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We analyze the cost used by a naive exhaustive search algorithm for finding a maximum independent set in random graphs under the usual G_{n,p} -model where each possible edge appears independently with the same probability p. The expected…

Probability · Mathematics 2015-12-09 Cyril Banderier , Hsien-Kuei Hwang , Vlady Ravelomanana , Vytas Zacharovas

Vertex bisection is a graph partitioning problem in which the aim is to find a partition into two equal parts that minimizes the number of vertices in one partition set that have a neighbor in the other set. We are interested in giving…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-11-08 Josep Díaz , Öznur Yaşar Diner , Maria Serna , Oriol Serra

We give a new, short proof that graphs embeddable in a given Euler genus-$g$ surface admit a simple $f(g)$-round $\alpha$-approximation distributed algorithm for Minimum Dominating Set (MDS), where the approximation ratio $\alpha \le 906$.…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-07-08 Marthe Bonamy , Cyril Gavoille , Timothé Picavet , Alexandra Wesolek

Given an $n\times n$ symmetric matrix $W\in [0,1]^{[n]\times [n]}$, let $\mathcal{G}(n,W)$ be the random graph obtained by independently including each edge $jk$ with probability $W_{jk}$. Given a degree sequence ${\bf d}=(d_1,\ldots,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-12-11 Pu Gao , Yuval Ohapkin

We propose a Greedy strategy to solve the problem of Graph Cut, called GGC. It starts from the state where each data sample is regarded as a cluster and dynamically merges the two clusters which reduces the value of the global objective…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-12-31 Feiping Nie , Shenfei Pei , Zengwei Zheng , Rong Wang , Xuelong Li

Random geometric graphs result from taking $n$ uniformly distributed points in the unit cube, $[0,1]^d$, and connecting two points if their Euclidean distance is at most $r$, for some prescribed $r$. We show that monotone properties for…

Probability · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Ashish Goel , Sanatan Rai , Bhaskar Krishnamachari

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

We propose a novel random walk-based algorithm for unbiased estimation of arbitrary functions of a weighted adjacency matrix, coined universal graph random features (u-GRFs). This includes many of the most popular examples of kernels…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2024-05-27 Isaac Reid , Krzysztof Choromanski , Eli Berger , Adrian Weller

We estimate the likely values of the chromatic and independence numbers of the random $r$-uniform $d$-regular hypergraph on $n$ vertices for fixed $r$, large fixed $d$, and $n \rightarrow \infty$.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-01-03 Patrick Bennett , Alan Frieze

Greedy algorithms have been successfully analyzed and applied in training neural networks for solving variational problems, ensuring guaranteed convergence orders. In this paper, we extend the analysis of the orthogonal greedy algorithm…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-04-21 Jinchao Xu , Xiaofeng Xu

An unexpected difference between online and offline algorithms is observed. The natural greedy algorithms are shown to be worst case online optimal for Online Independent Set and Online Vertex Cover on graphs with 'enough' isolated…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2017-03-06 Joan Boyar , Christian Kudahl

We propose a new yet natural algorithm for learning the graph structure of general discrete graphical models (a.k.a. Markov random fields) from samples. Our algorithm finds the neighborhood of a node by sequentially adding nodes that…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2012-02-09 Praneeth Netrapalli , Siddhartha Banerjee , Sujay Sanghavi , Sanjay Shakkottai

We prove new lower bounds on the likely size of a maximum independent set in a random graph with a given average degree. Our method is a weighted version of the second moment method, where we give each independent set a weight based on the…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2011-11-15 Varsha Dani , Cristopher Moore

We determine the asymptotics of the independence number of the random $d$-regular graph for all $d \ge d_0$. It is highly concentrated, with constant-order fluctuations around $n\alpha_* - c_*\log n$ for explicit constants $\alpha_*(d)$ and…

Probability · Mathematics 2013-10-18 Jian Ding , Allan Sly , Nike Sun

This paper proposes a greedy algorithm named as Big step greedy set cover algorithm to compute approximate minimum set cover. The Big step greedy algorithm, in each step selects p sets such that the union of selected p sets contains…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-06-16 Drona Pratap Chandu

Let $G(n,c/n)$ and $G_r(n)$ be an $n$-node sparse random graph and a sparse random $r$-regular graph, respectively, and let ${\cal I}(n,r)$ and ${\cal I}(n,c)$ be the sizes of the largest independent set in $G(n,c/n)$ and $G_r(n)$. The…

Probability · Mathematics 2007-05-23 David Gamarnik , Tomasz Nowicki , Grzegorz Swirscsz

Let $G_n$ be a random geometric graph with vertex set $[n]$ based on $n$ i.i.d.\ random vectors $X_1,\ldots,X_n$ drawn from an unknown density $f$ on $\R^d$. An edge $(i,j)$ is present when $\|X_i -X_j\| \le r_n$, for a given threshold…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2023-11-23 Caelan Atamanchuk , Luc Devroye , Gabor Lugosi

Local algorithms on graphs are algorithms that run in parallel on the nodes of a graph to compute some global structural feature of the graph. Such algorithms use only local information available at nodes to determine local aspects of the…

Probability · Mathematics 2013-04-09 David Gamarnik , Madhu Sudan

Optimal selection of a subset of items from a given set is a hard problem that requires combinatorial optimization. In this paper, we propose a subset selection algorithm that is trainable with gradient-based methods yet achieves…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-10-31 Thomas Powers , Rasool Fakoor , Siamak Shakeri , Abhinav Sethy , Amanjit Kainth , Abdel-rahman Mohamed , Ruhi Sarikaya

In this paper we solve two problems of Esperet, Kang and Thomasse as well as Li concerning (i) induced bipartite subgraphs in triangle-free graphs and (ii) van der Waerden numbers. Each time random greedy algorithms allow us to go beyond…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-06-01 He Guo , Lutz Warnke