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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2016.8

Finding k Simple Shortest Paths and Cycles

Authors: Udit Agarwal and Vijaya Ramachandran

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 64, 27th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2016)

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We present algorithms and techniques for several problems related to finding multiple simple shortest paths and cycles in a graph. Our main result is a new algorithm for finding k simple shortest paths for all pairs of vertices in a weighted directed graph G = (V, E). For k = 2 our algorithm runs in O(mn + n^2 log n) time where m and n are the number of edges and vertices in G. For k = 3 our algorithm runs in O(mn^2 + n^3 log n) time, which is almost a factor of n faster than the best previous algorithm. Our approach is based on forming suitable path extensions to find simple shortest paths; this method is different from the 'detour finding' technique used in most of the prior work on simple shortest paths, replacement paths, and distance sensitivity oracles. We present new algorithms for generating simple cycles and simple paths in G in non-decreasing order of their weight. The algorithm for generating simple paths is much faster,and uses another variant of path extensions.

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Udit Agarwal and Vijaya Ramachandran. Finding k Simple Shortest Paths and Cycles. In 27th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2016). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 64, pp. 8:1-8:12, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2016)

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@InProceedings{agarwal_et_al:LIPIcs.ISAAC.2016.8,
  author =	{Agarwal, Udit and Ramachandran, Vijaya},
  title =	{{Finding k Simple Shortest Paths and Cycles}},
  booktitle =	{27th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2016)},
  pages =	{8:1--8:12},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-026-2},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2016},
  volume =	{64},
  editor =	{Hong, Seok-Hee},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2016.8},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-67830},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2016.8},
  annote =	{Keywords: Graph Algorithms, Shortest Paths, k Simple Shortest Paths, Enumerat- ing Simple Cycles, Enumerating Simple Paths}
}

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