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Coja-Oghlan, Amin and Efthymiou, Charilaos (2011) On independent sets in random graphs. In: Twenty-Second Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms, San Francisco, CA, USA, 23 - 25 Jan 2011. Published in: SODA '11 Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms pp. 136-144.
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The independence number of a sparse random graph G(n, m) of average degree d = 2m/n is well-known to be α(G(n, m)) ~ 2n ln(d)/d with high probability. Moreover, a trivial greedy algorithm w.h.p. finds an independent set of size (1 + o(1)) · n ln(d)/d, i.e., half the maximum size. Yet in spite of 30 years of extensive research no efficient algorithm has emerged to produce an independent set with (1 + ε)n ln(d)/d, for any fixed ε > 0. In this paper we prove that the combinatorial structure of the independent set problem in random graphs undergoes a phase transition as the size k of the independent sets passes the point k ~ n ln(d)/d. Roughly speaking, we prove that independent sets of size k > (1 + ε)n ln(d)/d form an intricately ragged landscape, in which local search algorithms are bound to get stuck. We illustrate this phenomenon by providing an exponential lower bound for the Metropolis process, a Markov chain for sampling independents sets.
| Item Type: | Conference Item (Paper) |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > Mathematics |
| Journal or Publication Title: | SODA '11 Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms |
| Publisher: | SIAM |
| Date: | 2011 |
| Page Range: | pp. 136-144 |
| Status: | Peer Reviewed |
| Publication Status: | Published |
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
| Conference Paper Type: | Paper |
| Title of Event: | Twenty-Second Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms |
| Type of Event: | Other |
| Location of Event: | San Francisco, CA, USA |
| Date(s) of Event: | 23 - 25 Jan 2011 |
| URI: | http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/43206 |
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