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The Bron-Kerbosch Algorithm with Vertex Ordering is Output-Sensitive

Data Structures and Algorithms 2024-02-13 v3

Abstract

The Bron-Kerbosch algorithm is a well known maximal clique enumeration algorithm. So far it was unknown whether it was output sensitive or not. In this paper we partially answer this question by proving that the Bron-Kerbosch Algorithm with vertex ordering, first introduced and studied by Eppstein, L\"offler and Strash in "Listing all maximal cliques in sparse graphs in near-optimal time. International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2010" is output sensitive.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1911.01951,
  title  = {The Bron-Kerbosch Algorithm with Vertex Ordering is Output-Sensitive},
  author = {George Manoussakis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1911.01951},
  year   = {2024}
}

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result is false

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