On packing time-respecting arborescences

Abstract: We present a slight generalization of the result of Kamiyama and Kawase \cite{kamkaw} on packing time-respecting arborescences in acyclic pre-flow temporal networks. Our main contribution is to provide the first results on packing time-respecting arborescences in non-acyclic temporal networks. As negative results, we prove the NP-completeness of the decision problem of the existence of 2 arc-disjoint spanning time-respecting arborescences and of a related problem proposed in this paper.