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A disk graph is an intersection graph of disks in $\mathbb{R}^2$. Determining the computational complexity of finding a maximum clique in a disk graph is a long-standing open problem. In 1990, Clark, Colbourn, and Johnson gave a…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2024-07-17 J. Mark Keil , Debajyoti Mondal

Generalized Tur\'an problems have been a central topic of study in extremal combinatorics throughout the last few decades. One such problem, maximizing the number of cliques of a fixed order in a graph with fixed number of vertices and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-06-10 Debsoumya Chakraborti , Da Qi Chen

Quantum annealers can be used to solve many (possibly NP-hard) combinatorial optimization problems, by formulating them as quadratic unconstrained binary optimization (QUBO) problems or, equivalently, using the Ising formulation. In this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-06-13 Alessandro Gherardi , Alberto Leporati

Bonne and Censor-Hillel (ICALP 2019) initiated the study of distributed subgraph finding in dynamic networks of limited bandwidth. For the case where the target subgraph is a clique, they determined the tight bandwidth complexity bounds in…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-08-25 Yi-Jun Chang , Lyuting Chen , Yanyu Chen , Gopinath Mishra , Mingyang Yang

In the {\sc Cluster Deletion} problem the goal is to remove the minimum number of edges of a given graph, such that every connected component of the resulting graph constitutes a clique. It is known that the decision version of {\sc Cluster…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-04-23 Athanasios L. Konstantinidis , Charis Papadopoulos

Cohesive subgraph mining is a fundamental problem in graph theory with numerous real-world applications, such as social network analysis and protein-protein interaction modeling. Among various cohesive subgraphs, the $\gamma$-quasi-clique…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2025-10-07 Hongbo Xia , Kaiqiang Yu , Shengxin Liu , Cheng Long , Xun Zhou

We study the Equitable Connected Partition (ECP for short) problem, where we are given a graph G=(V,E) together with an integer p, and our goal is to find a partition of V into p parts such that each part induces a connected sub-graph of G…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-05-01 Václav Blažej , Dušan Knop , Jan Pokorný , Šimon Schierreich

In this paper a greedy algorithm to detect conflict cliques in interval graphs and circular-arc graphs is analyzed. In a graph, a stable set requires that at most one vertex is chosen for each edge. It is equivalent to requiring that at…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2008-12-12 Gabrio Caimi , Holger Flier , Martin Fuchsberger , Marc Nunkesser

Random graphs are mathematical models that have applications in a wide range of domains. We study the following model where one adds Erd\H{o}s--R\'enyi (ER) type perturbation to a random geometric graph. More precisely, assume…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2019-06-18 Matthew Kahle , Minghao Tian , Yusu Wang

The problem of maximising the number of cliques among $n$-vertex graphs from various graph classes has received considerable attention. We investigate this problem for the class of $1$-planar graphs where we determine precisely the maximum…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-09-08 J. Pascal Gollin , Kevin Hendrey , Abhishek Methuku , Casey Tompkins , Xin Zhang

This paper formulates a necessary and sufficient condition for a generic graph matching problem to be equivalent to the maximum vertex and edge weight clique problem in a derived association graph. The consequences of this results are…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2009-12-24 Brijnesh Jain , Klaus Obermayer

The maximum clique problem, a well-known graph-based combinatorial optimization problem, has been addressed through various algorithmic approaches, though systematic analyses of the problem instances remain sparse. This study employs the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-12-19 Bharat Sharman , Elkafi Hassini

Graphs are widely used to model execution dependencies in applications. In particular, the NP-complete problem of partitioning a graph under constraints receives enormous attention by researchers because of its applicability in…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-04-04 Orlando Moreira , Merten Popp , Christian Schulz

The article studies edge coverage for control flow graphs extended with explicit constraints. Achieving a given level of white-box coverage for a given code is a classic problem in software testing. We focus on designing test sets that…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2026-02-24 Jakub Ruszil , Artur Polański , Adam Roman , Jakub Zelek

The Maximum s-Bundle Problem (MBP) addresses the task of identifying a maximum s-bundle in a given graph. A graph G=(V, E) is called an s-bundle if its vertex connectivity is at least |V|-s, where the vertex connectivity equals the minimum…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-02-07 Jinghui Xue , Jiongzhi Zheng , Mingming Jin , Kun He

Link streams offer a good model for representing interactions over time. They consist of links $(b,e,u,v)$, where $u$ and $v$ are vertices interacting during the whole time interval $[b,e]$. In this paper, we deal with the problem of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-05-27 Alexis Baudin , Clémence Magnien , Lionel Tabourier

The maximum graph bisection problem is a well known graph partition problem. The problem has been proven to be NP-hard. In the maximum graph bisection problem it is required that the set of vertices is divided into two partition with equal…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2015-12-03 Zoran Maksimovic

This paper deals with the problem of finding, for a given graph and a given natural number k, a subgraph of k nodes with a maximum number of edges. This problem is known as the k-cluster problem and it is NP-hard on general graphs as well…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2011-11-09 George B. Mertzios

Natural Language Processing (NLP) provides highly effective tools for interpreting and handling human language, offering a broad spectrum of applications. In this paper, we address a classic combinatorial problem -- finding graph partitions…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2026-03-02 Marco D'Elia , Irene Finocchi , Maurizio Patrignani

Editing a graph into a disjoint union of clusters is a standard optimization task in graph-based data clustering. Here, complementing classic work where the clusters shall be cliques, we focus on clusters that shall be 2-clubs, that is,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-06-29 Aleksander Figiel , Anne-Sophie Himmel , André Nichterlein , Rolf Niedermeier