A parallel algorithm for the odd two-face shortest k-disjoint path problem
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| author | Chakraborty, Srijan Datta, Samir |
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| contents | The shortest Disjoint Path problem (SDPP) requires us to find pairwise vertex disjoint paths between
k designated pairs of terminal vertices such that the sum of the path lengths is minimum. The
focus here is on SDPP restricted to planar graphs where all terminals are arbitrarily partitioned
over two distinct faces with the additional restriction that each face is required to contain an odd
number of terminals. We call this problem the Odd two-face planar SDPP. It is shown that this
problem is solvable in randomized polynomial time and even in RNC. This is the first parallel (or
even polynomial time) solution for the problem.
Our algorithm combines ideas from the randomized solution for 2-SDPP by Björklund and
Huslfeldt with its parallelization by Datta and Jaiswal along with the deterministic algorithm for
One-face planar SDPP by Datta, Iyer, Kulkarni and Mukherjee.
The proof uses a combination of two involutions to reduce a system of linear equations modulo a
power of 2 to a system of triangular form that is, therefore, invertible. This, in turn, is proved by
showing that the matrix of the equations, can be interpreted as (the adjacency matrix of) a directed
acyclic graph (DAG). While our algorithm is primarily algebraic the proof remains combinatorial.
We also give a parallel algorithm for the (A + B)-SDPP introduced by Hirai and Namba. |
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| spellingShingle | A parallel algorithm for the odd two-face shortest k-disjoint path problem Chakraborty, Srijan Datta, Samir Data Structures and Algorithms Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing The shortest Disjoint Path problem (SDPP) requires us to find pairwise vertex disjoint paths between k designated pairs of terminal vertices such that the sum of the path lengths is minimum. The focus here is on SDPP restricted to planar graphs where all terminals are arbitrarily partitioned over two distinct faces with the additional restriction that each face is required to contain an odd number of terminals. We call this problem the Odd two-face planar SDPP. It is shown that this problem is solvable in randomized polynomial time and even in RNC. This is the first parallel (or even polynomial time) solution for the problem. Our algorithm combines ideas from the randomized solution for 2-SDPP by Björklund and Huslfeldt with its parallelization by Datta and Jaiswal along with the deterministic algorithm for One-face planar SDPP by Datta, Iyer, Kulkarni and Mukherjee. The proof uses a combination of two involutions to reduce a system of linear equations modulo a power of 2 to a system of triangular form that is, therefore, invertible. This, in turn, is proved by showing that the matrix of the equations, can be interpreted as (the adjacency matrix of) a directed acyclic graph (DAG). While our algorithm is primarily algebraic the proof remains combinatorial. We also give a parallel algorithm for the (A + B)-SDPP introduced by Hirai and Namba. |
| title | A parallel algorithm for the odd two-face shortest k-disjoint path problem |
| topic | Data Structures and Algorithms Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.16336 |