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We consider the Densest-Subgraph problem, where a graph and an integer k is given and we search for a subgraph on exactly k vertices that induces the maximum number of edges. We prove that this problem is NP-hard even when the input graph…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2013-06-28 Manuel Sorge

In this work we provide a new technique to design fast approximation algorithms for graph problems where the points of the graph lie in a metric space. Specifically, we present a sampling approach for such metric graphs that, using a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-07-26 Hossein Esfandiari , Michael Mitzenmacher

We analyze the computational complexity of the following computational problems called Bounded-Density Edge Deletion and Bounded-Density Vertex Deletion: Given a graph $G$, a budget $k$ and a target density $\tau_\rho$, are there $k$ edges…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-04-15 Cristina Bazgan , André Nichterlein , Sofia Vazquez Alferez

We study the recently introduced problem of finding dense common subgraphs: Given a sequence of graphs that share the same vertex set, the goal is to find a subset of vertices $S$ that maximizes some aggregate measure of the density of the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-02-20 Moses Charikar , Yonatan Naamad , Jimmy Wu

A central problem in graph mining is finding dense subgraphs, with several applications in different fields, a notable example being identifying communities. While a lot of effort has been put on the problem of finding a single dense…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-01-31 Riccardo Dondi , Mohammad Mehdi Hosseinzadeh , Giancarlo Mauri , Italo Zoppis

The problem of finding dense components of a graph is a widely explored area in data analysis, with diverse applications in fields and branches of study including community mining, spam detection, computer security and bioinformatics. This…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2021-03-02 B. D. M. De Zoysa , Y. A. M. M. A. Ali , M. D. I. Maduranga , Indika Perera , Saliya Ekanayake , Anil Vullikanti

The Densest $k$-Subgraph (D$k$S) is a fundamental combinatorial problem known for its theoretical hardness and breadth of applications. Recently, Lu et al. (AAAI 2025) introduced a penalty-based non-convex relaxation that achieves promising…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2026-02-03 Qiheng Lu , Nicholas D. Sidiropoulos , Aritra Konar

In the densest subgraph problem, given an edge-weighted undirected graph $G=(V,E,w)$, we are asked to find $S\subseteq V$ that maximizes the density, i.e., $w(S)/|S|$, where $w(S)$ is the sum of weights of the edges in the subgraph induced…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-10-27 Yasushi Kawase , Atsushi Miyauchi

The planted densest subgraph detection problem refers to the task of testing whether in a given (random) graph there is a subgraph that is unusually dense. Specifically, we observe an undirected and unweighted graph on $n$ vertices. Under…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-05-06 Wasim Huleihel , Arya Mazumdar , Soumyabrata Pal

We consider the densest submatrix problem, which seeks the submatrix of fixed size of a given binary matrix that contains the most nonzero entries. This problem is a natural generalization of fundamental problems in combinatorial…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-13 Valentine Olanubi , Phineas Agar , Brendan Ames

The densest subgraph problem (DSG) aiming at finding an induced subgraph such that the average edge-weights of the subgraph is maximized, is a well-studied problem. However, when the input graph is a hypergraph, the existing notion of DSG…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-07-19 Yi Zhou , Shan Hu , Zimo Sheng

The Densest Subgraph Problem requires to find, in a given graph, a subset of vertices whose induced subgraph maximizes a measure of density. The problem has received a great deal of attention in the algorithmic literature since the early…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-04-19 Tommaso Lanciano , Atsushi Miyauchi , Adriano Fazzone , Francesco Bonchi

Finding dense subnetworks, with density based on edges or more complex structures, such as subgraphs or $k$-cliques, is a fundamental algorithmic problem with many applications. While the problem has been studied extensively in static…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-06-26 Ilie Sarpe , Fabio Vandin , Aristides Gionis

Dense subgraph extraction is a fundamental problem in graph analysis and data mining, aimed at identifying cohesive and densely connected substructures within a given graph. It plays a crucial role in various domains, including social…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-03-01 Chia-Yang Hung , Chih-Ya Shen

We introduce a class of budgeted prize-collecting covering subgraph problems. For an input graph with prizes on the vertices and costs on the edges, the aim of these problems is to find a connected subgraph such that the cost of its edges…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-08-05 Nicola Morandi , Roel Leus , Hande Yaman

Computing a dense subgraph is a fundamental problem in graph mining, with a diverse set of applications ranging from electronic commerce to community detection in social networks. In many of these applications, the underlying context is…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-04-19 Suman K. Bera , Sayan Bhattacharya , Jayesh Choudhari , Prantar Ghosh

We consider the minimum vertex cover problem in hypergraphs in which every hyperedge has size k (also known as minimum hitting set problem, or minimum set cover with element frequency k). Simple algorithms exist that provide…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2010-12-14 Jean Cardinal , Marek Karpinski , Richard Schmied , Claus Viehmann

We study the following two fixed-cardinality optimization problems (a maximization and a minimization variant). For a fixed $\alpha$ between zero and one we are given a graph and two numbers $k \in \mathbb{N}$ and $t \in \mathbb{Q}$. The…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-10-20 Tomohiro Koana , Christian Komusiewicz , André Nichterlein , Frank Sommer

An exact algorithm is presented for solving edge weighted graph partitioning problems. The algorithm is based on a branch and bound method applied to a continuous quadratic programming formulation of the problem. Lower bounds are obtained…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2009-12-10 William Hager , Dzung Phan , Hongchao Zhang

Given an undirected graph, the Densest-k-Subgraph problem (DkS) seeks to find a subset of k vertices such that the sum of the edge weights in the corresponding subgraph is maximized. The problem is known to be NP-hard, and is also very…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2021-02-09 Aritra Konar , Nicholas D. Sidiropoulos