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K-clique percolation is an overlapping community finding algorithm which extracts particular structures, comprised of overlapping cliques, from complex networks. While it is conceptually straightforward, and can be elegantly expressed using…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2012-05-02 Fergal Reid , Aaron McDaid , Neil Hurley

The edge clique cover (ECC) problem -- where the goal is to find a minimum cardinality set of cliques that cover all the edges of a graph -- is a classic NP-hard problem that has received much attention from both the theoretical and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-07-06 Anthony Hevia , Benjamin Kallus , Summer McClintic , Samantha Reisner , Darren Strash , Johnathan Wilson

Identifying dense subgraphs known as quasi-cliques is pivotal in numerous graph mining tasks across domains such as social networks, biology, and e-commerce. While prior work has developed efficient algorithms for quasi-clique detection in…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2026-05-27 Jingbang Chen , Weinuo Li , Yingli Zhou , Hao Wu , Can Wang , Yixiang Fang , Chenhao Ma

This paper proposes a new algorithm for solving maximal cliques for simple undirected graphs using the theory of prime numbers. A novel approach using prime numbers is used to find cliques and ends with a discussion of the algorithm.

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Dhananjay D. Kulkarni , Shekhar Verma , Prashant

Finding a Maximum Clique is a classic property test from graph theory; find any one of the largest complete subgraphs in an Erd\"os-R\'enyi G(N, p) random graph. We use Maximum Clique to explore the structure of the problem as a function of…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2023-05-26 Raffaele Marino , Scott Kirkpatrick

Cliques are defined as complete graphs or subgraphs; they are the strongest form of cohesive subgroup, and are of interest in both social science and engineering contexts. In this paper we show how to efficiently estimate the distribution…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2013-08-16 Minas Gjoka , Emily Smith , Carter T. Butts

Subgraph counting is a fundamental task that underpins several network analysis methodologies, including community detection and graph two-sample tests. Counting subgraphs is a computationally intensive problem. Substantial research has…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-11-19 Feng Yu , Mingao Yuan

The Cluster Deletion problem takes a graph $G$ as input and asks for a minimum size set of edges $X$ such that $G-X$ is the disjoint union of complete graphs. An equivalent formulation is the Clique Partition problem, which asks to find a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-09-26 Nicola Galesi , Tony Huynh , Fariba Ranjbar

Approximate Nearest Neighbor Search with arbitrary filtering predicates (AFANNS) is essential for modern data applications, yet existing methods often incur substantial storage and computational costs. In this work, we introduce the Maximal…

Databases · Computer Science 2026-04-27 Xiaowei Ye , Rong-Hua Li , Guoren Wang , Kaiwen Xue , Daiyin Wang , Xubin Li

In this paper we show how to efficiently produce unbiased estimates of subgraph frequencies from a probability sample of egocentric networks (i.e., focal nodes, their neighbors, and the induced subgraphs of ties among their neighbors). A…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2015-10-29 Minas Gjoka , Emily Smith , Carter T. Butts

A $k$-truss is an edge-induced subgraph $H$ such that each of its edges belongs to at least $k-2$ triangles of $H$. This notion has been introduced around ten years ago in social network analysis and security, as a form of cohesive subgraph…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-10-05 Alessio Conte , Roberto Grossi , Andrea Marino , Luca Versari

Maximal clique enumeration (MCE) is a fundamental problem in graph theory and is used in many applications, such as social network analysis, bioinformatics, intelligent agent systems, cyber security, etc. Most existing MCE algorithms focus…

Databases · Computer Science 2020-12-01 Xiaofan Li , Rui Zhou , Lu Chen , Chengfei Liu , Qiang He , Yun Yang

The number of triangles is a computationally expensive graph statistic which is frequently used in complex network analysis (e.g., transitivity ratio), in various random graph models (e.g., exponential random graph model) and in important…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-05-20 Mihail N. Kolountzakis , Gary L. Miller , Richard Peng , Charalampos E. Tsourakakis

Subgraph counting is a fundamental primitive in graph processing, with applications in social network analysis (e.g., estimating the clustering coefficient of a graph), database processing and other areas. The space complexity of subgraph…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-08-16 John Kallaugher , Michael Kapralov , Eric Price

A clique in a graph is a set of vertices, each of which is adjacent to every other vertex in this set. A k-clique relaxes this requirement, requiring vertices to be within a distance k of each other, rather than directly adjacent. In…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-08-28 Ciaran McCreesh , Patrick Prosser

The densest subgraph problem has received significant attention, both in theory and in practice, due to its applications in problems such as community detection, social network analysis, and spam detection. Due to the high cost of obtaining…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-11-09 Pattara Sukprasert , Quanquan C. Liu , Laxman Dhulipala , Julian Shun

We determine the maximum possible number of edges of a graph with $n$ vertices, matching number at most $s$ and clique number at most $k$ for all admissible values of the parameters.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-10-28 Noga Alon , Peter Frankl

Tree-width has been proven to be a useful parameter to design fast and efficient algorithms for intractable problems. However, while tree-width is low on relatively sparse graphs can be arbitrary high on dense graphs. Therefore, we…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-11-04 Chris Aronis

Proximity graph-based methods have emerged as a leading paradigm for approximate nearest neighbor (ANN) search in the system community. This paper presents fresh insights into the theoretical foundation of these methods. We describe an…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-09-10 Shangqi Lu , Yufei Tao

We present CLIPPER+, an algorithm for finding maximal cliques in unweighted graphs for outlier-robust global registration. The registration problem can be formulated as a graph and solved by finding its maximum clique. This formulation…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-02-26 Kaveh Fathian , Tyler Summers