Online Edge Coloring is (Nearly) as Easy as Offline

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Autori principali: Blikstad, Joakim, Svensson, Ola, Vintan, Radu, Wajc, David
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author Blikstad, Joakim
Svensson, Ola
Vintan, Radu
Wajc, David
author_facet Blikstad, Joakim
Svensson, Ola
Vintan, Radu
Wajc, David
contents The classic theorem of Vizing (Diskret. Analiz.'64) asserts that any graph of maximum degree $Δ$ can be edge colored (offline) using no more than $Δ+1$ colors (with $Δ$ being a trivial lower bound). In the online setting, Bar-Noy, Motwani and Naor (IPL'92) conjectured that a $(1+o(1))Δ$-edge-coloring can be computed online in $n$-vertex graphs of maximum degree $Δ=ω(\log n)$. Numerous algorithms made progress on this question, using a higher number of colors or assuming restricted arrival models, such as random-order edge arrivals or vertex arrivals (e.g., AGKM FOCS'03, BMM SODA'10, CPW FOCS'19, BGW SODA'21, KLSST STOC'22). In this work, we resolve this longstanding conjecture in the affirmative in the most general setting of adversarial edge arrivals. We further generalize this result to obtain online counterparts of the list edge coloring result of Kahn (J. Comb. Theory. A'96) and of the recent "local" edge coloring result of Christiansen (STOC'23).
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spellingShingle Online Edge Coloring is (Nearly) as Easy as Offline
Blikstad, Joakim
Svensson, Ola
Vintan, Radu
Wajc, David
Data Structures and Algorithms
The classic theorem of Vizing (Diskret. Analiz.'64) asserts that any graph of maximum degree $Δ$ can be edge colored (offline) using no more than $Δ+1$ colors (with $Δ$ being a trivial lower bound). In the online setting, Bar-Noy, Motwani and Naor (IPL'92) conjectured that a $(1+o(1))Δ$-edge-coloring can be computed online in $n$-vertex graphs of maximum degree $Δ=ω(\log n)$. Numerous algorithms made progress on this question, using a higher number of colors or assuming restricted arrival models, such as random-order edge arrivals or vertex arrivals (e.g., AGKM FOCS'03, BMM SODA'10, CPW FOCS'19, BGW SODA'21, KLSST STOC'22). In this work, we resolve this longstanding conjecture in the affirmative in the most general setting of adversarial edge arrivals. We further generalize this result to obtain online counterparts of the list edge coloring result of Kahn (J. Comb. Theory. A'96) and of the recent "local" edge coloring result of Christiansen (STOC'23).
title Online Edge Coloring is (Nearly) as Easy as Offline
topic Data Structures and Algorithms
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.18339