57 Search Results for "Klein, Rolf"


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Delaunay Triangulations with Predictions

Authors: Sergio Cabello, Timothy M. Chan, and Panos Giannopoulos

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 362, 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)


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We investigate algorithms with predictions in computational geometry, specifically focusing on the basic problem of computing 2D Delaunay triangulations. Given a set P of n points in the plane and a triangulation G that serves as a "prediction" of the Delaunay triangulation, we would like to use G to compute the correct Delaunay triangulation DT(P) more quickly when G is "close" to DT(P). We obtain a variety of results of this type, under different deterministic and probabilistic settings, including the following: 1) Define D to be the number of edges in G that are not in DT(P). We present a deterministic algorithm to compute DT(P) from G in O(n + Dlog³ n) time, and a randomized algorithm in O(n+Dlog n) expected time, the latter of which is optimal in terms of D. 2) Let R be a random subset of the edges of DT(P), where each edge is chosen independently with probability ρ. Suppose G is any triangulation of P that contains R. We present an algorithm to compute DT(P) from G in O(nlog log n + nlog(1/ρ)) time with high probability. 3) Define d_{vio} to be the maximum number of points of P strictly inside the circumcircle of a triangle in G (the number is 0 if G is equal to DT(P)). We present a deterministic algorithm to compute DT(P) from G in O(nlog^*n + nlog d_{vio}) time. We also obtain results in similar settings for related problems such as 2D Euclidean minimum spanning trees, and hope that our work will open up a fruitful line of future research.

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Sergio Cabello, Timothy M. Chan, and Panos Giannopoulos. Delaunay Triangulations with Predictions. In 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 362, pp. 31:1-31:23, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)


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@InProceedings{cabello_et_al:LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.31,
  author =	{Cabello, Sergio and Chan, Timothy M. and Giannopoulos, Panos},
  title =	{{Delaunay Triangulations with Predictions}},
  booktitle =	{17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)},
  pages =	{31:1--31:23},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-410-9},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2026},
  volume =	{362},
  editor =	{Saraf, Shubhangi},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.31},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-253186},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.31},
  annote =	{Keywords: Delaunay Triangulation, Minimum Spanning Tree, Algorithms with Predictions}
}
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A Simple Algorithm for Combinatorial n-Fold ILPs Using the Steinitz Lemma

Authors: Sushmita Gupta, Pallavi Jain, Sanjay Seetharaman, and Meirav Zehavi

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 358, 20th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2025)


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We present an algorithm for a class of n-fold ILPs whose existing algorithms in literature are often either (1) based on the augmentation framework where one starts with an arbitrary solution and then iteratively moves towards an optimal solution by solving appropriate programs; or (2) require solving a linear relaxation of the program; or (3) are based on decomposition/proximity based arguments. Combinatorial n-fold ILPs is a class of n-fold ILPs introduced and studied by Knop et al. [MP2020] that captures several other problems in a variety of domains. We present a simple and direct algorithm that solves combinatorial n-fold ILPs with unbounded non-negative variables via an application of the Steinitz lemma. Depending on the structure of the input ILP, we also improve upon the existing algorithms in the literature in terms of the running time, thereby showing an improvement that mirrors the one shown by Rohwedder [ICALP2025] contemporaneously and independently.

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Sushmita Gupta, Pallavi Jain, Sanjay Seetharaman, and Meirav Zehavi. A Simple Algorithm for Combinatorial n-Fold ILPs Using the Steinitz Lemma. In 20th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 358, pp. 14:1-14:17, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)


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@InProceedings{gupta_et_al:LIPIcs.IPEC.2025.14,
  author =	{Gupta, Sushmita and Jain, Pallavi and Seetharaman, Sanjay and Zehavi, Meirav},
  title =	{{A Simple Algorithm for Combinatorial n-Fold ILPs Using the Steinitz Lemma}},
  booktitle =	{20th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2025)},
  pages =	{14:1--14:17},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-407-9},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{358},
  editor =	{Agrawal, Akanksha and van Leeuwen, Erik Jan},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2025.14},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-251467},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2025.14},
  annote =	{Keywords: n-fold integer linear program, parameterized algorithms}
}
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New Algorithm for Combinatorial n-Folds and Applications

Authors: Klaus Jansen, Kai Kahler, Lis Pirotton, and Malte Tutas

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 358, 20th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2025)


Abstract
Block-structured integer linear programs (ILPs) play an important role in various application fields. We address n-fold ILPs where the matrix 𝒜 has a specific structure, i.e., where the blocks in the lower part of 𝒜 consist only of the row vectors (1,… ,1). In this paper, we propose an approach tailored to exactly these combinatorial n-folds. We utilize a divide and conquer approach to separate the original problem such that the right-hand side iteratively decreases in size. We show that this decrease in size can be calculated such that we only need to consider a bounded amount of possible right-hand sides. This, in turn, lets us efficiently combine solutions of the smaller right-hand sides to solve the original problem. We can decide the feasibility of, and also optimally solve, such problems in time (n r Δ)^O(r) log(‖b‖_∞), where n is the number of blocks, r the number of rows in the upper blocks and Δ = ‖A‖_∞. We complement the algorithm by discussing applications of the n-fold ILPs with the specific structure we require. We consider the problems of (i) scheduling on uniform machines, (ii) closest string and (iii) (graph) imbalance. Regarding (i), our algorithm results in running times of p_max^O(d)|I|^O(1), matching a lower bound derived via ETH. For (ii) we achieve running times matching the current state-of-the-art in the general case. In contrast to the state-of-the-art, our result can leverage a bounded number of column-types to yield an improved running time. For (iii), we improve the parameter dependency on the size of the vertex cover.

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Klaus Jansen, Kai Kahler, Lis Pirotton, and Malte Tutas. New Algorithm for Combinatorial n-Folds and Applications. In 20th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 358, pp. 15:1-15:15, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)


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@InProceedings{jansen_et_al:LIPIcs.IPEC.2025.15,
  author =	{Jansen, Klaus and Kahler, Kai and Pirotton, Lis and Tutas, Malte},
  title =	{{New Algorithm for Combinatorial n-Folds and Applications}},
  booktitle =	{20th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2025)},
  pages =	{15:1--15:15},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-407-9},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{358},
  editor =	{Agrawal, Akanksha and van Leeuwen, Erik Jan},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2025.15},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-251472},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2025.15},
  annote =	{Keywords: integer linear programming, n-fold, parameterized complexity, scheduling, uniform machines}
}
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Parallel Complexity of Depth-First-Search and Maximal Path in Restricted Graph Classes

Authors: Archit Chauhan, Samir Datta, and M. Praveen

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 360, 45th IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (FSTTCS 2025)


Abstract
Constructing a Depth First Search (DFS) tree is a fundamental graph problem, whose parallel complexity is still not settled. Reif showed parallel intractability of lex-first DFS. In contrast, randomized parallel algorithms (and more recently, deterministic quasipolynomial parallel algorithms) are known for constructing a DFS tree in general (di)graphs. However a deterministic parallel algorithm for DFS in general graphs remains an elusive goal. Working towards this, a series of works gave deterministic NC algorithms for DFS in planar graphs and digraphs. We further extend these results to more general graph classes, by providing NC algorithms for (di)graphs of bounded genus, and for undirected H-minor-free graphs where H is a fixed graph with at most one crossing. For the case of (di)graphs of bounded treewidth, we further improve the complexity to a Logspace bound. Constructing a maximal path is a simpler problem (that reduces to DFS) for which no deterministic parallel bounds are known for general graphs. For planar graphs a bound of O(log n) parallel time on a CRCW PRAM (thus in NC²) is known. We improve this bound to Logspace.

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Archit Chauhan, Samir Datta, and M. Praveen. Parallel Complexity of Depth-First-Search and Maximal Path in Restricted Graph Classes. In 45th IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (FSTTCS 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 360, pp. 23:1-23:21, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)


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@InProceedings{chauhan_et_al:LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2025.23,
  author =	{Chauhan, Archit and Datta, Samir and Praveen, M.},
  title =	{{Parallel Complexity of Depth-First-Search and Maximal Path in Restricted Graph Classes}},
  booktitle =	{45th IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (FSTTCS 2025)},
  pages =	{23:1--23:21},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-406-2},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{360},
  editor =	{Aiswarya, C. and Mehta, Ruta and Roy, Subhajit},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2025.23},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-251041},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2025.23},
  annote =	{Keywords: Parallel Complexity, Graph Algorithms, Depth First Search, Maximal Path, Planar Graphs, Minor-Free, Treewidth, Logspace}
}
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Fault-Tolerant Approximate Distance Oracles with a Source Set

Authors: Dipan Dey and Telikepalli Kavitha

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 360, 45th IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (FSTTCS 2025)


Abstract
Our input is an undirected weighted graph G = (V,E) on n vertices along with a source set S ⊆ V. The problem is to preprocess G and build a compact data structure such that upon query Qu(s,v,f) where (s,v) ∈ S×V and f is any faulty edge, we can quickly find a good estimate (i.e., within a small multiplicative stretch) of the s-v distance in G-f. We use a fault-tolerant ST-distance oracle from the work of Bilò et al. (STACS 2018) to construct an S×V approximate distance oracle or sourcewise approximate distance oracle of size Õ(|S|n + n^{3/2}) with multiplicative stretch at most 5. We construct another fault-tolerant sourcewise approximate distance oracle of size Õ(|S|n + n^{4/3}) with multiplicative stretch at most 13. Both the oracles have O(1) query answering time.

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Dipan Dey and Telikepalli Kavitha. Fault-Tolerant Approximate Distance Oracles with a Source Set. In 45th IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (FSTTCS 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 360, pp. 27:1-27:15, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)


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@InProceedings{dey_et_al:LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2025.27,
  author =	{Dey, Dipan and Kavitha, Telikepalli},
  title =	{{Fault-Tolerant Approximate Distance Oracles with a Source Set}},
  booktitle =	{45th IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (FSTTCS 2025)},
  pages =	{27:1--27:15},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-406-2},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{360},
  editor =	{Aiswarya, C. and Mehta, Ruta and Roy, Subhajit},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2025.27},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-251081},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2025.27},
  annote =	{Keywords: Weighted graphs, approximate distances, fault-tolerant data structures}
}
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Parameterized Complexity of Directed Traveling Salesman Problem

Authors: Václav Blažej, Andreas Emil Feldmann, Foivos Fioravantes, Paweł Rzążewski, and Ondřej Suchý

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 359, 36th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2025)


Abstract
The Directed Traveling Salesman Problem (DTSP) is a variant of the classical Traveling Salesman Problem in which the edges in the graph are directed and a vertex and edge can be visited multiple times. The goal is to find a directed closed walk of minimum length (or total weight) that visits every vertex of the given graph at least once. In a yet more general version, Directed Waypoint Routing Problem (DWRP), some vertices are marked as terminals and we are only required to visit all terminals. Furthermore, each edge has its capacity bounding the number of times this edge can be used by a solution. While both problems (and many other variants of TSP) were extensively investigated, mostly from the approximation point of view, there are surprisingly few results concerning the parameterized complexity. Our starting point is the result of Marx et al. [APPROX/RANDOM 2016] who proved that DTSP is W[1]-hard parameterized by distance to pathwidth 3. In this paper we aim to initiate the systematic complexity study of variants of Directed Traveling Salesman Problem with respect to various, mostly structural, parameters. We show that DWRP is FPT parameterized by the solution size, the feedback edge number and the vertex integrity of the underlying undirected graph. Furthermore, the problem is XP parameterized by treewidth. On the complexity side, we show that the problem is W[1]-hard parameterized by the distance to constant treedepth.

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Václav Blažej, Andreas Emil Feldmann, Foivos Fioravantes, Paweł Rzążewski, and Ondřej Suchý. Parameterized Complexity of Directed Traveling Salesman Problem. In 36th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 359, pp. 15:1-15:18, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)


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@InProceedings{blazej_et_al:LIPIcs.ISAAC.2025.15,
  author =	{Bla\v{z}ej, V\'{a}clav and Feldmann, Andreas Emil and Fioravantes, Foivos and Rz\k{a}\.{z}ewski, Pawe{\l} and Such\'{y}, Ond\v{r}ej},
  title =	{{Parameterized Complexity of Directed Traveling Salesman Problem}},
  booktitle =	{36th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2025)},
  pages =	{15:1--15:18},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-408-6},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{359},
  editor =	{Chen, Ho-Lin and Hon, Wing-Kai and Tsai, Meng-Tsung},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2025.15},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-249231},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2025.15},
  annote =	{Keywords: Directed TSP, parameterized complexity, vertex integrity, treedepth}
}
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Structural Parameterizations of Simultaneous Planarity

Authors: Thomas Depian, Simon D. Fink, Alexander Firbas, Robert Ganian, Matthias Pfretzschner, and Ignaz Rutter

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 359, 36th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2025)


Abstract
Given a set of graphs on the same vertex set, the problem Simultaneous Embedding With Fixed Edges (SEFE) asks, whether there exist planar drawings of all input graphs, such that every pair of drawings coincides on their shared subgraph. It is known that SEFE is NP-complete [Elisabeth Gassner et al., 2006], even in the so-called sunflower case, where all pairs of input graphs have the same shared graph G_∩ [Marcus Schaefer, 2012]. Fink, Pfretzschner, and Rutter [Simon D. Fink et al., 2023] recently initiated the study of the parameterized complexity of SEFE in the sunflower case, mainly focusing on structural parameters of G_∩. In this work, we shift the focus towards parameters of the union graph G_∪ that contains the edges of all input graphs. On the positive side, we establish fixed-parameter tractability for the problem with respect to the feedback edge set number of G_∪. We complement this result by showing that it, surprisingly, remains NP-complete even if G_∪ has constant vertex cover number. These results settle two open questions posed by Fink et al. [Simon D. Fink et al., 2023].

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Thomas Depian, Simon D. Fink, Alexander Firbas, Robert Ganian, Matthias Pfretzschner, and Ignaz Rutter. Structural Parameterizations of Simultaneous Planarity. In 36th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 359, pp. 25:1-25:17, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)


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@InProceedings{depian_et_al:LIPIcs.ISAAC.2025.25,
  author =	{Depian, Thomas and Fink, Simon D. and Firbas, Alexander and Ganian, Robert and Pfretzschner, Matthias and Rutter, Ignaz},
  title =	{{Structural Parameterizations of Simultaneous Planarity}},
  booktitle =	{36th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2025)},
  pages =	{25:1--25:17},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-408-6},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{359},
  editor =	{Chen, Ho-Lin and Hon, Wing-Kai and Tsai, Meng-Tsung},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2025.25},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-249332},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2025.25},
  annote =	{Keywords: SEFE, Simultaneous Planarity, Fixed-Parameter Tractability, NP-hardness}
}
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Planar Stories of Graph Drawings: Algorithms and Experiments

Authors: Carla Binucci, Sabine Cornelsen, Walter Didimo, Seok-Hee Hong, Eleni Katsanou, Maurizio Patrignani, Antonios Symvonis, and Samuel Wolf

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 357, 33rd International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization (GD 2025)


Abstract
We address the problem of computing a dynamic visualization of a geometric graph G as a sequence of frames. Each frame shows only a portion of the graph but their union covers G entirely. The two main requirements of our dynamic visualization are: (i) guaranteeing drawing stability, so to preserve the user’s mental map; (ii) keeping the visual complexity of each frame low. To satisfy the first requirement, we never change the position of the vertices. Regarding the second requirement, we avoid edge crossings in each frame. More precisely, in the first frame we visualize a suitable subset of non-crossing edges; in each subsequent frame, exactly one new edge enters the visualization and all the edges that cross with it are deleted. We call such a sequence of frames a planar story of G. Our goal is to find a planar story whose minimum number of edges contemporarily displayed is maximized (i.e., a planar story that maximizes the minimum frame size). Besides studying our model from a theoretical point of view, we also design and experimentally compare different algorithms, both exact techniques and heuristics. These algorithms provide an array of alternative trade-offs between efficiency and effectiveness, also depending on the structure of the input graph.

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Carla Binucci, Sabine Cornelsen, Walter Didimo, Seok-Hee Hong, Eleni Katsanou, Maurizio Patrignani, Antonios Symvonis, and Samuel Wolf. Planar Stories of Graph Drawings: Algorithms and Experiments. In 33rd International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization (GD 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 357, pp. 32:1-32:19, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)


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@InProceedings{binucci_et_al:LIPIcs.GD.2025.32,
  author =	{Binucci, Carla and Cornelsen, Sabine and Didimo, Walter and Hong, Seok-Hee and Katsanou, Eleni and Patrignani, Maurizio and Symvonis, Antonios and Wolf, Samuel},
  title =	{{Planar Stories of Graph Drawings: Algorithms and Experiments}},
  booktitle =	{33rd International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization (GD 2025)},
  pages =	{32:1--32:19},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-403-1},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{357},
  editor =	{Dujmovi\'{c}, Vida and Montecchiani, Fabrizio},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.GD.2025.32},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-250182},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.GD.2025.32},
  annote =	{Keywords: Graph Drawing, Dynamic Graphs, Graph Stories, Heuristics, ILP}
}
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Approach of Agents with Restricted Fuel Tanks

Authors: Adam Ganczorz, Tomasz Jurdzinski, Andrzej Pelc, and Grzegorz Stachowiak

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 356, 39th International Symposium on Distributed Computing (DISC 2025)


Abstract
Two mobile agents, modelled as points in the plane moving at speed 1, have to get at a distance at most 1 from each other. This task is known as approach or rendezvous in the plane. An adversary initially places both agents at distinct points, called their bases, at distance at most D, and wakes them up at possibly different times. Each of the agents has a fuel tank that allows them to traverse a trajectory of length D, and can be replenished at the base of the agent. The algorithm of each agent consists of a series of actions which are either moves at a chosen distance in a chosen direction or staying idle for a chosen period of time. For a given instance of the approach task, the execution time of an approach algorithm is the length of the period between the start of the later agent and the moment of approach. Our goal is to design approach algorithms with optimal time complexity. We consider two independent coherence assumptions. One of them is time coherence, i.e., agents start simultaneously, and the other is orientation coherence: agents have compatible compasses, showing the same North direction. Our main result is establishing optimal time complexity of the approach problem with restricted fuel tanks. It turns out that this optimal complexity heavily depends on the above coherence assumptions. If both of them are satisfied then approach can be performed in time O(D²) and we show that this complexity is optimal. If any of the two coherence assumptions is missing then approach can be performed in time O(D²√D) and we prove that this order of magnitude cannot be improved. Our main technical contribution are lower bounds showing that, for each of the considered scenarios, our fairly natural approach algorithms are, in fact, optimal.

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Adam Ganczorz, Tomasz Jurdzinski, Andrzej Pelc, and Grzegorz Stachowiak. Approach of Agents with Restricted Fuel Tanks. In 39th International Symposium on Distributed Computing (DISC 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 356, pp. 33:1-33:22, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)


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@InProceedings{ganczorz_et_al:LIPIcs.DISC.2025.33,
  author =	{Ganczorz, Adam and Jurdzinski, Tomasz and Pelc, Andrzej and Stachowiak, Grzegorz},
  title =	{{Approach of Agents with Restricted Fuel Tanks}},
  booktitle =	{39th International Symposium on Distributed Computing (DISC 2025)},
  pages =	{33:1--33:22},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-402-4},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{356},
  editor =	{Kowalski, Dariusz R.},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.DISC.2025.33},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-248506},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.DISC.2025.33},
  annote =	{Keywords: mobile agent, approach, rendezvous, plane, restricted energy}
}
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Constructing Long Paths in Graph Streams

Authors: Christian Konrad and Chhaya Trehan

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 351, 33rd Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2025)


Abstract
In the graph stream model of computation, an algorithm processes the edges of an n-vertex input graph in one or more sequential passes while using a memory that is sublinear in the input size. The streaming model poses significant challenges for algorithmically constructing long paths. Many known algorithms that are tasked with extending an existing path as a subroutine require an entire pass over the input to add a single additional edge. This raises a fundamental question: Are multiple passes inherently necessary to construct paths of non-trivial lengths, or can a single pass suffice? To address this question, we systematically study the Longest Path problem in the one-pass streaming model. In this problem, given a desired approximation factor α, the objective is to compute a path of length at least lp(G)/α, where lp(G) is the length of a longest path in the input graph G. We study the problem in the insertion-only and the insertion-deletion streaming models, and we give algorithms as well as space lower bounds for both undirected and directed graphs. Our results are: 1) We show that for undirected graphs, in both the insertion-only and the insertion-deletion models, there are semi-streaming algorithms, i.e., algorithms that use space O(n poly log n), that compute a path of length at least d/3 with high probability, where d is the average degree of the input graph. These algorithms can also yield an α-approximation to Longest Path using space Õ(n²/α). 2) Next, we show that such a result cannot be achieved for directed graphs, even in the insertion-only model. We show that computing a (n^{1-o(1)})-approximation to Longest Path in directed graphs in the insertion-only model requires space Ω(n²). This result is in line with recent results that demonstrate that processing directed graphs is often significantly harder than undirected graphs in the streaming model. 3) We further complement our results with two additional lower bounds. First, we show that semi-streaming space is insufficient for small constant factor approximations to Longest Path for undirected graphs in the insertion-only model. Last, in undirected graphs in the insertion-deletion model, we show that computing an α-approximation requires space Ω(n²/α³).

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Christian Konrad and Chhaya Trehan. Constructing Long Paths in Graph Streams. In 33rd Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 351, pp. 22:1-22:19, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)


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@InProceedings{konrad_et_al:LIPIcs.ESA.2025.22,
  author =	{Konrad, Christian and Trehan, Chhaya},
  title =	{{Constructing Long Paths in Graph Streams}},
  booktitle =	{33rd Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2025)},
  pages =	{22:1--22:19},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-395-9},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{351},
  editor =	{Benoit, Anne and Kaplan, Haim and Wild, Sebastian and Herman, Grzegorz},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ESA.2025.22},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-244902},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ESA.2025.22},
  annote =	{Keywords: Longest Path Problem, Streaming Algorithms, One-way Two-party Communication Complexity}
}
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On Geodesic Disks Enclosing Many Points

Authors: Prosenjit Bose, Guillermo Esteban, David Orden, Rodrigo I. Silveira, and Tyler Tuttle

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


Abstract
Let Π(n) be the largest number such that for every set S of n points in a polygon P, there always exist two points x, y ∈ S, where every geodesic disk containing x and y contains Π(n) points of S. We establish upper and lower bounds for Π(n), and show that ⌈n/5⌉ +1 ≤ Π(n) ≤ ⌈n/4⌉ +1. We also show that there always exist two points x, y ∈ S such that every geodesic disk with x and y on its boundary contains at least 16/665(n-2) ≈ ⌈(n-2)/41.6⌉ points both inside and outside the disk. For the special case where the points of S are restricted to be the vertices of a geodesically convex polygon we give a tight bound of ⌈n/3⌉ + 1. We provide the same tight bound when we only consider geodesic disks having x and y as diametral endpoints. Finally, we give a lower bound of ⌈(n-2)/36⌉+2 for the two-colored version of the problem.

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Prosenjit Bose, Guillermo Esteban, David Orden, Rodrigo I. Silveira, and Tyler Tuttle. On Geodesic Disks Enclosing Many Points. In 19th International Symposium on Algorithms and Data Structures (WADS 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 349, pp. 10:1-10:20, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)


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@InProceedings{bose_et_al:LIPIcs.WADS.2025.10,
  author =	{Bose, Prosenjit and Esteban, Guillermo and Orden, David and Silveira, Rodrigo I. and Tuttle, Tyler},
  title =	{{On Geodesic Disks Enclosing Many Points}},
  booktitle =	{19th International Symposium on Algorithms and Data Structures (WADS 2025)},
  pages =	{10:1--10:20},
  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.2025.10},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-242414},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.WADS.2025.10},
  annote =	{Keywords: Enclosing disks, Geodesic disks, Bichromatic}
}
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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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Grandchildren-Weight-Balanced Binary Search Trees

Authors: Vincent Jugé

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


Abstract
We revisit weight-balanced trees, also known as trees of bounded balance. Invented by Nievergelt and Reingold in 1972, these trees are obtained by assigning a weight to each node and requesting that the weight of each node should be quite larger than the weights of its children, the precise meaning of "quite larger" depending on a real-valued parameter γ. Blum and Mehlhorn then showed how to maintain them in a recursive (bottom-up) fashion when 2/11 ⩽ γ ⩽ 1-1/√2, their algorithm requiring only an amortised constant number of tree rebalancing operations per update (insertion or deletion). Later, in 1993, Lai and Wood proposed a top-down procedure for updating these trees when 2/11 ⩽ γ ⩽ 1/4. Our contribution is two-fold. First, we strengthen the requirements of Nievergelt and Reingold, by also requesting that each node should have a substantially larger weight than its grandchildren, thereby obtaining what we call grandchildren-balanced trees. Grandchildren-balanced trees are not harder to maintain than weight-balanced trees, but enjoy a smaller node depth, both in the worst case (with a 6 % decrease) and on average (with a 1.6 % decrease). In particular, unlike standard weight-balanced trees, all grandchildren-balanced trees with n nodes are of height less than 2 log₂(n). Second, we adapt the algorithm of Lai and Wood to all weight-balanced trees, i.e., to all parameter values γ such that 2/11 ⩽ γ ⩽ 1-1/√2. More precisely, we adapt it to all grandchildren-balanced trees for which 1/4 < γ ⩽ 1 - 1/√2. Finally, we show that, except in limit cases (where, for instance, γ = 1 - 1/√2), all these algorithms result in making a constant amortised number of tree rebalancing operations per tree update.

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Vincent Jugé. Grandchildren-Weight-Balanced Binary Search Trees. In 19th International Symposium on Algorithms and Data Structures (WADS 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 349, pp. 40:1-40:19, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)


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@InProceedings{juge:LIPIcs.WADS.2025.40,
  author =	{Jug\'{e}, Vincent},
  title =	{{Grandchildren-Weight-Balanced Binary Search Trees}},
  booktitle =	{19th International Symposium on Algorithms and Data Structures (WADS 2025)},
  pages =	{40:1--40:19},
  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.2025.40},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-242710},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.WADS.2025.40},
  annote =	{Keywords: Data structures, Balanced binary trees}
}
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Sweeping a Domain with Line-Of-Sight Between Covisible Agents

Authors: Kien C. Huynh, Joseph S. B. Mitchell, and Valentin Polishchuk

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


Abstract
We consider sweeping a polygonal domain using variable-length segments whose endpoints can be considered to be mobile agents moving with bounded speeds; a point in the domain is swept when it belongs to one of the segments. The objective is to sweep the domain as quickly as possible. We show that the problem is NP-hard even in simple polygons and even for a single segment (two agents), and give constant-factor approximation algorithms, both for simple polygons and polygons with holes. Our approximations are obtained by introducing a new type of "window partition" of the polygon, which may find other applications. For domains with holes, our results are based on a non-trivial topological argument proving a surprising fact: a connected subset of the domain, whose points are swept but not directly touched by the agents, may contain at most one hole.

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Kien C. Huynh, Joseph S. B. Mitchell, and Valentin Polishchuk. Sweeping a Domain with Line-Of-Sight Between Covisible Agents. In 19th International Symposium on Algorithms and Data Structures (WADS 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 349, pp. 39:1-39:22, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)


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@InProceedings{huynh_et_al:LIPIcs.WADS.2025.39,
  author =	{Huynh, Kien C. and Mitchell, Joseph S. B. and Polishchuk, Valentin},
  title =	{{Sweeping a Domain with Line-Of-Sight Between Covisible Agents}},
  booktitle =	{19th International Symposium on Algorithms and Data Structures (WADS 2025)},
  pages =	{39:1--39:22},
  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.2025.39},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-242706},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.WADS.2025.39},
  annote =	{Keywords: Polygon sweeping, collaborating agents, motion coordination, makespan optimization}
}
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Farthest-Point Voronoi Diagrams in the Hilbert Metric

Authors: Minju Song, Mook Kwon Jung, and Hee-Kap Ahn

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


Abstract
The Hilbert metric, introduced by David Hilbert in 1895, is a projective metric defined on a bounded convex domain in a Euclidean space. For a convex polygon with m vertices and n point sites lying inside the polygon in the plane, it is shown that the nearest-point Voronoi diagram in the Hilbert metric has combinatorial complexity of O(mn) [Gezalyan and Mount, SoCG 2023]. In this paper, we show that the farthest-point Voronoi diagram in the Hilbert metric has combinatorial complexity O(m), which is independent of the number of sites. Also, we present an efficient algorithm to compute the farthest-point Voronoi diagram.

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Minju Song, Mook Kwon Jung, and Hee-Kap Ahn. Farthest-Point Voronoi Diagrams in the Hilbert Metric. In 19th International Symposium on Algorithms and Data Structures (WADS 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 349, pp. 48:1-48:15, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)


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@InProceedings{song_et_al:LIPIcs.WADS.2025.48,
  author =	{Song, Minju and Jung, Mook Kwon and Ahn, Hee-Kap},
  title =	{{Farthest-Point Voronoi Diagrams in the Hilbert Metric}},
  booktitle =	{19th International Symposium on Algorithms and Data Structures (WADS 2025)},
  pages =	{48:1--48:15},
  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.2025.48},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-242797},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.WADS.2025.48},
  annote =	{Keywords: Farthest-point Voronoi diagram, Hilbert metric, Complexity, Algorithm}
}
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