Brief Announcement: Local Problems in the SUPPORTED Model

Akanksha Agrawal, John Augustine, David Peleg, Srikkanth Ramachandran

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Abstract

We study the SUPPORTED model of distributed computing introduced by Schmid and Suomela [15], generalizing the LOCAL and CONGEST models. In this framework, multiple instances of the same problem, differing from each other by some problem specific input, recur over time, and need to be solved efficiently online. To do that, one may rely on an initial preprocessing phase for computing some useful information. This preprocessing phase makes it possible, in some cases, to obtain improved distributed algorithms, overcoming locality-based time lower bounds.We propose some natural recurrent variants of the dominating set problem and the coloring problem that are of interest particularly in the distributed setting. For these problems, we show that information about the topology can be used to overcome locality-based lower bounds. We also categorize the round complexity of Locally Checkable Labellings in the SUPPORTED model for the simple case of paths. Finally we present some interesting open problems and some partial results towards resolving them.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPODC 2023 - Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Pages172-175
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9798400701214
DOIs
StatePublished - 19 Jun 2023
Externally publishedYes
Event42nd ACM SIGACT-SIGOPS Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing, PODC 2023 - Orlando, United States
Duration: 19 Jun 202323 Jun 2023

Publication series

NameProceedings of the Annual ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing

Conference

Conference42nd ACM SIGACT-SIGOPS Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing, PODC 2023
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityOrlando
Period19/06/2323/06/23

Keywords

  • distributed algorithms
  • LOCAL Model
  • SUPPORTED Model

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software
  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Computer Networks and Communications

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