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We study the polyhedral properties of three problems of constructing an optimal complete bipartite subgraph (a biclique) in a bipartite graph. In the first problem we consider a balanced biclique with the same number of vertices in both…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-02-16 Vladimir Bondarenko , Andrei Nikolaev , Dzhambolet Shovgenov

Cohesive subgraph mining is a fundamental problem in graph theory with numerous real-world applications, such as social network analysis and protein-protein interaction modeling. Among various cohesive subgraphs, the $\gamma$-quasi-clique…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2025-10-07 Hongbo Xia , Kaiqiang Yu , Shengxin Liu , Cheng Long , Xun Zhou

Given a simple undirected graph $G$, a quasi-clique is a subgraph of $G$ whose density is at least $\gamma$ $(0 < \gamma \leq 1)$. Finding a maximum quasi-clique has been addressed from two different perspectives: $i)$ maximizing vertex…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2026-02-26 Daniela Scherer dos Santos , Kathrin Klamroth , Pedro Martins , Luís Paquete

Quasi-cliques are dense incomplete subgraphs of a graph that generalize the notion of cliques. Enumerating quasi-cliques from a graph is a robust way to detect densely connected structures with applications to bio-informatics and social…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-02-04 Seyed-Vahid Sanei-Mehri , Apurba Das , Srikanta Tirthapura

Given a graph $G$ and a parameter $k$, the $k$-biclique problem asks whether $G$ contains a complete bipartite subgraph $K_{k,k}$. This is the most easily stated problem on graphs whose parameterized complexity is still unknown. We provide…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2019-06-11 Bingkai Lin

A \emph{biclique} is a maximal bipartite complete induced subgraph of $G$. Bicliques have been studied in the last years motivated by the large number of applications. In particular, enumeration of the maximal bicliques has been of interest…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2016-05-12 Marina Groshaus , Leandro Montero

Counting $(p,q)$-bicliques in bipartite graphs is crucial for a variety of applications, from recommendation systems to cohesive subgraph analysis. Yet, it remains computationally challenging due to the combinatorial explosion to exactly…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2025-12-09 Jingbang Chen , Weinuo Li , Yingli Zhou , Hangrui Zhou , Qiuyang Mang , Can Wang , Yixiang Fang , Chenhao Ma

As a model problem for clustering, we consider the densest k-disjoint-clique problem of partitioning a weighted complete graph into k disjoint subgraphs such that the sum of the densities of these subgraphs is maximized. We establish that…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-02-18 Aleksis Pirinen , Brendan Ames

The maximal biclique enumeration problem in bipartite graphs is fundamental and has numerous applications in E-commerce and transaction networks. Most existing studies adopt a branch-and-bound framework, which recursively expands a partial…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-02-26 Kaixin Wang , Kaiqiang Yu , Cheng Long

The Maximum Balanced Biclique Problem is a well-known graph model with relevant applications in diverse domains. This paper introduces a novel algorithm, which combines an effective constraint-based tabu search procedure and two dedicated…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2017-05-23 Yi Zhou , Jin-Kao Hao

The maximum graph bisection problem is a well known graph partition problem. The problem has been proven to be NP-hard. In the maximum graph bisection problem it is required that the set of vertices is divided into two partition with equal…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2015-12-03 Zoran Maksimovic

A variety of tasks on dynamic graphs, including anomaly detection, community detection, compression, and graph understanding, have been formulated as problems of identifying constituent (near) bi-cliques (i.e., complete bipartite graphs).…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2022-01-13 Hyeonjeong Shin , Taehyung Kwon , Neil Shah , Kijung Shin

Given a user-specified minimum degree threshold $\gamma$, a $\gamma$-quasi-clique is a subgraph $g=(V_g,E_g)$ where each vertex $v\in V_g$ connects to at least $\gamma$ fraction of the other vertices (i.e., $\lceil…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2021-05-11 Guimu Guo , Da Yan , M. Tamer Özsu , Zhe Jiang , Jalal Khalil

The Small Set Expansion Hypothesis (SSEH) is a conjecture which roughly states that it is NP-hard to distinguish between a graph with a small subset of vertices whose edge expansion is almost zero and one in which all small subsets of…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2017-05-11 Pasin Manurangsi

Bigraph reactive systems offer a powerful and flexible mathematical framework for modelling both spatial and non-spatial relationships between agents, with practical applications in domains such as smart technologies, networks, sensor…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2026-01-08 Kyle Burns , Michele Sevegnani , Ciaran McCreesh , James Trimble

Given an input graph and weights on its vertices, the maximum co-2-plex problem is to find a subset of vertices maximizing the sum of their weights and inducing a graph of degree at most 1. In this article, we analyze polyhedral aspects of…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2025-12-09 Alexandre Dupont-Bouillard , Pierre Fouilhoux , Roland Grappe , Mathieu Lacroix

Given a bipartite graph $G = (V_1,V_2,E)$ where edges take on {\it both} positive and negative weights from set $\mathcal{S}$, the {\it maximum weighted edge biclique} problem, or $\mathcal{S}$-MWEB for short, asks to find a bipartite…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2009-03-23 Jinsong Tan

In a bipartite graph, a subgraph is an $s$-biplex if each vertex of the subgraph is adjacent to all but at most $s$ vertices on the opposite set. The enumeration of $s$-biplexes from a given graph is a fundamental problem in bipartite graph…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2025-06-13 Zhenxiang Xu , Yiping Liu , Yi Zhou , Yimin Hao , Zhengren Wang

The biclique partition number of a graph \(G\), denoted \( \operatorname{bp}(G)\), is the minimum number of biclique subgraphs needed to partition the edge set of $G$. Lyu and Hicks \cite{lyu2023finding} posed the open problem of whether \(…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-04-08 Anand Babu , Ashwin Jacob

A biclique of a graph is a maximal complete bipartite subgraph. The biclique graph of a graph $G$, $KB(G)$, defined as the intersection graph of the bicliques of $G$, was introduced and characterized in 2010. However, this characterization…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2020-06-02 Marina Groshaus , André Luiz Pires Guedes