distributed algorithms, sequential greedy algorithms, dynamic algorithms, and online algorithms. We introduce a new model of computing, called the online-LOCAL model: the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-11-15 Amirreza Akbari , Navid Eslami , Henrik Lievonen , Darya Melnyk , Joona Särkijärvi , Jukka Suomela

The locality of a graph problem is the smallest distance $T$ such that each node can choose its own part of the solution based on its radius-$T$ neighborhood. In many settings, a graph problem can be solved efficiently with a distributed or…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2021-12-14 Yi-Jun Chang , Jan Studený , Jukka Suomela

In this paper, we present the first known example of a locally checkable labeling problem (LCL) that admits asymptotic distributed quantum advantage in the LOCAL model of distributed computing: our problem can be solved in $O(\log n)$…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-04-08 Alkida Balliu , Filippo Casagrande , Francesco d'Amore , Massimo Equi , Barbara Keller , Henrik Lievonen , Dennis Olivetti , Gustav Schmid , Jukka Suomela

We connect three distinct lines of research that have recently explored extensions of the classical LOCAL model of distributed computing: A. distributed quantum computing and non-signaling distributions [e.g. STOC 2024], B.…

Many graph problems are locally checkable: a solution is globally feasible if it looks valid in all constant-radius neighborhoods. This idea is formalized in the concept of locally checkable labelings (LCLs), introduced by Naor and…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2019-04-12 Alkida Balliu , Juho Hirvonen , Christoph Lenzen , Dennis Olivetti , Jukka Suomela

The landscape of the distributed time complexity is nowadays well-understood for subpolynomial complexities. When we look at deterministic algorithms in the LOCAL model and locally checkable problems (LCLs) in bounded-degree graphs, the…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2020-03-26 Alkida Balliu , Sebastian Brandt , Dennis Olivetti , Jukka Suomela
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