Arboricity-Dependent Algorithms for Edge Coloring

Sayan Bhattacharya*, Martín Costa*, Nadav Panski*, Shay Solomon*

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Abstract

The problem of edge coloring has been extensively studied over the years. Recently, this problem has received significant attention in the dynamic setting, where we are given a dynamic graph evolving via a sequence of edge insertions and deletions and our objective is to maintain an edge coloring of the graph. Currently, it is not known whether it is possible to maintain a (∆ + O(∆1−µ))-edge coloring in Õ(1) update time, for any constant µ > 0, where ∆ is the maximum degree of the graph.1 In this paper, we show how to efficiently maintain a (∆ + O(α))-edge coloring in Õ(1) amortized update time, where α is the arboricty of the graph. Thus, we answer this question in the affirmative for graphs of sufficiently small arboricity.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication19th Scandinavian Symposium on Algorithm Theory, SWAT 2024
EditorsHans L. Bodlaender
PublisherSchloss Dagstuhl- Leibniz-Zentrum fur Informatik GmbH, Dagstuhl Publishing
ISBN (Electronic)9783959773188
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2024
Event19th Scandinavian Symposium on Algorithm Theory, SWAT 2024 - Helsinki, Finland
Duration: 12 Jun 202414 Jun 2024

Publication series

NameLeibniz International Proceedings in Informatics, LIPIcs
Volume294
ISSN (Print)1868-8969

Conference

Conference19th Scandinavian Symposium on Algorithm Theory, SWAT 2024
Country/TerritoryFinland
CityHelsinki
Period12/06/2414/06/24

Keywords

  • Arboricity
  • Dynamic Algorithms
  • Edge Coloring
  • Graph Algorithms

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