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Graph neural networks (GNNs) have been applied into a variety of graph tasks. Most existing work of GNNs is based on the assumption that the given graph data is optimal, while it is inevitable that there exists missing or incomplete edges…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-05-13 Qianggang Ding , Deheng Ye , Tingyang Xu , Peilin Zhao

We introduce Graph Normalization (GN), a principled dynamical system on graphs that serves as a differentiable approximation engine for the NP-hard Maximum Weight Independent Set (MWIS) problem. MWIS encompasses many combinatorial…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-08 Laurent Guigues

We show that the maximum independent set problem (MIS) on an $n$-vertex graph can be solved in $1.1996^nn^{O(1)}$ time and polynomial space, which even is faster than Robson's $1.2109^{n}n^{O(1)}$-time exponential-space algorithm published…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-08-08 Mingyu Xiao , Hiroshi Nagamochi

Maximum Independent Set (MIS for short) is in general graphs the paradigmatic $W[1]$-hard problem. In stark contrast, polynomial-time algorithms are known when the inputs are restricted to structured graph classes such as, for instance,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-09-19 Édouard Bonnet , Nicolas Bousquet , Stéphan Thomassé , Rémi Watrigant

We consider a very simple dynamical system on weighted graphs which we call Iterative Graph Normalization (IGN) and a variant in which we apply a non-linear activation function to the weights after each normalization. We show that the…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2020-12-15 Laurent Guigues

We study the approximability of the maximum size independent set (MIS) problem in bounded degree graphs. This is one of the most classic and widely studied NP-hard optimization problems. We focus on the well known minimum degree greedy…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-02-03 Piotr Krysta , Mathieu Mari , Nan Zhi

This work deals with the Maximum Independent Set ($\mathcal{MIS}$) formation problem in a finite rectangular grid by autonomous robots. Suppose we are given a set of identical robots, where each robot is placed on a node of a finite…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2022-07-28 Raja Das , Avisek Sharma , Buddhadeb Sau

We present distributed algorithms for training dynamic Graph Neural Networks (GNN) on large scale graphs spanning multi-node, multi-GPU systems. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first scaling study on dynamic GNN. We devise…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2021-09-17 Venkatesan T. Chakaravarthy , Shivmaran S. Pandian , Saurabh Raje , Yogish Sabharwal , Toyotaro Suzumura , Shashanka Ubaru

A maximal independent set (MIS) can be maintained in an evolving $m$-edge graph by simply recomputing it from scratch in $O(m)$ time after each update. But can it be maintained in time sublinear in $m$ in fully dynamic graphs? We answer…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-02-28 Sepehr Assadi , Krzysztof Onak , Baruch Schieber , Shay Solomon

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

The maximum independent set (MIS) problem of graph theory using the quantum alternating operator ansatz is studied. We perform simulations on the Rigetti Forest simulator for the square ring, $K_{2,3}$, and $K_{3,3}$ graphs and analyze the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-11-03 Zain H. Saleem

Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) have become powerful tools for learning from graph-structured data, finding applications across diverse domains. However, as graph sizes and connectivity increase, standard GNN training methods face significant…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-01 Eshed Gal , Moshe Eliasof , Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb , Ivan I. Kyrchei , Eldad Haber , Eran Treister

In this work, we study the problem of decentralized multi-agent perimeter defense that asks for computing actions for defenders with local perceptions and communications to maximize the capture of intruders. One major challenge for…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2023-01-25 Elijah S. Lee , Lifeng Zhou , Alejandro Ribeiro , Vijay Kumar

In recent years, graph neural networks (GNNs) have been widely applied in tackling combinatorial optimization problems. However, existing methods still suffer from limited accuracy when addressing that on complex graphs and exhibit poor…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-11-13 Yuyao Long

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 pre-training on the graph neural network model can learn the general features of large-scale networks or networks of the same type by self-supervised methods, which allows the model to work even when node labels are missing. However,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-04-19 Ke-jia Chen , Jiajun Zhang , Linpu Jiang , Yunyun Wang , Yuxuan Dai

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

We revisit the recent polynomial-time algorithm for the MAX WEIGHT INDEPENDENT SET (MWIS) problem in bounded-degree graphs that do not contain a fixed graph whose every component is a subdivided claw as an induced subgraph [Abrishami,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-01-15 Tara Abrishami , Maria Chudnovsky , Cemil Dibek , Marcin Pilipczuk , Paweł Rzążewski

The graph theoretic concept of maximal independent set arises in several practical problems in computer science as well as in game theory. A maximal independent set is defined by the set of occupied nodes that satisfy some packing and…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2010-01-28 L. Dall'Asta , P. Pin , A. Ramezanpour

The maximum independent set problem is one of the most important problems in graph algorithms and has been extensively studied in the line of research on the worst-case analysis of exact algorithms for NP-hard problems. In the weighted…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-08-31 Sen Huang , Mingyu Xiao , Xiaoyu Chen