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Given a graph, a maximal independent set (MIS) is a maximal subset of pairwise non-adjacent vertices. Finding an MIS is a fundamental problem in distributed computing. Although the problem is extensively studied and well understood in…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2018-05-10 Fabian Kuhn , Chaodong Zheng

The graph retrieval problem is to search in a large corpus of graphs for ones that are most similar to a query graph. A common consideration for scoring similarity is the maximum common subgraph (MCS) between the query and corpus graphs,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-10-21 Indradyumna Roy , Soumen Chakrabarti , Abir De

The Maximum Weighted Independent Set (MWIS) problem, which considers a graph with weights assigned to nodes and seeks to discover the "heaviest" independent set, that is, a set of nodes with maximum total weight so that no two nodes in the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-08-18 Kai Sun

The Maximum Weight Independent Set (MWIS) Problem on graphs with vertex weights asks for a set of pairwise nonadjacent vertices of maximum total weight. Being one of the most investigated and most important problems on graphs, it is well…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2012-09-13 Andreas Brandstädt , Raffaele Mosca

Maximum weight independent set (MWIS) admits a $\frac1k$-approximation in inductively $k$-independent graphs and a $\frac{1}{2k}$-approximation in $k$-perfectly orientable graphs. These are a a parameterized class of graphs that generalize…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-07-11 Chandra Chekuri , Kent Quanrud

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 2019-01-14 Andreas Brandstädt , Raffaele Mosca

We introduce a novel evolutionary formulation of the problem of finding a maximum independent set of a graph. The new formulation is based on the relationship that exists between a graph's independence number and its acyclic orientations.…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2007-05-23 V. C. Barbosa , L. C. D. Campos

We consider the algorithmic problem of finding large \textit{balanced} independent sets in sparse random bipartite graphs, and more generally the problem of finding independent sets with specified proportions of vertices on each side of the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-07-27 Will Perkins , Yuzhou Wang

Dominating set is a set of vertices of a graph such that all other vertices have a neighbour in the dominating set. We propose a new order-based randomised local search (RLS$_o$) algorithm to solve minimum dominating set problem in large…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2017-11-06 David Chalupa

Finding maximum-weight independent sets in graphs is an important NP-hard optimization problem. Given a vertex-weighted graph $G$, the task is to find a subset of pairwise non-adjacent vertices of $G$ with maximum weight. Most recently…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-10-16 Jannick Borowitz , Ernestine Großmann , Mattthias Schimek

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

A canonical problem in graph mining is the detection of dense communities. This problem is exacerbated for a graph with a large order and size -- the number of vertices and edges -- as many community detection algorithms scale poorly. In…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2015-02-17 Heng Wang , Da Zheng , Randal Burns , Carey Priebe

We investigate the distributed complexity of maximal matching and maximal independent set (MIS) in hypergraphs in the LOCAL model. A maximal matching of a hypergraph $H=(V_H,E_H)$ is a maximal disjoint set $M\subseteq E_H$ of hyperedges and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-11-04 Alkida Balliu , Sebastian Brandt , Fabian Kuhn , Dennis Olivetti

Many decision-making algorithms draw inspiration from the inner workings of individual biological systems. However, it remains unclear whether collective behavior among biological species can also lead to solutions for computational tasks.…

Physics and Society · Physics 2024-09-04 Niek Mooij , Ivan Kryven

The random greedy algorithm for finding a maximal independent set in a graph constructs a maximal independent set by inspecting the graph's vertices in a random order, adding the current vertex to the independent set if it is not adjacent…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-09-28 Michael Krivelevich , Tamás Mészáros , Peleg Michaeli , Clara Shikhelman

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

Given a graph, the minimum dominating set (MinDS) problem is to identify a smallest set $D$ of vertices such that every vertex not in $D$ is adjacent to at least one vertex in $D$. The MinDS problem is a classic $\mathcal{NP}$-hard problem…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2023-08-01 Enqiang Zhu , Yu Zhang , Shengzhi Wang , Darren Strash , Chanjuan Liu

Given a graph $G$, a non-negative integer $k$, and a weight function that maps each vertex in $G$ to a positive real number, the \emph{Maximum Weighted Budgeted Independent Set (MWBIS) problem} is about finding a maximum weighted…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2015-07-21 Tushar Kalra , Rogers Mathew , Sudebkumar Prasant Pal , Vijay Pandey

In this study, we address the independent set enumeration problem. Although several efficient enumeration algorithms and careful analyses have been proposed for maximal independent sets, no fine-grained analysis has been given for the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-05-14 Kazuhiro Kurita , Kunihiro Wasa , Hiroki Arimura , Takeaki Uno

We study the Maximum Independent Set (MIS) problem on general graphs within the framework of learning-augmented algorithms. The MIS problem is known to be NP-hard and is also NP-hard to approximate to within a factor of $n^{1-\delta}$ for…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-07-17 Vladimir Braverman , Prathamesh Dharangutte , Vihan Shah , Chen Wang