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Distributed and Parallel Low-Diameter Decompositions for Arbitrary and Restricted Graphs

Authors Jinfeng Dou , Thorsten Götte , Henning Hillebrandt , Christian Scheideler , Julian Werthmann

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  • Mathematics of computing → Graph algorithms
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Abstract

We consider the distributed and parallel construction of low-diameter decompositions with strong diameter. We present algorithms for arbitrary undirected, weighted graphs and also for undirected, weighted graphs that can be separated through k ∈ Õ(1) shortest paths. This class of graphs includes planar graphs, graphs of bounded treewidth, and graphs that exclude a fixed minor K_r. Our algorithms work in the PRAM, CONGEST, and the novel HYBRID communication model and are competitive in all relevant parameters. Given 𝒟 > 0, our low-diameter decomposition algorithm divides the graph into connected clusters of strong diameter 𝒟. For an arbitrary graph, an edge e ∈ E of length 𝓁_e is cut between two clusters with probability O(𝓁_e⋅log(n)/𝒟). If the graph can be separated by k ∈ Õ(1) paths, the probability improves to O(𝓁_e⋅log(log n)/𝒟). In either case, the decompositions can be computed in Õ(1) depth and Õ(m) work in the PRAM and Õ(1) time in the HYBRID model. In CONGEST, the runtimes are Õ(HD + √n) and Õ(HD) respectively. All these results hold w.h.p.
Broadly speaking, we present distributed and parallel implementations of sequential divide-and-conquer algorithms where we replace exact shortest paths with approximate shortest paths. In contrast to exact paths, these can be efficiently computed in the distributed and parallel setting [STOC '22]. Further, and perhaps more importantly, we show that instead of explicitly computing vertex-separators to enable efficient parallelization of these algorithms, it suffices to sample a few random paths of bounded length and the nodes close to them. Thereby, we do not require complex embeddings whose implementation is unknown in the distributed and parallel setting.

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Jinfeng Dou, Thorsten Götte, Henning Hillebrandt, Christian Scheideler, and Julian Werthmann. Distributed and Parallel Low-Diameter Decompositions for Arbitrary and Restricted Graphs. In 16th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 325, pp. 45:1-45:26, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025) https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2025.45

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Jinfeng Dou
  • Paderborn University, Germany
Thorsten Götte
  • University of Hamburg, Germany
Henning Hillebrandt
  • Paderborn University, Germany
Christian Scheideler
  • Paderborn University, Germany
Julian Werthmann
  • Paderborn University, Germany

Funding

J. Dou acknowledges the support by the China Scholarship Council under grant number 202006220268. T. Götte acknowledges the support by DFG grant 491453517.

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