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Main Authors: Kyng, Rasmus, Meierhans, Simon, Zöcklein, Gernot
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.11368
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author Kyng, Rasmus
Meierhans, Simon
Zöcklein, Gernot
author_facet Kyng, Rasmus
Meierhans, Simon
Zöcklein, Gernot
contents We give a simple algorithm for maintaining a $n^{o(1)}$-approximate spanner $H$ of a graph $G$ with $n$ vertices as $G$ receives edge updates by reduction to the dynamic All-Pairs Shortest Paths (APSP) problem. Given an initially empty graph $G$, our algorithm processes $m$ insertions and $n$ deletions in total time $m^{1 + o(1)}$ and maintains an initially empty spanner $H$ with total recourse $n^{1 + o(1)}$. When the number of insertions is much larger than the number of deletions, this notably yields recourse sub-linear in the total number of updates. Our algorithm only has a single $O(\log n)$ factor overhead in runtime and approximation compared to the underlying APSP data structure. Therefore, future improvements for APSP will directly yield an improved dynamic spanner.
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spellingShingle A Simple Dynamic Spanner via APSP
Kyng, Rasmus
Meierhans, Simon
Zöcklein, Gernot
Data Structures and Algorithms
We give a simple algorithm for maintaining a $n^{o(1)}$-approximate spanner $H$ of a graph $G$ with $n$ vertices as $G$ receives edge updates by reduction to the dynamic All-Pairs Shortest Paths (APSP) problem. Given an initially empty graph $G$, our algorithm processes $m$ insertions and $n$ deletions in total time $m^{1 + o(1)}$ and maintains an initially empty spanner $H$ with total recourse $n^{1 + o(1)}$. When the number of insertions is much larger than the number of deletions, this notably yields recourse sub-linear in the total number of updates. Our algorithm only has a single $O(\log n)$ factor overhead in runtime and approximation compared to the underlying APSP data structure. Therefore, future improvements for APSP will directly yield an improved dynamic spanner.
title A Simple Dynamic Spanner via APSP
topic Data Structures and Algorithms
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.11368