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In this paper we study the computational-statistical gap of the planted clique problem, where a clique of size $k$ is planted in an Erdos Renyi graph $G(n,\frac{1}{2})$ resulting in a graph $G\left(n,\frac{1}{2},k\right)$. The goal is to…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2020-01-01 David Gamarnik , Ilias Zadik

In the well known planted clique problem, a clique (or alternatively, an independent set) of size $k$ is planted at random in an Erdos-Renyi random $G(n, p)$ graph, and the goal is to design an algorithm that finds the maximum clique (or…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-04-29 Uriel Feige , Vadim Grinberg

We consider the problem of detecting a planted clique of size $k$ in a random graph on $n$ vertices. When the size of the clique exceeds $\Theta(\sqrt{n})$, polynomial-time algorithms for detection proliferate. We study faster -- namely,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-02-09 Jay Mardia , Kabir Aladin Verchand , Alexander S. Wein

We study the planted clique problem in which a clique of size k is planted in an Erd\H{o}s-R\'enyi graph G(n, 1/2), and one is interested in either detecting or recovering this planted clique. This problem is interesting because it is…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2020-11-25 Jay Mardia

The planted clique problem is a paradigmatic model of statistical-to-computational gaps: the planted clique is information-theoretically detectable if its size $k\ge 2\log_2 n$ but polynomial-time algorithms only exist for the recovery task…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-05-19 Reza Gheissari , Aukosh Jagannath , Yiming Xu

Finding cliques in random graphs and the closely related "planted" clique variant, where a clique of size k is planted in a random G(n, 1/2) graph, have been the focus of substantial study in algorithm design. Despite much effort, the best…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2015-03-24 Raghu Meka , Aaron Potechin , Avi Wigderson

We give a polynomial-time algorithm that finds a planted clique of size $k \ge \sqrt{n \log n}$ in the semirandom model, improving the state-of-the-art $\sqrt{n} (\log n)^2$ bound. This $\textit{semirandom planted clique problem}$ concerns…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-06-24 Venkatesan Guruswami , Hsin-Po Wang

We design new polynomial-time algorithms for recovering planted cliques in the semi-random graph model introduced by Feige and Kilian 2001. The previous best algorithms for this model succeed if the planted clique has size at least…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-06-07 Rares-Darius Buhai , Pravesh K. Kothari , David Steurer

We consider a variant of the planted clique problem where we are allowed unbounded computational time but can only investigate a small part of the graph by adaptive edge queries. We determine (up to logarithmic factors) the number of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-07-27 Miklós Z. Rácz , Benjamin Schiffer

Consider an Erd\"os-Renyi random graph in which each edge is present independently with probability 1/2, except for a subset $\sC_N$ of the vertices that form a clique (a completely connected subgraph). We consider the problem of…

Probability · Mathematics 2013-04-29 Yash Deshpande , Andrea Montanari

We are given a graph $G$ with $n$ vertices, where a random subset of $k$ vertices has been made into a clique, and the remaining edges are chosen independently with probability $\tfrac12$. This random graph model is denoted…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2010-10-15 Yael Dekel , Ori Gurel-Gurevich , Yuval Peres

The problem of finding large cliques in random graphs and its "planted" variant, where one wants to recover a clique of size $\omega \gg \log{(n)}$ added to an \Erdos-\Renyi graph $G \sim G(n,\frac{1}{2})$, have been intensely studied.…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2015-07-21 Samuel B. Hopkins , Pravesh K. Kothari , Aaron Potechin

We give a simple, greedy $O(n^{\omega+0.5})=O(n^{2.872})$-time algorithm to list-decode planted cliques in a semirandom model introduced in [CSV17] (following [FK01]) that succeeds whenever the size of the planted clique is $k\geq…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-10-10 Jarosław Błasiok , Rares-Darius Buhai , Pravesh K. Kothari , David Steurer

We investigate the problem of identifying planted cliques in random geometric graphs, focusing on two distinct algorithmic approaches: the first based on vertex degrees (VD) and the other on common neighbors (CN). We analyze the performance…

Probability · Mathematics 2026-04-10 Konstantin Avrachenkov , Andrei Bobu , Nelly Litvak , Riccardo Michielan

In this paper, we study the Planted Clique problem in a semi-random model. Our model is inspired from the Feige-Kilian model [16] which has been studied in many other works [8,11,17,26,35,38] for a variety of graph problems. Our algorithm…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-12-09 Yash Khanna

In this paper, we study the problem of finding a collection of planted cycles in an \ER random graph $G \sim \mathcal{G}(n, \lambda/n)$, in analogy to the famous Planted Clique Problem. When the cycles are planted on a uniformly random…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2025-11-07 Julia Gaudio , Colin Sandon , Jiaming Xu , Dana Yang

We study a planted clique model introduced by Feige where a complete graph of size $c\cdot n$ is planted uniformly at random in an arbitrary $n$-vertex graph. We give a simple deterministic algorithm that, in almost linear time, recovers a…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-05-13 Francesco Agrimonti , Marco Bressan , Tommaso d'Orsi

Multiple methods of finding the vertices belonging to a planted dense subgraph in a random dense $G(n, p)$ graph have been proposed, with an emphasis on planted cliques. Such methods can identify the planted subgraph in polynomial time, but…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-11-29 Itay Levinas , Yoram Louzoun

We present a parallel k-clique listing algorithm with improved work bounds (for the same depth) in sparse graphs with low degeneracy or arboricity. We achieve this by introducing and analyzing a new pruning criterion for a backtracking…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-09-21 Lukas Gianinazzi , Maciej Besta , Yannick Schaffner , Torsten Hoefler

Given a large data matrix $A\in\mathbb{R}^{n\times n}$, we consider the problem of determining whether its entries are i.i.d. with some known marginal distribution $A_{ij}\sim P_0$, or instead $A$ contains a principal submatrix $A_{{\sf…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2015-02-24 Yash Deshpande , Andrea Montanari
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