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In this paper, we design efficient algorithms to approximately count the number of edges of a given $k$-hypergraph, and to sample an approximately uniform random edge. The hypergraph is not given explicitly, and can be accessed only through…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-03-09 Holger Dell , John Lapinskas , Kitty Meeks

We study the task of estimating the number of edges in a graph with access to only an independent set oracle. Independent set queries draw motivation from group testing and have applications to the complexity of decision versus counting…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-03-13 Paul Beame , Sariel Har-Peled , Sivaramakrishnan Natarajan Ramamoorthy , Cyrus Rashtchian , Makrand Sinha

We present a simple nonadaptive randomized algorithm that estimates the number of edges in a simple, unweighted, undirected graph, possibly containing isolated vertices, using only degree and random edge queries. For an $n$-vertex graph,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-12-16 Arijit Bishnu , Debarshi Chanda , Buddha Dev Das , Arijit Ghosh , Gopinath Mishra

We introduce a lower bound for the independence number of an arbitrary $k$-uniform hypergraph that only depends on the number of vertices and number of edges of the hypergraph.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-02-18 Marco Aldi , Thor Gabrielsen , Daniele Grandini , Joy Harris , Kyle Kelley

We study the problem of estimating the number of edges of an unknown, undirected graph $G=([n],E)$ with access to an independent set oracle. When queried about a subset $S\subseteq [n]$ of vertices the independent set oracle answers whether…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-07-11 Xi Chen , Amit Levi , Erik Waingarten

We study the problem of estimating the number of edges in an unknown graph. We consider a hybrid model in which an algorithm may issue independent set, degree, and neighbor queries. We show that this model admits strictly more efficient…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-01-30 Tomer Adar , Yahel Hotam , Amit Levi

The standard oracle model for matroid algorithms assumes that each independence query can be answered in constant time, regardless of the size of the queried set. While this abstraction has underpinned much of the theoretical progress in…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-05-04 Kiarash Banihashem , MohammadTaghi Hajiaghayi , Mahdi JafariRaviz , Danny Mittal

In this work, we estimate the number of hyperedges in a hypergraph ${\cal H}(U({\cal H}), {\cal F}({\cal H}))$, where $U({\cal H})$ denotes the set of vertices and ${\cal F}({\cal H}))$ denotes the set of hyperedges. We assume a query…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-09-08 Anup Bhattacharya , Arijit Bishnu , Arijit Ghosh , Gopinath Mishra

Given a hypergraph with uncertain node weights following known probability distributions, we study the problem of querying as few nodes as possible until the identity of a node with minimum weight can be determined for each hyperedge.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-07-02 Evripidis Bampis , Christoph Dürr , Thomas Erlebach , Murilo S. de Lima , Nicole Megow , Jens Schlöter

While powerful tools have been developed to analyze quantum query complexity, there are still many natural problems that do not fit neatly into the black box model of oracles. We create a new model that allows multiple oracles with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-04-12 Shelby Kimmel , Cedric Yen-Yu Lin , Han-Hsuan Lin

In this work, we consider $d$-{\sc Hyperedge Estimation} and $d$-{\sc Hyperedge Sample} problem in a hypergraph $\mathcal{H}(U(\mathcal{H}),\mathcal{F}(\mathcal{H}))$ in the query complexity framework, where $U(\mathcal{H})$ denotes the set…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-01-26 Anup Bhattacharya , Arijit Bishnu , Arijit Ghosh , Gopinath Mishra

We study the problem of estimating the number of edges in an $n$-vertex graph, accessed via the Bipartite Independent Set query model introduced by Beame et al. (ITCS '18). In this model, each query returns a Boolean, indicating the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-07-07 Raghavendra Addanki , Andrew McGregor , Cameron Musco

We are presented with a graph, $G$, on $n$ vertices with $m$ edges whose edge set is unknown. Our goal is to learn the edges of $G$ with as few queries to an oracle as possible. When we submit a set $S$ of vertices to the oracle, it tells…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-03-01 Asaf Ferber , Liam Hardiman

We consider the problem of finding an edge in a hidden undirected graph $G = (V, E)$ with $n$ vertices, in a model where we only allowed queries that ask whether or not a subset of vertices contains an edge. We study the non-adaptive model…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-07-07 Ron Kupfer , Noam Nisan

The independence number of a hypergraph H is the size of a largest set of vertices containing no edge of H. In this paper, we prove new sharp bounds on the independence number of n-vertex (r+1)-uniform hypergraphs in which every r-element…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2011-06-17 Alexander Kostochka , Dhruv Mubayi , Jacques Versatraete

The maximization for the independence systems defined on graphs is a generalization of combinatorial optimization problems such as the maximum $b$-matching, the unweighted MAX-SAT, the matchoid, and the maximum timed matching problems. In…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-08-23 Yuki Amano

In the Graph Reconstruction (GR) problem, a player initially only knows the vertex set $V$ of an input graph $G=(V, E)$ and is required to learn its set of edges $E$. To this end, the player submits queries to an oracle and must deduce $E$…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-12-04 Christian Konrad , Conor O'Sullivan , Victor Traistaru

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

We analyze the cost used by a naive exhaustive search algorithm for finding a maximum independent set in random graphs under the usual G_{n,p} -model where each possible edge appears independently with the same probability p. The expected…

Probability · Mathematics 2015-12-09 Cyril Banderier , Hsien-Kuei Hwang , Vlady Ravelomanana , Vytas Zacharovas

We study the problem of learning a hypergraph via edge detecting queries. In this problem, a learner queries subsets of vertices of a hidden hypergraph and observes whether these subsets contain an edge or not. In general, learning a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-12-23 Eric Balkanski , Oussama Hanguir , Shatian Wang
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