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We determine the computational complexity of approximately counting and sampling independent sets of a given size in bounded-degree graphs. That is, we identify a critical density $\alpha_c(\Delta)$ and provide (i) for $\alpha <…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-01-26 Ewan Davies , Will Perkins

In this paper we present a characterisation, by an infinite family of minimal forbidden induced subgraphs, of proper circular arc graphs which are intersection graphs of paths on a grid, where each path has at most one bend (turn).

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2018-08-29 Esther Galby , Maria Pia Mazzoleni , Bernard Ries

A dominating set of a graph $G$ is a set $D\subseteq V_G$ such that every vertex in $V_G-D$ is adjacent to at least one vertex in $D$, and the domination number $\gamma(G)$ of $G$ is the minimum cardinality of a dominating set of $G$. A set…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-01-18 Andrzej Lingas , Mateusz Miotk , Jerzy Topp , Paweł Żyliński

Graph-structured data is central to many scientific and industrial domains, where the goal is often to optimize objectives defined over graph structures. Given the combinatorial complexity of graph spaces, such optimization problems are…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-25 Shiqiang Zhang , Ruth Misener

Classical graphical modeling of multivariate random vectors uses graphs to encode conditional independence. In graphical modeling of multivariate stochastic processes, graphs may encode so-called local independence analogously. If some…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2023-02-27 Søren Wengel Mogensen

An isolating set of a graph is a set of vertices $S$ such that, if $S$ and its neighborhood is removed, only isolated vertices remain; and the isolation number is the minimum size of such a set. It is known that for every connected graph…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-03-14 Geoffrey Boyer , Wayne Goddard

The crossing number of a graph $G$ is the minimum number of edge crossings over all drawings of $G$ in the plane. A graph $G$ is $k$-crossing-critical if its crossing number is at least $k$, but if we remove any edge of $G$, its crossing…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-09-22 János Barát , Géza Tóth

The decomposition of a linkage into minimal components is a central tool of analysis and synthesis of linkages. In this paper we prove that every pinned d-isostatic (minimally rigid) graph (grounded linkage) has a unique decomposition into…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-03-17 Offer Shai , Adnan Sljoka , Walter Whiteley

Given an edge-coloring of a graph, the palette of a vertex is defined as the set of colors of the edges which are incident with it. We define the palette index of a graph as the minimum number of distinct palettes, taken over all…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-07-09 Davide Mattiolo , Giuseppe Mazzuoccolo , Gloria Tabarelli

A strong edge-coloring of a graph is a proper edge-coloring, in which the edges of every path of length 3 receive distinct colors; in other words, every pair of edges at distance at most 2 must be colored differently. The least number of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-12-03 Borut Lužar , Edita Máčajová , Roman Soták , Diana Švecová

Locks are a standard mechanism for synchronizing concurrent threads. The standard lock set construction assumes that critical sections are confined to a single thread, and therefore only accounts for locks acquired within that thread.…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2026-04-08 Martin Sulzmann

Index coding and coded caching are two active research topics in information theory with strong ties to each other. Motivated by the multi-access coded caching problem, we study a new class of structured index coding problems (ICPs) which…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-11-17 Kota Srinivas Reddy , Nikhil Karamchandani

The guessing number of a directed graph (digraph), equivalent to the entropy of that digraph, was introduced as a direct criterion on the solvability of a network coding instance. This paper makes two contributions on the guessing number.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-03-17 Maximilien Gadouleau , Soren Riis

In communication networks, the binding numbers of graphs (or networks) are often used to measure the vulnerability and robustness of graphs (or networks). Furthermore, the fractional factors of graphs and the fractional…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-06-22 Sizhong Zhou

A proper edge-coloring of a graph is an interval coloring if the labels on the edges incident to any vertex form an interval of consecutive integers. Interval thickness s(G) of a graph G is the smallest number of interval colorable graphs…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-05-13 Maria Axenovich , Michael Zheng

A unit disk graph is the intersection graph of disks of equal radii in the plane. The class of unit disk graphs is hereditary, and therefore admits a characterization in terms of minimal forbidden induced subgraphs. In spite of quite active…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-02-29 Aistis Atminas , Viktor Zamaraev

We consider the problem of minimizing the number of triangles in a graph of given order and size and describe the asymptotic structure of extremal graphs. This is achieved by characterizing the set of flag algebra homomorphisms that…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-05-11 Oleg Pikhurko , Alexander Razborov

Graph pattern mining methods can extract informative and useful patterns from large-scale graphs and capture underlying principles through the overwhelmed information. Contrast analysis serves as a keystone in various fields and has…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2018-02-20 Jingbo Shang , Xiyao Shi , Meng Jiang , Liyuan Liu , Timothy Hanratty , Jiawei Han

Given two graphs $H_1$ and $H_2$, a graph is $(H_1,H_2)$-free if it contains no induced subgraph isomorphic to $H_1$ nor $H_2$. A graph $G$ is $k$-vertex-critical if every proper induced subgraph of $G$ has chromatic number less than $k$,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-03-12 Wen Xia , Jorik Jooken , Jan Goedgebeur , Shenwei Huang

A strong edge-coloring of a graph $G$ is a coloring of the edges such that every color class induces a matching in $G$. The strong chromatic index of a graph is the minimum number of colors needed in a strong edge-coloring of the graph. In…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-06-20 Mingfang Huang , Michael Santana , Gexin Yu