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The Maximum Weighted Independent Set (MWIS) problem, which considers a graph with weights assigned to nodes and seeks to discover the "heaviest" independent set, that is, a set of nodes with maximum total weight so that no two nodes in the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-08-18 Kai Sun

This paper presents an $O^{*}(1.42^{n})$ time algorithm for the Maximum Cut problem on split graphs, along with a subexponential time algorithm for its decision variant.

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-06-03 Marko Lalovic

We provide a deterministic construction of hard instances for the maximum independent set problem (MIS). The constructed hard instances form an infinite graph sequence with increasing size, which possesses similar characteristics to sparse…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-11-11 Naoto Shiraishi , Jun Takahashi

We present quantum complexity lower and upper bounds for independent set problems in graphs. In particular, we give quantum algorithms for computing a maximal and a maximum independent set in a graph. We present applications of these…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Sebastian Doern

The Maximum Weight Independent Set (MWIS) problem on graphs with vertex weights asks for a set of pairwise nonadjacent vertices of maximum total weight. MWIS is known to be $NP$-complete in general, even under various restrictions. Let…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2016-03-16 T. Karthick

The Maximum Weight Independent Set problem is a fundamental NP-hard problem in combinatorial optimization with several real-world applications. Given an undirected vertex-weighted graph, the problem is to find a subset of the vertices with…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-03-05 Ernestine Großmann , Kenneth Langedal , Christian Schulz

Given a stream $\mathcal{S}$ of insertions and deletions of edges of an underlying graph $G$ (with fixed vertex set $V$ where $n=|V|$ is the number of vertices of $G$), we propose a dynamic algorithm that maintains a maximal independent set…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-06-25 Morteza Monemizadeh

We give a randomized algorithm that approximates the number of independent sets in a dense, regular bipartite graph -- in the language of approximate counting, we give an FPRAS for #BIS on the class of dense, regular bipartite graphs.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-07-20 Charlie Carlson , Ewan Davies , Alexandra Kolla , Aditya Potukuchi

The minimum degree algorithm is one of the most widely-used heuristics for reducing the cost of solving large sparse systems of linear equations. It has been studied for nearly half a century and has a rich history of bridging techniques…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-04-11 Robert Cummings , Matthew Fahrbach , Animesh Fatehpuria

This work introduces two techniques for the design and analysis of branching algorithms, illustrated through the case study of the Vertex Cover problem. First, we present a method for automatically generating branching rules through a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-10-13 Katie Clinch , Serge Gaspers , Tao Zixu He , Simon Mackenzie , Tiankuang Zhang

Computing the size of maximum independent sets is a NP-hard problem for fixed graphs. Characterizing and designing efficient algorithms to estimate this independence number for random graphs are notoriously difficult and still largely open…

Probability · Mathematics 2020-10-01 Paola Bermolen , Matthieu Jonckheere , Federico Larroca , Manuel Saenz

A theorem of Ding, Oporowski, Oxley, and Vertigan implies that any sufficiently large twin-free graph contains a large matching, a co-matching, or a half-graph as a semi-induced subgraph. The sizes of these unavoidable patterns are measured…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2026-02-10 Jan Dreier , Nikolas Mählmann , Sebastian Siebertz

Finding maximum-weight independent sets in graphs is an important NP-hard optimization problem. Given a vertex-weighted graph $G$, the task is to find a subset of pairwise non-adjacent vertices of $G$ with maximum weight. Most recently…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-10-16 Jannick Borowitz , Ernestine Großmann , Mattthias Schimek

This paper addresses the cornerstone family of \emph{local problems} in distributed computing, and investigates the curious gap between randomized and deterministic solutions under bandwidth restrictions. Our main contribution is in…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2016-08-09 Keren Censor-Hillel , Merav Parter , Gregory Schwartzman

In the fully dynamic maximal independent set (MIS) problem our goal is to maintain an MIS in a given graph $G$ while edges are inserted and deleted from the graph. The first non-trivial algorithm for this problem was presented by Assadi,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-04-02 Shiri Chechik , Tianyi Zhang

We give nearly optimal bounds on the sample complexity of $(\widetilde{\Omega}(\epsilon),\epsilon)$-tolerant testing the $\rho$-independent set property in the dense graph setting. In particular, we give an algorithm that inspects a random…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-03-28 Cameron Seth

For a fixed graph G, a maximal independent set is an independent set that is not a proper subset of any other independent set. P. Erd\"os, and independently, J. W. Moon and L. Moser, and R. E. Miller and D. E. Muller, determined the maximum…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-12-22 Chunwei Song , Bowen Yao

The Maximum Weight Independent Set (MWIS) problem on finite undirected graphs with vertex weights asks for a set of pairwise nonadjacent vertices of maximum weight sum. MWIS is one of the most investigated and most important algorithmic…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2016-07-01 Andreas Brandstadt , Raffaele Mosca

We present the problem of finding a maximal independent set (MIS) (named as \emph{MIS Filling problem}) of an arbitrary connected graph having $n$ vertices with luminous myopic mobile robots. The robots enter the graph one after another…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2022-10-18 Subhajit Pramanick , Sai Vamshi Samala , Debasish Pattanayak , Partha Sarathi Mandal

We present the first unsupervised learning model for Maximum-Independent-Set (MaxIS) in dynamic graphs where edges change over time. Our method combines structural learning from graph neural networks (GNNs) with a learned distributed update…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-17 Devendra Parkar , Anya Chaturvedi , Joshua J. Daymude