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Graph coloring problems are among the most fundamental problems in parallel and distributed computing, and have been studied extensively in both settings. In this context, designing efficient deterministic algorithms for these problems has…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-04-26 Sam Coy , Artur Czumaj , Peter Davies , Gopinath Mishra

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 present efficient parallel algorithms for computing maximal matchings in hypergraphs. Our algorithm finds locally maximal edges in the hypergraph and adds them in parallel to the matching. In the CRCW PRAM models our algorithms achieve…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-03-13 Henrik Reinstädtler , Christian Schulz , Nodari Sitchinava , Fabian Walliser

We study the Maximum Independent Set of Rectangles (MISR) problem: given a set of $n$ axis-parallel rectangles, find a largest-cardinality subset of the rectangles, such that no two of them overlap. MISR is a basic geometric optimization…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-08-02 Julia Chuzhoy , Alina Ene

We investigate a special case of hereditary property that we refer to as {\em robustness}. A property is {\em robust} in a given graph if it is inherited by all connected spanning subgraphs of this graph. We motivate this definition in…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2017-03-10 Arnaud Casteigts , Swan Dubois , Franck Petit , John Michael Robson

Randomized parallel algorithms for many fundamental problems achieve optimal linear work in expectation, but upgrading this guarantee to hold with high probability (whp) remains a recurring theoretical challenge. In this paper, we address…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-03-03 Chase Hutton , Adam Melrod

Until recently, the fastest distributed MIS algorithm, even for simple graphs, e.g., unoriented trees has been the simple randomized algorithm discovered the 80s. This algorithm (commonly called Luby's algorithm) computes an MIS in $O(\log…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2016-05-23 Sriram Pemmaraju , Talal Riaz

We use exponential start time clustering to design faster and more work-efficient parallel graph algorithms involving distances. Previous algorithms usually rely on graph decomposition routines with strict restrictions on the diameters of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-06-25 Gary L. Miller , Richard Peng , Adrian Vladu , Shen Chen Xu

We study a simple random process that computes a maximal independent set (MIS) on a general $n$-vertex graph. Each vertex has a binary state, black or white, where black indicates inclusion into the MIS. The vertex states are arbitrary…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2023-01-13 George Giakkoupis , Isabella Ziccardi

This work presents a graph neural network (GNN) framework for solving the maximum independent set (MIS) problem, inspired by dynamic programming (DP). Specifically, given a graph, we propose a DP-like recursive algorithm based on GNNs that…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-10-31 Lorenzo Brusca , Lars C. P. M. Quaedvlieg , Stratis Skoulakis , Grigorios G Chrysos , Volkan Cevher

Numerous sophisticated local algorithm were suggested in the literature for various fundamental problems. Notable examples are the MIS and $(\Delta+1)$-coloring algorithms by Barenboim and Elkin [6], by Kuhn [22], and by Panconesi and…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2015-12-12 Amos Korman , Jean-Sébastien Sereni , Laurent Viennot

Recent improvements on the deterministic complexities of fundamental graph problems in the LOCAL model of distributed computing have yielded state-of-the-art upper bounds of $\tilde{O}(\log^{5/3} n)$ rounds for maximal independent set (MIS)…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-10-21 Yann Bourreau , Sebastian Brandt , Alexandre Nolin

Random subsampling of edges is a commonly employed technique in graph algorithms, underlying a vast array of modern algorithmic breakthroughs. Unfortunately, using this technique often leads to randomized algorithms with no clear path to…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-03-27 Aaron Putterman , Salil Vadhan , Vadim Zaripov

We present techniques for decreasing the error probability of randomized algorithms and for converting randomized algorithms to deterministic (non-uniform) algorithms. Unlike most existing techniques that involve repetition of the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-09-29 Ofer Grossman , Dana Moshkovitz

This paper is centered on the complexity of graph problems in the well-studied LOCAL model of distributed computing, introduced by Linial [FOCS '87]. It is widely known that for many of the classic distributed graph problems (including…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-10-31 Mohsen Ghaffari , Fabian Kuhn , Yannic Maus

We give an $O^*(1.0821^n)$-time, polynomial space algorithm for computing Maximum Independent Set in graphs with bounded degree 3. This improves all the previous running time bounds known for the problem.

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-06-20 Davis Issac , Ragesh Jaiswal

Several classic problems in graph processing and computational geometry are solved via incremental algorithms, which split computation into a series of small tasks acting on shared state, which gets updated progressively. While the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-03-24 Dan Alistarh , Nikita Koval , Giorgi Nadiradze

The recent work ``Combinatorial Optimization with Physics-Inspired Graph Neural Networks'' [Nat Mach Intell 4 (2022) 367] introduces a physics-inspired unsupervised Graph Neural Network (GNN) to solve combinatorial optimization problems on…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-01-04 Maria Chiara Angelini , Federico Ricci-Tersenghi

The last five years of research on distributed graph algorithms have seen huge leaps of progress, both regarding algorithmic improvements and impossibility results: new strong lower bounds have emerged for many central problems and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-01-08 Sebastian Brandt , Yannic Maus , Ananth Narayanan , Florian Schager , Jara Uitto

We present randomized distributed algorithms for the maximal independent set problem (MIS) that, while keeping the time complexity nearly matching the best known, reduce the energy complexity substantially. These algorithms work in the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-05-24 Mohsen Ghaffari , Julian Portmann