In-depth Analysis of Densest Subgraph Discovery in a Unified Framework
Summary: Presents a unified high-level framework that subsumes exact and approximation Densest Subgraph Discovery algorithms and performs a systematic, large-scale empirical comparison across small to billion-node graphs. Identifies new algorithmic variants for undirected graphs—by combining existing techniques—to achieve up to 10× speedups with identical accuracy guarantees and surfaces practical and theoretical research directions. (summarized by gpt-5-mini on Feb 09 2026)
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Authors
- 1. Yingli Zhou (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
- 2. Qingshuo Guo (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
- 3. Yi Yang (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
- 4. Yixiang Fang (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
- 5. Chenhao Ma (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
- 6. Laks V.S. Lakshmanan (University of British Columbia)
BibTeX Citation
@article{zhou_vldb25,
title = {{In-depth Analysis of Densest Subgraph Discovery in a Unified Framework}},
author = {Zhou, Yingli and Guo, Qingshuo and Yang, Yi and Fang, Yixiang and Ma, Chenhao and Lakshmanan, Laks V.S.},
journal = {PVLDB},
series = {{VLDB} '25},
volume = {18},
number = {4},
pages = {1131--1144},
doi = {10.14778/3717755.3717771},
url = {https://doi.org/10.14778/3717755.3717771},
year = {2025}
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