Densest k-subgraph approximation on intersection graphs

  • Authors:
  • Danny Z. Chen;Rudolf Fleischer;Jian Li

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Notre Dame, Indiana;Fudan University, SCS and IIPL, Shanghai, China;University of Maryland, College Park, MD

  • Venue:
  • WAOA'10 Proceedings of the 8th international conference on Approximation and online algorithms
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

We study approximation solutions for the densest k-subgraph problem (DS-k) on several classes of intersection graphs. We adopt the concept of σ-quasi elimination orders, introduced by Akcoglu et al. [1], generalizing the perfect elimination orders for chordal graphs, and develop a simple O(σ)-approximation technique for graphs admitting such a vertex order. This concept allows us to derive constant factor approximation algorithms for DS-k on many intersection graph classes, such as chordal graphs, circular-arc graphs, claw-free graphs, line graphs of l-hypergraphs, disk graphs, and the intersection graphs of fat geometric objects. We also present a PTAS for DS-k on unit disk graphs using the shifting technique.