Abstract

Let G = (V; E) be an unweighted undirected graph on n vertices. A simple argument shows that computing all distances in G with an additive one-sided error of at most 1 is as hard as Boolean matrix multiplication. Building on recent work of Aingworth, Chekuri and Motwani, we describe g) time algorithm APASP 2 for computing all distances in G with an additive one-sided error of at most 2. The algorithm APASP 2 is simple, easy to implement, and faster than the fastest known matrix multiplication algorithm. Furthermore, for every even k ? 2, we describe an g) time algorithm APASP k for computing all distances in G with an additive one-sided error of at most k.

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