Towards a Study of Low-Complexity Graphs

  • Authors:
  • Sanjeev Arora;David Steurer;Avi Wigderson

  • Affiliations:
  • Computer Science Dept., Princeton University, Princeton, USA 08544;Computer Science Dept., Princeton University, Princeton, USA 08544;Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton,

  • Venue:
  • ICALP '09 Proceedings of the 36th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages and Programming: Part I
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

We propose the study of graphs that are defined by low-complexity distributed and deterministic agents. We suggest that this viewpoint may help introduce the element of individual choice in models of large scale social networks. This viewpoint may also provide interesting new classes of graphs for which to design algorithms. We focus largely on the case where the "low complexity" computation is AC 0. We show that this is already a rich class of graphs that includes examples of lossless expanders and power-law graphs. We give evidence that even such low complexity graphs present a formidable challenge to algorithms designers. On the positive side, we show that many algorithms from property testing and data sketching can be adapted to give meaningful results for low-complexity graphs.