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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2021.15
URN: urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-140846
URL: http://dagstuhl.sunsite.rwth-aachen.de/volltexte/2021/14084/
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Anders, Markus ; Schweitzer, Pascal ; Wetzels, Florian

Comparative Design-Choice Analysis of Color Refinement Algorithms Beyond the Worst Case

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Abstract

Color refinement is a crucial subroutine in symmetry detection in theory as well as practice. It has further applications in machine learning and in computational problems from linear algebra.
While tight lower bounds for the worst case complexity are known [Berkholz, Bonsma, Grohe, ESA2013] no comparative analysis of design choices for color refinement algorithms is available.
We devise two models within which we can compare color refinement algorithms using formal methods, an online model and an approximation model. We use these to show that no online algorithm is competitive beyond a logarithmic factor and no algorithm can approximate the optimal color refinement splitting scheme beyond a logarithmic factor.
We also directly compare strategies used in practice showing that, on some graphs, queue based strategies outperform stack based ones by a logarithmic factor and vice versa. Similar results hold for strategies based on priority queues.

BibTeX - Entry

@InProceedings{anders_et_al:LIPIcs.ICALP.2021.15,
  author =	{Anders, Markus and Schweitzer, Pascal and Wetzels, Florian},
  title =	{{Comparative Design-Choice Analysis of Color Refinement Algorithms Beyond the Worst Case}},
  booktitle =	{48th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2021)},
  pages =	{15:1--15:15},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-195-5},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2021},
  volume =	{198},
  editor =	{Bansal, Nikhil and Merelli, Emanuela and Worrell, James},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/opus/volltexte/2021/14084},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-140846},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2021.15},
  annote =	{Keywords: Color refinement, Online algorithms, Graph isomorphism, Lower bounds}
}

Keywords: Color refinement, Online algorithms, Graph isomorphism, Lower bounds
Collection: 48th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2021)
Issue Date: 2021
Date of publication: 02.07.2021

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