Title
Avoiding small subgraphs in Achlioptas processes
Abstract
For a fixed integer r, consider the following random process. At each round, one is presented with r random edges from the edge set of the complete graph on n vertices, and is asked to choose one of them. The selected edges are collected into a graph, which thus grows at the rate of one edge per round. This is a natural generalization of what is known in the literature as an Achlioptas process (the original version has r = 2), which has been studied by many researchers, mainly in the context of delaying or accelerating the appearance of the giant component. In this article, we investigate the small subgraph problem for Achlioptas processes. That is, given a fixed graph H, we study whether there is an online algorithm that substantially delays or accelerates a typical appearance of H, compared to its threshold of appearance in the random graph G(n, M). It is easy to see that one cannot accelerate the appearance of any fixed graph by more than the constant factor r, so we concentrate on the task of avoiding H. We determine thresholds for the avoidance of all cycles Ct, cliques Kt, and complete bipartite graphs Kt,t, in every Achlioptas process with parameter r ge 2. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Random Struct. Alg., 2009
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1002/rsa.v34:1
Random Struct. Algorithms
Keywords
Field
DocType
online algorithm,loh,random graph,giant component,complete bipartite graph,random process,complete graph
Discrete mathematics,Random regular graph,Combinatorics,Random graph,Line graph,Forbidden graph characterization,Graph factorization,Cycle graph,Factor-critical graph,Mathematics,Complement graph
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
34
1
1042-9832
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
14
0.81
10
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
michael krivelevich11688179.90
Po-Shen Loh213318.68
Benny Sudakov31391159.71