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An Optimal Distributed Algorithm for Computing Bridge-Connected Components
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Kuwait University, PO Box 5969, Safat, Kuwait Email: pranay{at}eng.kuniv.edu.kw
In this paper I present a distributed algorithm that finds the bridge-connected components of a connected undirected graph. The algorithm uses O(n) messages and O(n) units of time, where n is the number of nodes in the graph. It is shown that the algorithm is optimal in communication complexity to within a constant factor.
Received March 14, 1997. revised June 28, 1997.