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The Maximum Weight Independent Set problem is a fundamental NP-hard problem in combinatorial optimization with several real-world applications. Given an undirected vertex-weighted graph, the problem is to find a subset of the vertices with…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-03-05 Ernestine Großmann , Kenneth Langedal , Christian Schulz

In the Independent set problem, the input is a graph $G$, every vertex has a non-negative integer weight, and the task is to find a set $S$ of pairwise non-adjacent vertices, maximizing the total weight of the vertices in $S$. We give an…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-09-02 Daniel Lokshtanov , Marcin Pilipczuk , Erik Jan van Leeuwen

A 2-packing set for an undirected, weighted graph G=(V,E,w) is a subset S of the vertices V such that any two vertices are not adjacent and have no common neighbors. The Maximum Weight 2-Packing Set problem that asks for a 2-packing set of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-02-21 Jannick Borowitz , Ernestine Großmann , Christian Schulz

An independent dominating set D of a graph G = (V,E) is a subset of vertices such that every vertex in V \ D has at least one neighbor in D and D is an independent set, i.e. no two vertices of D are adjacent in G. Finding a minimum…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2010-09-08 Serge Gaspers , Mathieu Liedloff

The (\textsc{Weighted}) \textsc{Subset Feedback Vertex Set} problem is a generalization of the classical \textsc{Feedback Vertex Set} problem and asks for a vertex set of minimum (weighted) size that intersects all cycles containing a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-05-21 Charis Papadopoulos , Spyridon Tzimas

The independent set problem is NP-hard and particularly difficult to solve in large sparse graphs. In this work, we develop an advanced evolutionary algorithm, which incorporates kernelization techniques to compute large independent sets in…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-09-03 Sebastian Lamm , Peter Sanders , Christian Schulz , Darren Strash , Renato F. Werneck

In a recent breakthrough work, Gartland and Lokshtanov [FOCS 2020] showed a quasi-polynomial-time algorithm for Maximum Weight Independent Set in $P_t$-free graphs, that is, graphs excluding a fixed path as an induced subgraph. Their…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-11-18 Marcin Pilipczuk , Michał Pilipczuk , Paweł Rzążewski

We study the maximum weight perfect $f$-factor problem on any general simple graph $G=(V,E,w)$ with positive integral edge weights $w$, and $n=|V|$, $m=|E|$. When we have a function $f:V\rightarrow \mathbb{N}_+$ on vertices, a perfect…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-03-18 Ran Duan , Haoqing He , Tianyi Zhang

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

We consider the problem of devising algorithms to count exactly the number of independent sets of a graph G . We show that there is a polynomial time algorithm for this problem when G is restricted to the class of strongly orderable graphs,…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2021-01-07 Marc Heinrich , Haiko Müller

We consider the NP-hard problem of finding a spanning tree with a maximum number of internal vertices. This problem is a generalization of the famous Hamiltonian Path problem. Our dynamic-programming algorithms for general and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2009-06-12 Henning Fernau , Serge Gaspers , Daniel Raible

Computing a maximum independent set (MaxIS) is a fundamental NP-hard problem in graph theory, which has important applications in a wide spectrum of fields. Since graphs in many applications are changing frequently over time, the problem of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-04-19 Xiangyu Gao , Jianzhong Li , Dongjing Miao

The Maximum Weight Independent Set (MWIS) problem on graphs with vertex weights asks for a set of pairwise nonadjacent vertices of maximum total weight. MWIS is known to be $NP$-complete in general, even under various restrictions. Let…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2016-03-16 T. Karthick

We study a natural extension of the Maximum Weight Independent Set Problem (MWIS), one of the most studied optimization problems in Graph algorithms. We are given a graph $G=(V,E)$, a weight function $w: V \rightarrow \mathbb{R^+}$, a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-09-30 Sayan Bandyapadhyay

We present an $O^*(1.0919^n)$-time algorithm for finding a maximum independent set in an $n$-vertex graph with degree bounded by 3, which improves the previously known algorithm of running time $O^*(1.0977^n)$ by Bourgeois, Escoffier and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2009-04-20 Mingyu Xiao

A dynamic graph algorithm is a data structure that supports edge insertions, deletions, and specific problem queries. While extensive research exists on dynamic algorithms for graph problems solvable in polynomial time, most of these…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-07-10 Jannick Borowitz , Ernestine Großmann , Christian Schulz

The Maximum Weight Independent Set (MWIS) problem on finite undirected graphs with vertex weights asks for a set of pairwise nonadjacent vertices of maximum weight sum. MWIS is one of the most investigated and most important algorithmic…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2016-07-01 Andreas Brandstadt , Raffaele Mosca

The complexity of classical computational problems in graph classes defined by forbidding induced subgraphs is one of the central topics of algorithmic graph theory. Recently, there has been a growing interest in the complexity of such…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-04-28 Paweł Rafał Bieliński , Marta Piecyk , Paweł Rzążewski

Counting the independent sets of a graph is a classical #P-complete problem, even in the bipartite case. We give an exponential-time approximation scheme for this problem which is faster than the best known algorithm for the exact problem.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-09-10 Leslie Ann Goldberg , John Lapinskas , David Richerby

In algorithmic graph theory, a classic open question is to determine the complexity of the Maximum Independent Set problem on $P_t$-free graphs, that is, on graphs not containing any induced path on $t$ vertices. So far, polynomial-time…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-04-12 Gábor Bacsó , Daniel Lokshtanov , Dániel Marx , Marcin Pilipczuk , Zsolt Tuza , Erik Jan van Leeuwen