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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2021.69
URN: urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-141387
URL: http://dagstuhl.sunsite.rwth-aachen.de/volltexte/2021/14138/
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Gärtner, Bernd ; Haslebacher, Sebastian ; Hoang, Hung P.

A Subexponential Algorithm for ARRIVAL

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Abstract

The ARRIVAL problem is to decide the fate of a train moving along the edges of a directed graph, according to a simple (deterministic) pseudorandom walk. The problem is in NP∩coNP but not known to be in ?. The currently best algorithms have runtime 2^Θ(n) where n is the number of vertices. This is not much better than just performing the pseudorandom walk. We develop a subexponential algorithm with runtime 2^O(√nlog n). We also give a polynomial-time algorithm if the graph is almost acyclic. Both results are derived from a new general approach to solve ARRIVAL instances.

BibTeX - Entry

@InProceedings{gartner_et_al:LIPIcs.ICALP.2021.69,
  author =	{G\"{a}rtner, Bernd and Haslebacher, Sebastian and Hoang, Hung P.},
  title =	{{A Subexponential Algorithm for ARRIVAL}},
  booktitle =	{48th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2021)},
  pages =	{69:1--69:14},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-195-5},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2021},
  volume =	{198},
  editor =	{Bansal, Nikhil and Merelli, Emanuela and Worrell, James},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/opus/volltexte/2021/14138},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-141387},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2021.69},
  annote =	{Keywords: Pseudorandom walks, reachability, graph games, switching systems}
}

Keywords: Pseudorandom walks, reachability, graph games, switching systems
Collection: 48th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2021)
Issue Date: 2021
Date of publication: 02.07.2021

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