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Let H be a graph, and let C_H(G) be the number of (subgraph isomorphic) copies of H contained in a graph G. We investigate the fundamental problem of estimating C_H(G). Previous results cover only a few specific instances of this general…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-02-20 Martin Furer , Shiva Prasad Kasiviswanathan

A graph is $c$-closed when every pair of nonadjacent vertices has at most $c-1$ common neighbors. In $c$-Closed Vertex Deletion, the input is a graph $G$ and an integer $k$ and we ask whether $G$ can be transformed into a $c$-closed graph…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-11-18 Lisa Lehner , Christian Komusiewicz , Luca Pascal Staus

The importance of hierarchical image organization has been witnessed by a wide spectrum of applications in computer vision and graphics. Different from image segmentation with the spatial whole-part consideration, this work designs a modern…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-04-06 Fu Yuanbin , Guoxiaojie , Hu Qiming , Lin Di , Ma Jiayi , Ling Haibin

Partitioning a graph into blocks of "roughly equal" weight while cutting only few edges is a fundamental problem in computer science with a wide range of applications. In particular, the problem is a building block in applications that…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-05-06 Lars Gottesbüren , Tobias Heuer , Peter Sanders , Christian Schulz , Daniel Seemaier

The k-core of a graph is its maximal subgraph with minimum degree at least k, and the core value of a vertex u is the largest k for which u is contained in the k-core of the graph. Among cohesive subgraphs, k-core and its variants have…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-10-14 Yan S. Couto , Cristina G. Fernandes

This paper studies the nucleus decomposition problem, which has been shown to be useful in finding dense substructures in graphs. We present a novel parallel algorithm that is efficient both in theory and in practice. Our algorithm achieves…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2022-08-12 Jessica Shi , Laxman Dhulipala , Julian Shun

Multilevel partitioning methods that are inspired by principles of multiscaling are the most powerful practical hypergraph partitioning solvers. Hypergraph partitioning has many applications in disciplines ranging from scientific computing…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2022-06-16 Ruslan Shaydulin , Jie Chen , Ilya Safro

A popular model to measure network stability is the $k$-core, that is the maximal induced subgraph in which every vertex has degree at least $k$. For example, $k$-cores are commonly used to model the unraveling phenomena in social networks.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-07-08 Fedor V. Fomin , Danil Sagunov , Kirill Simonov

In this survey, we explore recent literature on finding the cores of higher graphs using geometric and topological means. We study graphs, hypergraphs, and simplicial complexes, all of which are models of higher graphs. We study the notion…

History and Overview · Mathematics 2025-06-30 Inés García-Redondo , Claudia Landi , Sarah Percival , Anda Skeja , Bei Wang , Ling Zhou

We study the parameterized complexity of the T(h+1)-Free Edge Deletion problem. Given a graph G and integers k and h, the task is to delete at most k edges so that every connected component of the resulting graph has size at most h. The…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-02-04 Ajinkya Gaikwad , Soumen Maity , Leeja R

Closeness is a widely-studied centrality measure. Since it requires all pairwise distances, computing closeness for all nodes is infeasible for large real-world networks. However, for many applications, it is only necessary to find the k…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-10-04 Patrick Bisenius , Elisabetta Bergamini , Eugenio Angriman , Henning Meyerhenke

In this paper, we investigate the parallelization of $k$-core decomposition, a method used in graph analysis to identify cohesive substructures and assess node centrality. Although efficient sequential algorithms exist for this task, the…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-12-02 Davide Rucci , Sebastian Parfeniuc , Matteo Mordacchini , Emanuele Carlini , Alfredo Cuzzocrea , Patrizio Dazzi

Profiling core-periphery structures in networks has attracted significant attention, leading to the development of various methods. Among these, the rich-core method is distinguished for being entirely parameter-free and scalable to large…

Physics and Society · Physics 2025-04-17 Jiaqi Nie , Qi Xuan , Dehong Gao , Zhongyuan Ruan

Finding all maximal $k$-plexes on networks is a fundamental research problem in graph analysis due to many important applications, such as community detection, biological graph analysis, and so on. A $k$-plex is a subgraph in which every…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-05-03 Qiangqiang Dai , Rong-Hua Li , Hongchao Qin , Meihao Liao , Guoren Wang

Partitioning graphs into blocks of roughly equal size such that few edges run between blocks is a frequently needed operation in processing graphs. Recently, size, variety, and structural complexity of these networks has grown dramatically.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-10-16 Yaroslav Akhremtsev , Peter Sanders , Christian Schulz

The network homology Hk-core decomposition proposed in this article is similar to the k-core decomposition based on node degrees of the network. The C. elegans neural network and the cat cortical network are used as examples to reveal the…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2025-07-24 Dinghua Shi , Yang Zhao , Guanrong Chen

The K-way vertex cut problem} consists in, given a graph G, finding a subset of vertices of a given size, whose removal partitions G into the maximum number of connected components. This problem has many applications in several areas. It…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2021-12-06 Mohammed Lalou

Differentially private algorithms allow large-scale data analytics while preserving user privacy. Designing such algorithms for graph data is gaining importance with the growth of large networks that model various (sensitive) relationships…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-11-22 Laxman Dhulipala , Quanquan C. Liu , Sofya Raskhodnikova , Jessica Shi , Julian Shun , Shangdi Yu

Large graphs are difficult to represent, visualize, and understand. In this paper, we introduce "gate graph" - a new approach to perform graph simplification. A gate graph provides a simplified topological view of the original graph.…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2016-11-18 Ning Ruan , Ruoming Jin , Yan Huang

We study the problem of graph clustering where the goal is to partition a graph into clusters, i.e. disjoint subsets of vertices, such that each cluster is well connected internally while sparsely connected to the rest of the graph. In…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-12-17 Thatchaphol Saranurak , Di Wang