@TechReport{Dartmouth:TR94-206, author = {Dimitrios Kavvadias and Grammati E. Pantziou and Paul G. Spirakis and Christos D. Zaroliagis}, title = {{Efficient Sequential and Parallel Algorithms for the Negative Cycle Problem}}, institution = {Dartmouth College, Computer Science}, address = {Hanover, NH}, number = {PCS-TR94-206}, year = {1994}, URL = {http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/reports/TR94-206.pdf}, abstract = { We present here an algorithm for detecting (and outputting, if exists) a negative cycle in an $n$-vertex planar digraph $G$ with real edge weights. Its running time ranges from $O(n)$ up to $O(n^{1.5}\log n)$ as a certain topological measure of $G$ varies from $1$ up to $\Theta(n)$. Moreover, an efficient CREW PRAM implementation is given. Our algorithm applies also to digraphs whose genus $\gamma$ is $o(n)$. } }