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An $\tilde{O}(n^{2.5})$-Time Algorithm for Online Topological Ordering

Computer Science and Game Theory 2008-08-23 v2 Data Structures and Algorithms

Abstract

We present an O~(n2.5)\tilde{O}(n^{2.5})-time algorithm for maintaining the topological order of a directed acyclic graph with nn vertices while inserting mm edges.

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@article{arxiv.0804.3860,
  title  = {An $\tilde{O}(n^{2.5})$-Time Algorithm for Online Topological Ordering},
  author = {Hsiao-Fei Liu and Kun-Mao Chao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0804.3860},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

Better results have been proposed in the following paper: Haeupler, Kavitha, Mathew, Sen, Tarjan: Faster Algorithms for Incremental Topological Ordering. ICALP (1) 2008: 421-433

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