Fast dynamic cuts, distances and effective resistances via vertex sparsifiers

L Chen, G Goranci, M Henzinger… - 2020 IEEE 61st …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a general framework of designing efficient dynamic approximate algorithms for
optimization problems on undirected graphs. In particular, we develop a technique that …

Fully dynamic st edge connectivity in subpolynomial time

W Jin, X Sun - 2021 IEEE 62nd Annual Symposium on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a deterministic fully dynamic algorithm to answer c-edge connectivity queries on
pairs of vertices in n°(1) worst case update and query time for any positive integer c=(log …

Near-optimal deterministic vertex-failure connectivity oracles

Y Long, T Saranurak - 2022 IEEE 63rd Annual Symposium on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We revisit the vertex-failure connectivity oracle problem. This is one of the most basic graph
data structure problems under vertex updates, yet its complexity is still not well-understood …

Minor sparsifiers and the distributed laplacian paradigm

S Forster, G Goranci, YP Liu, R Peng… - 2021 IEEE 62nd …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We study distributed algorithms built around minor-based vertex sparsifiers, and give the first
algorithm in the CONGEST model for solving linear systems in graph Laplacian matrices to …

Fully Dynamic Min-Cut of Superconstant Size in Subpolynomial Time

W Jin, X Sun, M Thorup - Proceedings of the 2024 Annual ACM-SIAM …, 2024 - SIAM
We present a deterministic fully dynamic algorithm with subpolynomial worst-case time per
graph update such that after processing each update of the graph, the algorithm outputs a …

Maintaining expander decompositions via sparse cuts

Y Hua, R Kyng, MP Gutenberg, Z Wu - Proceedings of the 2023 Annual ACM …, 2023 - SIAM
In this article, we show that the algorithm of maintaining expander decompositions in graphs
undergoing edge deletions directly by removing sparse cuts repeatedly can be made …

A cut-matching game for constant-hop expanders

B Haeupler, J Huebotter, M Ghaffari - Proceedings of the 2025 Annual ACM …, 2025 - SIAM
This paper extends and generalizes the well-known cut-matching game framework and
provides a novel cut-strategy that produces constant-hop expanders. Constant-hop …

Deterministic small vertex connectivity in almost linear time

T Saranurak… - 2022 IEEE 63rd Annual …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the vertex connectivity problem, given an undirected n-vertex m-edge graph G, we need to
compute the minimum number of vertices that can disconnect G after removing them. This …

Incremental Approximate Maximum Flow on Undirected Graphs in Subpolynomial Update Time

J van den Brand, L Chen, R Kyng, YP Liu, R Peng… - Proceedings of the 2024 …, 2024 - SIAM
We provide an algorithm which, with high probability, maintains a (1—ɛ)-approximate
maximum flow on an undirected graph undergoing m-edge additions in amortized mo (1) ɛ …

A Simple and Near-Optimal Algorithm for Directed Expander Decompositions

AL Sulser, MP Gutenberg - arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.04542, 2024 - arxiv.org
In this work, we present the first algorithm to compute expander decompositions in an $ m $-
edge directed graph with near-optimal time $\tilde {O}(m) $. Further, our algorithm can …