An Experimental Comparison of Parallel Algorithms for Ear Decomposition of Graphs using Two Leading Paradigms

Authors

D.A. Bader
A.K. Illendula

Document Type

Technical Report

Publication Date

5-1-2000

Abstract

Graph decomposition is an important and necessary operation when solving graph-theoretic problems on parallel computers, for instance, from computational fluid dynamics, mechanics, and astrophysics. In this paper, we design and analyze message-passing and shared-memory parallel algorithms that efficiently decompose a planar graph into a number of ears, known as the Ear Decomposition. This decomposition provides a general framework for solving graph problems efficiently in parallel. Our study includes both theoretical analysis and confirmation of the complexity cost using two leading parallel programming paradigms, namely, message-passing (MPI) and shared-memory (SMP) implementations. A catalog of both regular and irregular input graphs are provided to benchmark these algorithms in our empirical study.

Recommended Citation

Bader, D.A. and A.K. Illendula. "An Experimental Comparison of Parallel Algorithms for Ear Decomposition of Graphs using Two Leading Paradigms." (2000). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/ece_rpts/2