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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

The maximal independent set (MIS) is one of the most fundamental problems in distributed computing, and it has been studied intensively for over four decades. This paper focuses on the MIS problem in the Radio Network model, a standard…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-10-10 Dominick Banasik , Varsha Dani , Fabien Dufoulon , Aayush Gupta , Thomas P. Hayes , Gopal Pandurangan

We consider the Maximum Weight Independent Set Problem (MWIS) in $d$-claw free graphs, i.e. the task of computing an independent set of maximum weight in a given $d$-claw free graph $G=(V,E)$ equipped with a positive weight function…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-06-08 Meike Neuwohner

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

We study the problem of finding a maximal independent set (MIS) in the standard LOCAL model of distributed computing. Classical algorithms by Luby [JACM'86] and Alon, Babai, and Itai [JALG'86] find an MIS in $O(\log n)$ rounds in $n$-node…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-05-22 Seri Khoury , Aaron Schild

This paper studies lower bounds for fundamental optimization problems in the CONGEST model. We show that solving problems exactly in this model can be a hard task, by providing $\tilde{\Omega}(n^2)$ lower bounds for cornerstone problems,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-05-27 Nir Bachrach , Keren Censor-Hillel , Michal Dory , Yuval Efron , Dean Leitersdorf , Ami Paz

In the Maximum Weight Independent Set of Rectangles (MWISR) problem we are given a set of n axis-parallel rectangles in the 2D-plane, and the goal is to select a maximum weight subset of pairwise non-overlapping rectangles. Due to many…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2013-07-09 Anna Adamaszek , Andreas Wiese

Maximum Independent Set (MIS for short) is in general graphs the paradigmatic $W[1]$-hard problem. In stark contrast, polynomial-time algorithms are known when the inputs are restricted to structured graph classes such as, for instance,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-09-19 Édouard Bonnet , Nicolas Bousquet , Stéphan Thomassé , Rémi Watrigant

Daum et al. [PODC'13] presented an algorithm that computes a maximal independent set (MIS) within $O(\log^2 n/F+\log n \mathrm{polyloglog} n)$ rounds in an $n$-node multichannel radio network with $F$ communication channels. The paper uses…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2015-08-19 Sebastian Daum , Fabian Kuhn

We describe approximation algorithms in Linial's classic LOCAL model of distributed computing to find maximum-weight matchings in a hypergraph of rank $r$. Our main result is a deterministic algorithm to generate a matching which is an…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-10-13 David G. Harris

While Artificial intelligence (AI), including Generative AI, are effective at generating high-quality traffic data and optimization solutions in intelligent transportation systems (ITSs), these techniques often demand significant training…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-05-09 Enqiang Zhu , Chenkai Hao , Chanjuan Liu , Yongsheng Rao

Most graphs in real life keep changing with time. These changes can be in the form of insertion or deletion of edges or vertices. Such rapidly changing graphs motivate us to study dynamic graph algorithms. However, three important graph…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-08-07 Manoj Gupta , Shahbaz Khan

Maximal Independent Set (MIS) is one of the fundamental problems in distributed computing. The round (time) complexity of distributed MIS has traditionally focused on the \emph{worst-case time} for all nodes to finish. The best-known…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2020-06-16 Soumyottam Chatterjee , Robert Gmyr , Gopal Pandurangan

Given a connected vertex-weighted graph $G$, the maximum weight internal spanning tree (MaxwIST) problem asks for a spanning tree of $G$ that maximizes the total weight of internal nodes. This problem is NP-hard and APX-hard, with the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-06-24 Ahmad Biniaz

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

We present a randomized Local Computation Algorithm (LCA) with query complexity $poly(\Delta) \cdot \log n$ for the Maximal Independent Set (MIS) problem. That is, the algorithm determines whether each node is in the computed MIS or not…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-10-04 Mohsen Ghaffari

In the load balancing problem, the input is an $n$-vertex bipartite graph $G = (C \cup S, E)$ and a positive weight for each client $c \in C$. The algorithm must assign each client $c \in C$ to an adjacent server $s \in S$. The load of a…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2020-11-26 Sepehr Assadi , Aaron Bernstein , Zachary Langley

We investigate the use of message-passing algorithms for the problem of finding the max-weight independent set (MWIS) in a graph. First, we study the performance of the classical loopy max-product belief propagation. We show that each fixed…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2016-11-15 Sujay Sanghavi , Devavrat Shah , Alan Willsky

The problem of distributed maximal independent set (MIS) is investigated on inhomogeneous random graphs with power-law weights by which the scale-free networks can be produced. Such a particular problem has been solved on graphs with $n$…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2018-06-13 Hasan Heydari , S. Mahmoud Taheri , Kaveh Kavousi

In the Maximum Weight Independent Set of Rectangles problem (MWISR) we are given a weighted set of $n$ axis-parallel rectangles in the plane. The task is to find a subset of pairwise non-overlapping rectangles with the maximum possible…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-12-06 Jana Cslovjecsek , Michał Pilipczuk , Karol Węgrzycki