Abstract
Locally Checkable Labeling (LCL) problems are graph problems in which a solution is correct if it satisfies some given constraints in the local neighborhood of each node. Example problems in this class include maximal matching, maximal independent set, and coloring problems. A successful line of research has been studying the complexities of LCL problems on paths/cycles, trees, and general graphs, providing many interesting results for the LOCAL model of distributed computing. In this work, we initiate the study of LCL problems in the low-space Massively Parallel Computation (MPC) model. In particular, on forests, we provide a method that, given the complexity of an LCL problem in the LOCAL model, automatically provides an exponentially faster algorithm for the low-space MPC setting that uses optimal global memory, that is, truly linear.
While restricting to forests may seem to weaken the result, we emphasize that all known (conditional) lower bounds for the MPC setting are obtained by lifting lower bounds obtained in the distributed setting in tree-like networks (either forests or high girth graphs), and hence the problems that we study are challenging already on forests. Moreover, the most important technical feature of our algorithms is that they use optimal global memory, that is, memory linear in the number of edges of the graph. In contrast, most of the state-of-the-art algorithms use more than linear global memory. Further, they typically start with a dense graph, sparsify it, and then solve the problem on the residual graph, exploiting the relative increase in global memory. On forests, this is not possible, because the given graph is already as sparse as it can be, and using optimal memory requires new solutions.
While restricting to forests may seem to weaken the result, we emphasize that all known (conditional) lower bounds for the MPC setting are obtained by lifting lower bounds obtained in the distributed setting in tree-like networks (either forests or high girth graphs), and hence the problems that we study are challenging already on forests. Moreover, the most important technical feature of our algorithms is that they use optimal global memory, that is, memory linear in the number of edges of the graph. In contrast, most of the state-of-the-art algorithms use more than linear global memory. Further, they typically start with a dense graph, sparsify it, and then solve the problem on the residual graph, exploiting the relative increase in global memory. On forests, this is not possible, because the given graph is already as sparse as it can be, and using optimal memory requires new solutions.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 36th International Symposium on Distributed Computing (DISC 2022) |
Editors | Christian Scheideler |
Publisher | Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik |
Pages | 1-21 |
Number of pages | 21 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-3-95977-255-6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 17 Oct 2022 |
MoE publication type | A4 Conference publication |
Event | International Symposium on Distributed Computing - Augusta, United States Duration: 25 Oct 2022 → 27 Oct 2022 Conference number: 36 |
Publication series
Name | Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics, LIPIcs |
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Publisher | Schloss Dagstuhl- Leibniz-Zentrum fur Informatik |
Volume | 246 |
ISSN (Electronic) | 1868-8969 |
Conference
Conference | International Symposium on Distributed Computing |
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Abbreviated title | DISC |
Country/Territory | United States |
City | Augusta |
Period | 25/10/2022 → 27/10/2022 |