TY - JOUR
T1 - Computing the k densest subgraphs of a graph
AU - Dondi, Riccardo
AU - Hermelin, Danny
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank anonymous reviewers for pointing out an error in an algorithm included in a previous version of the paper. We thank the anonymous reviewers of this version of the paper for many helpful suggestions and for pointing out reference [26].
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2023/1
Y1 - 2023/1
N2 - Computing cohesive subgraphs is a central problem in graph theory. While many formulations of cohesive subgraphs lead to NP-hard problems, finding a densest subgraph can be done in polynomial-time. As such, the densest subgraph model has emerged as the most popular notion of cohesiveness. Recently, the data mining community has started looking into the problem of computing k densest subgraphs in a given graph, rather than one. In this paper we consider a natural variant of the k densest subgraphs problem, where overlap between solution subgraphs is allowed with no constraint. We show that the problem is fixed-parameter tractable with respect to k, and admits a PTAS for constant k. Both these algorithms complement nicely the previously known O(nk) algorithm for the problem.
AB - Computing cohesive subgraphs is a central problem in graph theory. While many formulations of cohesive subgraphs lead to NP-hard problems, finding a densest subgraph can be done in polynomial-time. As such, the densest subgraph model has emerged as the most popular notion of cohesiveness. Recently, the data mining community has started looking into the problem of computing k densest subgraphs in a given graph, rather than one. In this paper we consider a natural variant of the k densest subgraphs problem, where overlap between solution subgraphs is allowed with no constraint. We show that the problem is fixed-parameter tractable with respect to k, and admits a PTAS for constant k. Both these algorithms complement nicely the previously known O(nk) algorithm for the problem.
KW - Algorithm design
KW - Algorithmic aspects of networks
KW - Algorithms
KW - Densest subgraph
KW - Network mining and analysis
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ipl.2022.106316
DO - 10.1016/j.ipl.2022.106316
M3 - Article
SN - 0020-0190
VL - 179
JO - Information Processing Letters
JF - Information Processing Letters
M1 - 106316
ER -