5 Search Results for "Groz, Benoit"


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Computational Geometry with Probabilistically Noisy Primitive Operations

Authors: David Eppstein, Michael T. Goodrich, and Vinesh Sridhar

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 349, 19th International Symposium on Algorithms and Data Structures (WADS 2025)


Abstract
Much prior work has been done on designing computational geometry algorithms that handle input degeneracies, data imprecision, and arithmetic round-off errors. We take a new approach, inspired by the noisy sorting literature, and study computational geometry algorithms subject to noisy Boolean primitive operations in which, e.g., the comparison "is point q above line 𝓁?" returns the wrong answer with some fixed probability. We propose a novel technique called path-guided pushdown random walks that generalizes the results of noisy sorting. We apply this technique to solve point-location, plane-sweep, convex hulls in 2D and 3D, and Delaunay triangulations for noisy primitives in optimal time with high probability.

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David Eppstein, Michael T. Goodrich, and Vinesh Sridhar. Computational Geometry with Probabilistically Noisy Primitive Operations. In 19th International Symposium on Algorithms and Data Structures (WADS 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 349, pp. 24:1-24:20, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)


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@InProceedings{eppstein_et_al:LIPIcs.WADS.2025.24,
  author =	{Eppstein, David and Goodrich, Michael T. and Sridhar, Vinesh},
  title =	{{Computational Geometry with Probabilistically Noisy Primitive Operations}},
  booktitle =	{19th International Symposium on Algorithms and Data Structures (WADS 2025)},
  pages =	{24:1--24:20},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-398-0},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{349},
  editor =	{Morin, Pat and Oh, Eunjin},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.WADS.2025.24},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-242552},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.WADS.2025.24},
  annote =	{Keywords: Computational geometry, noisy comparisons, random walks}
}
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Edge-Minimum Walk of Modular Length in Polynomial Time

Authors: Antoine Amarilli, Benoît Groz, and Nicole Wein

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 325, 16th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2025)


Abstract
We study the problem of finding, in a directed graph, an st-walk of length r od q which is edge-minimum, i.e., uses the smallest number of distinct edges. Despite the vast literature on paths and cycles with modularity constraints, to the best of our knowledge we are the first to study this problem. Our main result is a polynomial-time algorithm that solves this task when r and q are constants. We also show how our proof technique gives an algorithm to solve a generalization of the well-known Directed Steiner Network problem, in which connections between endpoint pairs are required to satisfy modularity constraints on their length. Our algorithm is polynomial when the number of endpoint pairs and the modularity constraints on the pairs are constants. In this version of the article, proofs and examples are omitted because of space constraints. Detailed proofs are available in the full version [Antoine Amarilli et al., 2024].

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Antoine Amarilli, Benoît Groz, and Nicole Wein. Edge-Minimum Walk of Modular Length in Polynomial Time. In 16th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 325, pp. 5:1-5:23, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)


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@InProceedings{amarilli_et_al:LIPIcs.ITCS.2025.5,
  author =	{Amarilli, Antoine and Groz, Beno\^{i}t and Wein, Nicole},
  title =	{{Edge-Minimum Walk of Modular Length in Polynomial Time}},
  booktitle =	{16th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2025)},
  pages =	{5:1--5:23},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-361-4},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{325},
  editor =	{Meka, Raghu},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2025.5},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-226330},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2025.5},
  annote =	{Keywords: Directed Steiner Network, Modularity}
}
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Inference of Shape Graphs for Graph Databases

Authors: Benoît Groz, Aurélien Lemay, Sławek Staworko, and Piotr Wieczorek

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 220, 25th International Conference on Database Theory (ICDT 2022)


Abstract
We investigate the problem of constructing a shape graph that describes the structure of a given graph database. We employ the framework of grammatical inference, where the objective is to find an inference algorithm that is both sound, i.e., always producing a schema that validates the input graph, and complete, i.e., able to produce any schema, within a given class of schemas, provided that a sufficiently informative input graph is presented. We identify a number of fundamental limitations that preclude feasible inference. We present inference algorithms based on natural approaches that allow to infer schemas that we argue to be of practical importance.

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Benoît Groz, Aurélien Lemay, Sławek Staworko, and Piotr Wieczorek. Inference of Shape Graphs for Graph Databases. In 25th International Conference on Database Theory (ICDT 2022). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 220, pp. 14:1-14:20, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2022)


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@InProceedings{groz_et_al:LIPIcs.ICDT.2022.14,
  author =	{Groz, Beno\^{i}t and Lemay, Aur\'{e}lien and Staworko, S{\l}awek and Wieczorek, Piotr},
  title =	{{Inference of Shape Graphs for Graph Databases}},
  booktitle =	{25th International Conference on Database Theory (ICDT 2022)},
  pages =	{14:1--14:20},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-223-5},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2022},
  volume =	{220},
  editor =	{Olteanu, Dan and Vortmeier, Nils},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ICDT.2022.14},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-158889},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ICDT.2022.14},
  annote =	{Keywords: RDF, Schema, Inference, Learning, Fitting, Minimality, Containment}
}
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Invited Talk
Current Challenges in Graph Databases (Invited Talk)

Authors: Juan L. Reutter

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 155, 23rd International Conference on Database Theory (ICDT 2020)


Abstract
As graph databases grow in popularity, decades of work in graph query languages and models are materialising in industry standards and in the construction of new graph database systems. However, this surge in graph systems has in turn opened up a series of new, interesting research problems related to graph databases. Our first set of problems has to do with more efficient ways of computing the answers of graph queries, specifically graph patterns, path queries, and combinations between them. Traditionally, researchers in graph databases have pointed out that relational systems are ill-equipped to process these types of queries, and if one looks at the performance of native graph database systems, there is clearly a lot of room for improvement. The talk focuses on two possible directions for improving the state of the art in graph query processing. The first is implementing worst-case optimal algorithms for processing graph patterns that traduce in relational queries with several joins. Some advances are already in development (see e.g. Nguyen, Dung, et al. "Join processing for graph patterns: An old dog with new tricks." GRADES'15. or Hogan, Aidan, et al. "A Worst-Case Optimal Join Algorithm for SPARQL." ISWC’19.), but we are still far from a full fledged solution: most algorithms require complex data structures, or need further support in terms of heuristics to select an order in which joins are processed. Second, we need to understand what is the best way of evaluating path queries (that is, finding all pairs of nodes connected by a path), in such a way that these results can be further integrated with other query results in a graph system pipeline. We already have complexity results regarding path computation and enumeration for different semantics of path queries (see e.g. Martens, Wim, and Tina Trautner. "Evaluation and enumeration problems for regular path queries." ICDT'18. or Bagan, Guillaume, Angela Bonifati, and Benoit Groz. "A trichotomy for regular simple path queries on graphs." PODS'13.), but still very little is known in terms of optimal processing of path queries when inside a tractable fragment. Our second set of problems is related to graph analytics, one of the current selling points of graph databases. Systems should be able to run more complex analytical queries involving tasks such as more complex path finding, centrality or clustering. It is also important to be able to run these algorithms not over native graphs, but perhaps over a certain set of nodes or edges previously selected by a graph query, and one may also want to pose further queries over the result of the analytics task. Finally, all of this should be done in an efficient way, specially in the prospect that graph databases may contain a huge amount of nodes. In this talk I will discuss possible approaches to perform these operations, covering aspects from the design of languages for graph analytics to efficient ways of processing them, and also comparing the expressive power of graph analytics solutions with other forms of graph computation.

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Juan L. Reutter. Current Challenges in Graph Databases (Invited Talk). In 23rd International Conference on Database Theory (ICDT 2020). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 155, p. 3:1, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2020)


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@InProceedings{reutter:LIPIcs.ICDT.2020.3,
  author =	{Reutter, Juan L.},
  title =	{{Current Challenges in Graph Databases}},
  booktitle =	{23rd International Conference on Database Theory (ICDT 2020)},
  pages =	{3:1--3:1},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-139-9},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2020},
  volume =	{155},
  editor =	{Lutz, Carsten and Jung, Jean Christoph},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ICDT.2020.3},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-119272},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ICDT.2020.3},
  annote =	{Keywords: Graph databases, Join algorithms, path queries, graph analytics}
}
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Filtering With the Crowd: CrowdScreen Revisited

Authors: Benoit Groz, Ezra Levin, Isaac Meilijson, and Tova Milo

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 48, 19th International Conference on Database Theory (ICDT 2016)


Abstract
Filtering a set of items, based on a set of properties that can be verified by humans, is a common application of CrowdSourcing. When the workers are error-prone, each item is presented to multiple users, to limit the probability of misclassification. Since the Crowd is a relatively expensive resource, minimizing the number of questions per item may naturally result in big savings. Several algorithms to address this minimization problem have been presented in the CrowdScreen framework by Parameswaran et al. However, those algorithms do not scale well and therefore cannot be used in scenarios where high accuracy is required in spite of high user error rates. The goal of this paper is thus to devise algorithms that can cope with such situations. To achieve this, we provide new theoretical insights to the problem, then use them to develop a new efficient algorithm. We also propose novel optimizations for the algorithms of CrowdScreen that improve their scalability. We complement our theoretical study by an experimental evaluation of the algorithms on a large set of synthetic parameters as well as real-life crowdsourcing scenarios, demonstrating the advantages of our solution.

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Benoit Groz, Ezra Levin, Isaac Meilijson, and Tova Milo. Filtering With the Crowd: CrowdScreen Revisited. In 19th International Conference on Database Theory (ICDT 2016). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 48, pp. 12:1-12:18, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2016)


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@InProceedings{groz_et_al:LIPIcs.ICDT.2016.12,
  author =	{Groz, Benoit and Levin, Ezra and Meilijson, Isaac and Milo, Tova},
  title =	{{Filtering With the Crowd: CrowdScreen Revisited}},
  booktitle =	{19th International Conference on Database Theory (ICDT 2016)},
  pages =	{12:1--12:18},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-002-6},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2016},
  volume =	{48},
  editor =	{Martens, Wim and Zeume, Thomas},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ICDT.2016.12},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-57817},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ICDT.2016.12},
  annote =	{Keywords: CrowdSourcing, filtering, algorithms, sprt, hypothesis testing}
}
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