Mobile Agents on Chordal Graphs: Maximum Independent Set and Beyond

Tanvir Kaur, Kaustav Paul, Kaushik Mondal

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Abstract

We consider the problem of finding a maximum independent set (MaxIS) of chordal graphs using mobile agents. Suppose n agents are initially placed arbitrarily on the nodes of an n-node chordal graph G=(V,E). Agents need to find a maximum independent set M of G such that each node of M is occupied by at least one agent. Also, each of the n agents must know whether its occupied node is a part of M or not. Starting from both rooted and arbitrary initial configuration, we provide distributed algorithms for n mobile agents having O(logn) memory each to compute the MaxIS of G in O(mnlogΔ) time, where m denotes the number of edges in G and Δ is the maximum degree of the graph. Agents do not need prior knowledge of any parameters if the initial configuration is rooted. For arbitrary initial configuration, agents need to know few global parameters beforehand. We further show that using a similar approach it is possible to find the maximum clique in chordal graphs and color any chordal graph with the minimum number of colors. We also provide a dynamic programming-based approach to solve the MaxIS finding problem in trees in O(n) time.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDistributed Computing and Intelligent Technology - 21st International Conference, ICDCIT 2025, Proceedings
EditorsQuentin Bramas, Bapi Chatterjee, Stéphane Devismes, Malcolm Egan, Partha Sarathi Mandal, Krishnendu Mukhopadhyaya, V. Vijaya Saradhi
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages92-107
Number of pages16
ISBN (Print)9783031814037
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2025
Externally publishedYes
Event21st International Conference on Distributed Computing and Intelligent Technology, ICDCIT 2025 - Bhubaneswar, India
Duration: 8 Jan 202511 Jan 2025

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume15507 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference21st International Conference on Distributed Computing and Intelligent Technology, ICDCIT 2025
Country/TerritoryIndia
CityBhubaneswar
Period8/01/2511/01/25

Keywords

  • Deterministic algorithms
  • Distributed algorithms
  • Maximum Independent Set
  • Mobile agents

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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