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Bipartite graph embedding has recently attracted much attention due to the fact that bipartite graphs are widely used in various application domains. Most previous methods, which adopt random walk-based or reconstruction-based objectives,…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2020-12-11 Jiangxia Cao , Xixun Lin , Shu Guo , Luchen Liu , Tingwen Liu , Bin Wang

Given a graph $G$ and a parameter $k$, the $k$-biclique problem asks whether $G$ contains a complete bipartite subgraph $K_{k,k}$. This is the most easily stated problem on graphs whose parameterized complexity is still unknown. We provide…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2019-06-11 Bingkai Lin

Induced bipartite subgraphs of maximal vertex cardinality are an essential concept for the analysis of graphs. Yet, discovering them in large graphs is known to be computationally hard. Therefore, we consider in this work a weaker notion of…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-11-22 Dominik Dürrschnabel , Tom Hanika , Gerd Stumme

Reducing the running time of graph algorithms is vital for tackling real-world problems such as shortest paths and matching in large-scale graphs, where path information plays a crucial role. To address this critical challenge, this paper…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-04-14 Akshar Chavan , Sanaz Rabinia , Daniel Grosu , Marco Brocanelli

A spin system is a framework in which the vertices of a graph are assigned spins from a finite set. The interactions between neighbouring spins give rise to weights, so a spin assignment can also be viewed as a weighted graph homomorphism.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-04-15 Andreas Galanis , Leslie Ann Goldberg , James Stewart

Intersection graphs are well-studied in the area of graph algorithms. Some intersection graph classes are known to have algorithms enumerating all unlabeled graphs by reverse search. Since these algorithms output graphs one by one and the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-12-15 Jun Kawahara , Toshiki Saitoh , Hirokazu Takeda , Ryo Yoshinaka , Yui Yoshioka

Counting $(p,q)$-bicliques in bipartite graphs is crucial for a variety of applications, from recommendation systems to cohesive subgraph analysis. Yet, it remains computationally challenging due to the combinatorial explosion to exactly…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2025-12-09 Jingbang Chen , Weinuo Li , Yingli Zhou , Hangrui Zhou , Qiuyang Mang , Can Wang , Yixiang Fang , Chenhao Ma

We study the problem of approximating the number of $k$-cliques in a graph when given query access to the graph. We consider the standard query model for general graphs via (1) degree queries, (2) neighbor queries and (3) pair queries. Let…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-03-14 Talya Eden , Dana Ron , C. Seshadhri

We developed a flexible parallel algorithm for graph summarization based on vertex-centric programming and parameterized message passing. The base algorithm supports infinitely many structural graph summary models defined in a formal…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-11-07 Till Blume , Jannik Rau , David Richerby , Ansgar Scherp

We study the Maximum Balanced Biclique (MBB) problem: Given a bipartite graph $G$ with $n$ vertices on each side, find a balanced biclique in $G$ with maximum size. We give a polynomial-time $\left(\frac{n}{\widetilde{\Omega}\left((\log…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-05-01 Pasin Manurangsi

We present a novel method for detecting communities in bipartite networks. Based on an extension of the $k$-clique community detection algorithm, we demonstrate how modular structure in bipartite networks presents itself as overlapping…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2008-07-22 Sune Lehmann , Martin Schwartz , Lars Kai Hansen

Finding dense substructures in a graph is a fundamental graph mining operation, with applications in bioinformatics, social networks, and visualization to name a few. Yet most standard formulations of this problem (like clique, quasiclique,…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2015-03-10 Ahmet Erdem Sariyuce , C. Seshadhri , Ali Pinar , Umit V. Catalyurek

Bipartite graphs offer a powerful framework for modeling complex relationships between two distinct types of vertices, incorporating probabilistic, temporal, and rating-based information. While the research community has extensively…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2023-08-17 Apurba Das , Aman Abidi , Ajinkya Shingane , Mekala Kiran

Bipartite graphs model the relationships between two disjoint sets of entities in several applications and are naturally drawn as 2-layer graph drawings. In such drawings, the two sets of entities (vertices) are placed on two parallel lines…

The maximum clique problem is a well known NP-Hard problem with applications in data mining, network analysis, informatics, and many other areas. Although there exist several algorithms with acceptable runtimes for certain classes of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2012-11-15 Bharath Pattabiraman , Md. Mostofa Ali Patwary , Assefaw H. Gebremedhin , Wei-keng Liao , Alok Choudhary

Finding (bi-)clusters in bipartite graphs is a popular data analysis approach. Analysts typically want to visualize the clusters, which is simple as long as the clusters are disjoint. However, many modern algorithms find overlapping…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-07-17 Thibault Marette , Pauli Miettinen , Stefan Neumann

Finding large cliques or cliques missing a few edges is a fundamental algorithmic task in the study of real-world graphs, with applications in community detection, pattern recognition, and clustering. A number of effective…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-11-23 Balaram Behera , Edin Husić , Shweta Jain , Tim Roughgarden , C. Seshadhri

We propose a fast, parallel maximum clique algorithm for large sparse graphs that is designed to exploit characteristics of social and information networks. The method exhibits a roughly linear runtime scaling over real-world networks…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2013-12-30 Ryan A. Rossi , David F. Gleich , Assefaw H. Gebremedhin , Md. Mostofa Ali Patwary

The Bron-Kerbosch algorithm is a well known maximal clique enumeration algorithm. So far it was unknown whether it was output sensitive or not. In this paper we partially answer this question by proving that the Bron-Kerbosch Algorithm with…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-02-13 George Manoussakis

A set of vertices in a graph forms a potential maximal clique if there exists a minimal chordal completion in which it is a maximal clique. Potential maximal cliques were first introduced as a key tool to obtain an efficient, though…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-05-15 Caroline Brosse , Alessio Conte , Vincent Limouzy , Giulia Punzi , Davide Rucci