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In this paper, we revisit the problem of sampling edges in an unknown graph $G = (V, E)$ from a distribution that is (pointwise) almost uniform over $E$. We consider the case where there is some a priori upper bound on the arboriciy of $G$.…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2019-02-22 Talya Eden , Dana Ron , Will Rosenbaum

Estimating the average degree of graph is a classic problem in sublinear graph algorithm. Eden, Ron, and Seshadhri (ICALP 2017, SIDMA 2019) gave a simple algorithm for this problem whose running time depended on the graph arboricity, but…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-03-11 Talya Eden , C. Seshadhri

We present a randomized algorithm that computes a constant approximation of a graph's arboricity, using $\tilde{O}(n/\lambda)$ queries to adjacency lists and in the same time bound. Here, $n$ and $\lambda$ denote the number of nodes and the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-12-23 Jiangqi Dai , Mohsen Ghaffari , Julian Portmann

We give an algorithm for finding the arboricity of a weighted, undirected graph, defined as the minimum number of spanning forests that cover all edges of the graph, in $\sqrt{n} m^{1+o(1)}$ time. This improves on the previous best bound of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-07-22 Ruoxu Cen , Henry Fleischmann , George Z. Li , Jason Li , Debmalya Panigrahi

Given query access to an undirected graph $G$, we consider the problem of computing a $(1\pm\epsilon)$-approximation of the number of $k$-cliques in $G$. The standard query model for general graphs allows for degree queries, neighbor…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-11-13 Talya Eden , Dana Ron , C. Seshadhri

We consider the fundamental problems of approximately counting the numbers of edges and triangles in a graph in sublinear time. Previous algorithms for these tasks are significantly more efficient under a promise that the arboricity of the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-09-25 Talya Eden , Ronitt Rubinfeld , Arsen Vasilyan

We give a nearly optimal sublinear-time algorithm for approximating the size of a minimum vertex cover in a graph G. The algorithm may query the degree deg(v) of any vertex v of its choice, and for each 1 <= i <= deg(v), it may ask for the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2011-10-06 Krzysztof Onak , Dana Ron , Michal Rosen , Ronitt Rubinfeld

We consider the problem of estimating the number of triangles in a graph. This problem has been extensively studied in both theory and practice, but all existing algorithms read the entire graph. In this work we design a {\em…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Talya Eden , Amit Levi , Dana Ron , C. Seshadhri

In this paper we consider the problem of testing whether a graph has bounded arboricity. The family of graphs with bounded arboricity includes, among others, bounded-degree graphs, all minor-closed graph classes (e.g. planar graphs, graphs…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-04-28 Talya Eden , Reut Levi , Dana Ron

Given a simple, unweighted, undirected graph $G=(V,E)$ with $|V|=n$ and $|E|=m$, and parameters $0 < \varepsilon, \delta <1$, along with \texttt{Degree}, \texttt{Neighbour}, \texttt{Edge} and \texttt{RandomEdge} query access to $G$, we…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-02-24 Arijit Bishnu , Debarshi Chanda , Gopinath Mishra

The treedepth of a graph $G$ is the least possible depth of an elimination forest of $G$: a rooted forest on the same vertex set where every pair of vertices adjacent in $G$ is bound by the ancestor/descendant relation. We propose an…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-05-06 Wojciech Nadara , Michał Pilipczuk , Marcin Smulewicz

We present a data stream algorithm for estimating the size of the maximum matching of a low arboricity graph. Recall that a graph has arboricity $\alpha$ if its edges can be partitioned into at most $\alpha$ forests and that a planar graph…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-08-15 Andrew McGregor , Sofya Vorotnikova

We describe a polynomial-time algorithm which, given a graph $G$ with treewidth $t$, approximates the pathwidth of $G$ to within a ratio of $O(t\sqrt{\log t})$. This is the first algorithm to achieve an $f(t)$-approximation for some…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-03-13 Carla Groenland , Gwenaël Joret , Wojciech Nadara , Bartosz Walczak

The arboricity $\Gamma$ of a graph is the minimum number of forests its edge set can be partitioned into. Previous approximation schemes were nonconstructive, i.e., they only approximated the arboricity as a value without computing a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-09-06 Markus Blumenstock , Frank Fischer

For a graph $G$, let $Z(G,\lambda)$ be the partition function of the monomer-dimer system defined by $\sum_k m_k(G)\lambda^k$, where $m_k(G)$ is the number of matchings of size $k$ in $G$. We consider graphs of bounded degree and develop a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2013-09-05 Marc Lelarge , Hang Zhou

Cubicity of a graph $G$ is the smallest dimension $d$, for which $G$ is a unit disc graph in ${\mathbb{R}}^d$, under the $l^\infty$ metric, i.e. $G$ can be represented as an intersection graph of $d$-dimensional (axis-parallel) unit…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2014-02-26 Jasine Babu , Manu Basavaraju , L Sunil Chandran , Deepak Rajendraprasad , Naveen Sivadasan

The Euler genus of a graph is a fundamental and well-studied parameter in graph theory and topology. Computing it has been shown to be NP-hard by [Thomassen '89 & '93], and it is known to be fixed-parameter tractable. However, the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2013-11-04 Chandra Chekuri , Anastasios Sidiropoulos

We are given an integer $d$, a graph $G=(V,E)$, and a uniformly random embedding $f : V \rightarrow \{0,1\}^d$ of the vertices. We are interested in the probability that $G$ can be "realized" by a scaled Euclidean norm on $\mathbb{R}^d$, in…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2018-04-25 Saad Quader , Alexander Russell

We present a near-optimal polynomial-time approximation algorithm for the asymmetric traveling salesman problem for graphs of bounded orientable or non-orientable genus. Our algorithm achieves an approximation factor of O(f(g)) on graphs…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2013-05-14 Jeff Erickson , Anastasios Sidiropoulos

The linear arboricity of a graph $G$, denoted by $\text{la}(G)$, is the minimum number of edge-disjoint linear forests (i.e. forests in which every connected component is a path) in $G$ whose union covers all the edges of $G$. A famous…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-09-14 Asaf Ferber , Jacob Fox , Vishesh Jain
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