Let P be a property of graphs. An -test for P is a randomized algorithm which, given the ability to make queries whether a desired pair of vertices of an input graph G with n vertices are adjacent or not, distinguishes, with high probability, between the case of G satisfying P and the case

Many practical computing problems concern large graphs. Standard examples include the Web graph and various social networks. The scale of these graphs—in some cases billions of vertices, trillions of edges—poses challenges to their efficient processing. In this paper we present a computational

We consider the problem of dividing a set of m points in Euclidean n\Gammaspace into k clusters (m; n are variable while k is fixed), so as to minimize the sum of distance squared of each point to its "cluster center". This formulation differs in two ways from the most frequently considered clustering problems in the literature, namely, here we have k fixed and m;n variable and we use the sum of squared distances as our measure; we will argue that our problem is natural in many contexts. We consider a relaxation of the discrete problem : find the k\Gammadimensional subspace V so that the sum of distances squared to V (of the m points) is minimized. We show : (i) The relaxation can be solved by Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) of Linear Algebra. (ii) The solution of the relaxation can be used to get a 2-approximation algorithm for the original problem. More importantly, (iii) we argue that in fact the relaxation provides a generalized clustering which is useful in its own right. Final...

In this paper an improved version of a graph matching algorithm is presented, which is able to efficiently solve the graph isomorphism and graph-subgraph isomorphism problems on Attributed Relational Graphs. This version is particularly suited to work with very large graphs, since its memory

Given a large graph, like a computer network, which k nodes should we immunize (or monitor, or remove), to make it as robust as possible against a computer virus attack? We need (a) a measure of the ‘Vulnerability ’ of a given network, (b) a measure of the ‘Shield-value ’ of a specific set of k

Given a huge real graph, how can we derive a representative sample? There are many known algorithms to compute interesting measures (shortest paths, centrality, betweenness, etc.), but several of them become impractical for large graphs. Thus graph sampling is essential.

Algebraic graph theory comprises both the study of algebraic objects arising in connection with graphs, for example, automorphism groups of graphs along with the use of algebraic tools to establish interesting properties of combinatorial objects. One of the oldest themes in the area

Abstract. Graph algorithms are fundamental to many disciplines and application areas. Large graphs involving millions of vertices are common in scientific and engineering applications. Practical-time implementations using high-end computing resources have been reported but are accessible only to a

The analysis of large graphs plays a prominent role in various fields of research and is relevant in many important application areas. Effective visual analysis of graphs requires appropriate visual presentations in combination with respective user interaction facilities and algorithmic graph

In this paper we address the problem of minimizing a large class of energy functions that occur in early vision. The major restriction is that the energy function’s smoothness term must only involve pairs of pixels. We propose two algorithms that use graph cuts to compute a local minimum even when