Lecture

Renewal Rewards, Stopping Trials, and Wald's Inequality

We revisit the shortest paths problem, considering the case where the input is a directed minor-free graph with negative arc lengths (but no negative-length cycles).In Lecture 14, we saw almost-linear-time algorithms for the case of planar and bounded-genus graphs. Currently, comparable bounds for minor-free graphs are not known. We shall discuss Goldberg's algorithm, a shortest-path algorithm for general graphs with integer lengths, whose running time depends logarithmically on the magnitude of the largest negative arc length. By exploiting separators (Lecture 6), it runs faster on minor-free graphs than on general graphs, but it still requires superlinear time.


Course Lectures
  • We revisit the shortest paths problem, considering the case where the input is a directed minor-free graph with negative arc lengths (but no negative-length cycles).In Lecture 14, we saw almost-linear-time algorithms for the case of planar and bounded-genus graphs. Currently, comparable bounds for minor-free graphs are not known. We shall discuss Goldberg's algorithm, a shortest-path algorithm for general graphs with integer lengths, whose running time depends logarithmically on the magnitude of the largest negative arc length. By exploiting separators (Lecture 6), it runs faster on minor-free graphs than on general graphs, but it still requires superlinear time.

  • We revisit the shortest paths problem, considering the case where the input is a directed minor-free graph with negative arc lengths (but no negative-length cycles).In Lecture 14, we saw almost-linear-time algorithms for the case of planar and bounded-genus graphs. Currently, comparable bounds for minor-free graphs are not known. We shall discuss Goldberg's algorithm, a shortest-path algorithm for general graphs with integer lengths, whose running time depends logarithmically on the magnitude of the largest negative arc length. By exploiting separators (Lecture 6), it runs faster on minor-free graphs than on general graphs, but it still requires superlinear time.

  • We revisit the shortest paths problem, considering the case where the input is a directed minor-free graph with negative arc lengths (but no negative-length cycles).In Lecture 14, we saw almost-linear-time algorithms for the case of planar and bounded-genus graphs. Currently, comparable bounds for minor-free graphs are not known. We shall discuss Goldberg's algorithm, a shortest-path algorithm for general graphs with integer lengths, whose running time depends logarithmically on the magnitude of the largest negative arc length. By exploiting separators (Lecture 6), it runs faster on minor-free graphs than on general graphs, but it still requires superlinear time.

  • We revisit the shortest paths problem, considering the case where the input is a directed minor-free graph with negative arc lengths (but no negative-length cycles).In Lecture 14, we saw almost-linear-time algorithms for the case of planar and bounded-genus graphs. Currently, comparable bounds for minor-free graphs are not known. We shall discuss Goldberg's algorithm, a shortest-path algorithm for general graphs with integer lengths, whose running time depends logarithmically on the magnitude of the largest negative arc length. By exploiting separators (Lecture 6), it runs faster on minor-free graphs than on general graphs, but it still requires superlinear time.

  • We revisit the shortest paths problem, considering the case where the input is a directed minor-free graph with negative arc lengths (but no negative-length cycles).In Lecture 14, we saw almost-linear-time algorithms for the case of planar and bounded-genus graphs. Currently, comparable bounds for minor-free graphs are not known. We shall discuss Goldberg's algorithm, a shortest-path algorithm for general graphs with integer lengths, whose running time depends logarithmically on the magnitude of the largest negative arc length. By exploiting separators (Lecture 6), it runs faster on minor-free graphs than on general graphs, but it still requires superlinear time.

  • From Poisson to Markov
    Robert Gallager

    We revisit the shortest paths problem, considering the case where the input is a directed minor-free graph with negative arc lengths (but no negative-length cycles).In Lecture 14, we saw almost-linear-time algorithms for the case of planar and bounded-genus graphs. Currently, comparable bounds for minor-free graphs are not known. We shall discuss Goldberg's algorithm, a shortest-path algorithm for general graphs with integer lengths, whose running time depends logarithmically on the magnitude of the largest negative arc length. By exploiting separators (Lecture 6), it runs faster on minor-free graphs than on general graphs, but it still requires superlinear time.

  • We revisit the shortest paths problem, considering the case where the input is a directed minor-free graph with negative arc lengths (but no negative-length cycles).In Lecture 14, we saw almost-linear-time algorithms for the case of planar and bounded-genus graphs. Currently, comparable bounds for minor-free graphs are not known. We shall discuss Goldberg's algorithm, a shortest-path algorithm for general graphs with integer lengths, whose running time depends logarithmically on the magnitude of the largest negative arc length. By exploiting separators (Lecture 6), it runs faster on minor-free graphs than on general graphs, but it still requires superlinear time.

  • We revisit the shortest paths problem, considering the case where the input is a directed minor-free graph with negative arc lengths (but no negative-length cycles).In Lecture 14, we saw almost-linear-time algorithms for the case of planar and bounded-genus graphs. Currently, comparable bounds for minor-free graphs are not known. We shall discuss Goldberg's algorithm, a shortest-path algorithm for general graphs with integer lengths, whose running time depends logarithmically on the magnitude of the largest negative arc length. By exploiting separators (Lecture 6), it runs faster on minor-free graphs than on general graphs, but it still requires superlinear time.

  • We revisit the shortest paths problem, considering the case where the input is a directed minor-free graph with negative arc lengths (but no negative-length cycles).In Lecture 14, we saw almost-linear-time algorithms for the case of planar and bounded-genus graphs. Currently, comparable bounds for minor-free graphs are not known. We shall discuss Goldberg's algorithm, a shortest-path algorithm for general graphs with integer lengths, whose running time depends logarithmically on the magnitude of the largest negative arc length. By exploiting separators (Lecture 6), it runs faster on minor-free graphs than on general graphs, but it still requires superlinear time.

  • We revisit the shortest paths problem, considering the case where the input is a directed minor-free graph with negative arc lengths (but no negative-length cycles).In Lecture 14, we saw almost-linear-time algorithms for the case of planar and bounded-genus graphs. Currently, comparable bounds for minor-free graphs are not known. We shall discuss Goldberg's algorithm, a shortest-path algorithm for general graphs with integer lengths, whose running time depends logarithmically on the magnitude of the largest negative arc length. By exploiting separators (Lecture 6), it runs faster on minor-free graphs than on general graphs, but it still requires superlinear time.

  • We revisit the shortest paths problem, considering the case where the input is a directed minor-free graph with negative arc lengths (but no negative-length cycles).In Lecture 14, we saw almost-linear-time algorithms for the case of planar and bounded-genus graphs. Currently, comparable bounds for minor-free graphs are not known. We shall discuss Goldberg's algorithm, a shortest-path algorithm for general graphs with integer lengths, whose running time depends logarithmically on the magnitude of the largest negative arc length. By exploiting separators (Lecture 6), it runs faster on minor-free graphs than on general graphs, but it still requires superlinear time.

  • We revisit the shortest paths problem, considering the case where the input is a directed minor-free graph with negative arc lengths (but no negative-length cycles).In Lecture 14, we saw almost-linear-time algorithms for the case of planar and bounded-genus graphs. Currently, comparable bounds for minor-free graphs are not known. We shall discuss Goldberg's algorithm, a shortest-path algorithm for general graphs with integer lengths, whose running time depends logarithmically on the magnitude of the largest negative arc length. By exploiting separators (Lecture 6), it runs faster on minor-free graphs than on general graphs, but it still requires superlinear time.

  • We revisit the shortest paths problem, considering the case where the input is a directed minor-free graph with negative arc lengths (but no negative-length cycles).In Lecture 14, we saw almost-linear-time algorithms for the case of planar and bounded-genus graphs. Currently, comparable bounds for minor-free graphs are not known. We shall discuss Goldberg's algorithm, a shortest-path algorithm for general graphs with integer lengths, whose running time depends logarithmically on the magnitude of the largest negative arc length. By exploiting separators (Lecture 6), it runs faster on minor-free graphs than on general graphs, but it still requires superlinear time.

  • The Last Renewal
    Robert Gallager

    We revisit the shortest paths problem, considering the case where the input is a directed minor-free graph with negative arc lengths (but no negative-length cycles).In Lecture 14, we saw almost-linear-time algorithms for the case of planar and bounded-genus graphs. Currently, comparable bounds for minor-free graphs are not known. We shall discuss Goldberg's algorithm, a shortest-path algorithm for general graphs with integer lengths, whose running time depends logarithmically on the magnitude of the largest negative arc length. By exploiting separators (Lecture 6), it runs faster on minor-free graphs than on general graphs, but it still requires superlinear time.

  • We revisit the shortest paths problem, considering the case where the input is a directed minor-free graph with negative arc lengths (but no negative-length cycles).In Lecture 14, we saw almost-linear-time algorithms for the case of planar and bounded-genus graphs. Currently, comparable bounds for minor-free graphs are not known. We shall discuss Goldberg's algorithm, a shortest-path algorithm for general graphs with integer lengths, whose running time depends logarithmically on the magnitude of the largest negative arc length. By exploiting separators (Lecture 6), it runs faster on minor-free graphs than on general graphs, but it still requires superlinear time.

  • We revisit the shortest paths problem, considering the case where the input is a directed minor-free graph with negative arc lengths (but no negative-length cycles).In Lecture 14, we saw almost-linear-time algorithms for the case of planar and bounded-genus graphs. Currently, comparable bounds for minor-free graphs are not known. We shall discuss Goldberg's algorithm, a shortest-path algorithm for general graphs with integer lengths, whose running time depends logarithmically on the magnitude of the largest negative arc length. By exploiting separators (Lecture 6), it runs faster on minor-free graphs than on general graphs, but it still requires superlinear time.

  • We revisit the shortest paths problem, considering the case where the input is a directed minor-free graph with negative arc lengths (but no negative-length cycles).In Lecture 14, we saw almost-linear-time algorithms for the case of planar and bounded-genus graphs. Currently, comparable bounds for minor-free graphs are not known. We shall discuss Goldberg's algorithm, a shortest-path algorithm for general graphs with integer lengths, whose running time depends logarithmically on the magnitude of the largest negative arc length. By exploiting separators (Lecture 6), it runs faster on minor-free graphs than on general graphs, but it still requires superlinear time.

  • We revisit the shortest paths problem, considering the case where the input is a directed minor-free graph with negative arc lengths (but no negative-length cycles).In Lecture 14, we saw almost-linear-time algorithms for the case of planar and bounded-genus graphs. Currently, comparable bounds for minor-free graphs are not known. We shall discuss Goldberg's algorithm, a shortest-path algorithm for general graphs with integer lengths, whose running time depends logarithmically on the magnitude of the largest negative arc length. By exploiting separators (Lecture 6), it runs faster on minor-free graphs than on general graphs, but it still requires superlinear time.

  • We revisit the shortest paths problem, considering the case where the input is a directed minor-free graph with negative arc lengths (but no negative-length cycles).In Lecture 14, we saw almost-linear-time algorithms for the case of planar and bounded-genus graphs. Currently, comparable bounds for minor-free graphs are not known. We shall discuss Goldberg's algorithm, a shortest-path algorithm for general graphs with integer lengths, whose running time depends logarithmically on the magnitude of the largest negative arc length. By exploiting separators (Lecture 6), it runs faster on minor-free graphs than on general graphs, but it still requires superlinear time.

  • We revisit the shortest paths problem, considering the case where the input is a directed minor-free graph with negative arc lengths (but no negative-length cycles).In Lecture 14, we saw almost-linear-time algorithms for the case of planar and bounded-genus graphs. Currently, comparable bounds for minor-free graphs are not known. We shall discuss Goldberg's algorithm, a shortest-path algorithm for general graphs with integer lengths, whose running time depends logarithmically on the magnitude of the largest negative arc length. By exploiting separators (Lecture 6), it runs faster on minor-free graphs than on general graphs, but it still requires superlinear time.

  • Random Walks and Thresholds
    Robert Gallager

    We revisit the shortest paths problem, considering the case where the input is a directed minor-free graph with negative arc lengths (but no negative-length cycles).In Lecture 14, we saw almost-linear-time algorithms for the case of planar and bounded-genus graphs. Currently, comparable bounds for minor-free graphs are not known. We shall discuss Goldberg's algorithm, a shortest-path algorithm for general graphs with integer lengths, whose running time depends logarithmically on the magnitude of the largest negative arc length. By exploiting separators (Lecture 6), it runs faster on minor-free graphs than on general graphs, but it still requires superlinear time.

  • We revisit the shortest paths problem, considering the case where the input is a directed minor-free graph with negative arc lengths (but no negative-length cycles).In Lecture 14, we saw almost-linear-time algorithms for the case of planar and bounded-genus graphs. Currently, comparable bounds for minor-free graphs are not known. We shall discuss Goldberg's algorithm, a shortest-path algorithm for general graphs with integer lengths, whose running time depends logarithmically on the magnitude of the largest negative arc length. By exploiting separators (Lecture 6), it runs faster on minor-free graphs than on general graphs, but it still requires superlinear time.

  • We revisit the shortest paths problem, considering the case where the input is a directed minor-free graph with negative arc lengths (but no negative-length cycles).In Lecture 14, we saw almost-linear-time algorithms for the case of planar and bounded-genus graphs. Currently, comparable bounds for minor-free graphs are not known. We shall discuss Goldberg's algorithm, a shortest-path algorithm for general graphs with integer lengths, whose running time depends logarithmically on the magnitude of the largest negative arc length. By exploiting separators (Lecture 6), it runs faster on minor-free graphs than on general graphs, but it still requires superlinear time.

  • Putting It All Together
    Robert Gallager

    We revisit the shortest paths problem, considering the case where the input is a directed minor-free graph with negative arc lengths (but no negative-length cycles).In Lecture 14, we saw almost-linear-time algorithms for the case of planar and bounded-genus graphs. Currently, comparable bounds for minor-free graphs are not known. We shall discuss Goldberg's algorithm, a shortest-path algorithm for general graphs with integer lengths, whose running time depends logarithmically on the magnitude of the largest negative arc length. By exploiting separators (Lecture 6), it runs faster on minor-free graphs than on general graphs, but it still requires superlinear time.