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In this paper, we investigate the complexity of Maximum Independent Set (MIS) in the class of $H$-free graphs, that is, graphs excluding a fixed graph as an induced subgraph. Given that the problem remains $NP$-hard for most graphs $H$, we…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-02-21 Édouard Bonnet , Nicolas Bousquet , Pierre Charbit , Stéphan Thomassé , Rémi Watrigant

Max Independent Set (MIS) is a paradigmatic problem in theoretical computer science and numerous studies tackle its resolution by exact algorithms with non-trivial worst-case complexity. The best such complexity is, to our knowledge, the…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2009-01-13 Nicolas Bourgeois , Bruno Escoffier , Vangelis Th. Paschos , Johan M. M van Rooij

Neutral atom quantum computers (NAQCs) have emerged as a promising platform for solving the maximum weighted independent set (MWIS) problem. However, analog quantum approaches face two key limitations: constraints of the atomic layout on…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-01 Cédrick Perron , Yves Bérubé-Lauzière , Victor Drouin-Touchette

Computing a maximum independent set (MaxIS) is a fundamental NP-hard problem in graph theory, which has important applications in a wide spectrum of fields. Since graphs in many applications are changing frequently over time, the problem of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-04-19 Xiangyu Gao , Jianzhong Li , Dongjing Miao

Motivated by near term quantum computing hardware limitations, combinatorial optimization problems that can be addressed by current quantum algorithms and noisy hardware with little or no overhead are used to probe capabilities of quantum…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-15 Elijah Pelofske , Andreas Bärtschi , Stephan Eidenbenz

In Amin and Choi \cite{AC09}, we show that an adiabatic quantum algorithm for the NP-hard maximum independent set (MIS) problem on a set of special family of graphs in which there are exponentially many local maxima would have the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-08-04 Vicky Choi

This paper deals with the maximum independent set (M.I.S.) problem, also known as the stable set problem. The basic mathematical programming model that captures this problem is an Integer Program (I.P.) with zero-one variables $x_j$ and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-12-21 Prabhu Manyem

A quadratic speedup of the quantum adiabatic algorithm (QAA) for finding independent sets (ISs) in a graph is proven analytically. In comparison to the best classical algorithm with $O(n^2)$ scaling, where $n$ is the number of vertexes, our…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-31 Xianjue Zhao , Peiyun Ge , Li You , Biao Wu

We address the realization of Maximum Weighted Independent Set (MWIS) and quantum Maximum Independent Set (MIS) problems under Pasqal's neutral-atom QPU constraints: limited qubit number, bounds on {\Omega} and {\Delta}, sequence duration,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-31 Sem Saada Khelkhal , Louis Barcikowsky

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

The problem of (approximately) counting the independent sets of a bipartite graph (#BIS) is the canonical approximate counting problem that is complete in the intermediate complexity class #RH\Pi_1. It is believed that #BIS does not have an…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2019-07-16 Radu Curticapean , Holger Dell , Fedor Fomin , Leslie Ann Goldberg , John Lapinskas

We consider the classic maximal and maximum independent set problems in three models of graph streams: In the edge-arrival model we see a stream of edges which collectively define a graph, this model has been well-studied for a variety of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-07-24 Graham Cormode , Jacques Dark , Christian Konrad

We develop an experimental algorithm for the exact solving of the maximum independent set problem. The algorithm consecutively finds the maximal independent sets of vertices in an arbitrary undirected graph such that the next such set…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-03-02 Anatoly D. Plotnikov

Computing maximum weight independent sets in graphs is an important NP-hard optimization problem. The problem is particularly difficult to solve in large graphs for which data reduction techniques do not work well. To be more precise,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-04-24 Ernestine Großmann , Sebastian Lamm , Christian Schulz , Darren Strash

The problem Hamiltonian of the adiabatic quantum algorithm for the maximum-weight independent set problem (MIS) that is based on the reduction to the Ising problem (as described in [Choi08]) has flexible parameters. We show that by choosing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-04-14 Vicky Choi

The class of even-hole-free graphs is very similar to the class of perfect graphs, and was indeed a cornerstone in the tools leading to the proof of the Strong Perfect Graph Theorem. However, the complexity of computing a maximum…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-10-08 Edin Husic , Stephan Thomasse , Nicolas Trotignon

The maximum independent set problem is a classical NP-hard problem in theoretical computer science. In this work, we study a special case where the family of graphs considered is restricted to intersection graphs of sets of axis-aligned…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-10-10 Rishi Advani , Abolfazl Asudeh

On neutral atom platforms, preparing specific quantum states is usually achieved by pulse shaping, i.e., by optimizing the time-dependence of the Hamiltonian related to the system. This process can be extremely costly, as it requires…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-08-03 Wesley da Silva Coelho , Mauro D'Arcangelo , Louis-Paul Henry

We propose and implement a comprehensive quantum compilation toolkit for solving the maximum independent set (MIS) problem on quantum hardware based on Rydberg atom arrays. Our end-to-end pipeline involves three core components to…

Most graphs in real life keep changing with time. These changes can be in the form of insertion or deletion of edges or vertices. Such rapidly changing graphs motivate us to study dynamic graph algorithms. However, three important graph…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-08-07 Manoj Gupta , Shahbaz Khan