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    Two-phase algorithms for the parametric shortest path problem

    Chakraborty, S. and Fischer, E. and Lachish, Oded and Yuster, R. (2010) Two-phase algorithms for the parametric shortest path problem. In: Jean-Yves, M. and Schwentick, T. (eds.) 27th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science. Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics. Dagstuhl, Germany: Schloss Dagstuhl, pp. 168-176. ISBN 9783939897163.

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    Abstract

    A {\em parametric weighted graph} is a graph whose edges are labeled with continuous real functions of a single common variable. For any instantiation of the variable, one obtains a standard edge-weighted graph. Parametric weighted graph problems are generalizations of weighted graph problems, and arise in various natural scenarios. Parametric weighted graph algorithms consist of two phases. A {\em preprocessing phase} whose input is a parametric weighted graph, and whose output is a data structure, the advice, that is later used by the {\em instantiation phase}, where a specific value for the variable is given. The instantiation phase outputs the solution to the (standard) weighted graph problem that arises from the instantiation. The goal is to have the running time of the instantiation phase supersede the running time of any algorithm that solves the weighted graph problem from scratch, by taking advantage of the advice. In this paper we construct several parametric algorithms for the shortest path problem. For the case of linear function weights we present an algorithm for the single source shortest path problem. Its preprocessing phase runs in $\tilde{O}(V^4)$ time, while its instantiation phase runs in only $O(E+V \log V)$ time. The fastest standard algorithm for single source shortest path runs in $O(VE)$ time. For the case of weight functions defined by degree $d$ polynomials, we present an algorithm with quasi-polynomial preprocessing time $O(V^{(1 + \log f(d))\log V})$ and instantiation time only $\tilde{O}(V)$. In fact, for any pair of vertices $u,v$, the instantiation phase computes the distance from $u$ to $v$ in only $O(\log^2 V)$ time. Finally, for linear function weights, we present a randomized algorithm whose preprocessing time is $\tilde{O (V^{3.5})$ and so that for any pair of vertices $u,v$ and any instantiation variable, the instantiation phase computes, in $O(1)$ time, a length of a path from $u$ to $v$ that is at most (additively) $\epsilon$ larger than the length of a shortest path. In particular, an all-pairs shortest path solution, up to an additive constant error, can be computed in $O(V^2)$ time.

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    Item Type: Book Section
    Keyword(s) / Subject(s): parametric algorithms, Shortest path problem
    School: Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science > School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences
    Depositing User: Sarah Hall
    Date Deposited: 30 May 2013 14:36
    Last Modified: 09 Aug 2023 12:33
    URI: https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/7122

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