Congested clique algorithms for graph spanners

Merav Parter, Eylon Yogev

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Abstract

Graph spanners are sparse subgraphs that faithfully preserve the distances in the original graph up to small stretch. Spanner have been studied extensively as they have a wide range of applications ranging from distance oracles, labeling schemes and routing to solving linear systems and spectral sparsification. A k-spanner maintains pairwise distances up to multiplicative factor of k. It is a folklore that for every n-vertex graph G, one can construct a (2k − 1) spanner with O(n 1+1/k ) edges. In a distributed setting, such spanners can be constructed in the standard CONGEST model using O(k 2 ) rounds, when randomization is allowed. In this work, we consider spanner constructions in the congested clique model, and show: a randomized construction of a (2k− 1)-spanner with O e (n 1+1/k ) edges in O(log k) rounds. The previous best algorithm runs in O(k) rounds; a deterministic construction of a (2k−1)-spanner with O e (n 1+1/k ) edges in O(log k+(log log n) 3 ) rounds. The previous best algorithm runs in O(k log n) rounds. This improvement is achieved by a new derandomization theorem for hitting sets which might be of independent interest; a deterministic construction of a O(k)-spanner with O(k · n 1+1/k ) edges in O(log k) rounds.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication32nd International Symposium on Distributed Computing, DISC 2018
EditorsUlrich Schmid, Josef Widder
PublisherSchloss Dagstuhl- Leibniz-Zentrum fur Informatik GmbH, Dagstuhl Publishing
ISBN (Electronic)9783959770927
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Oct 2018
Externally publishedYes
Event32nd International Symposium on Distributed Computing, DISC 2018 - New Orleans, United States
Duration: 15 Oct 201819 Oct 2018

Publication series

NameLeibniz International Proceedings in Informatics, LIPIcs
Volume121
ISSN (Print)1868-8969

Conference

Conference32nd International Symposium on Distributed Computing, DISC 2018
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityNew Orleans
Period15/10/1819/10/18

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© Merav Parter and Eylon Yogev.

Keywords

  • And phrases Distributed Graph Algorithms
  • Congested Clique
  • Spanner

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