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Generating Random Graphic Sequences

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Database Systems for Advanced Applications (DASFAA 2011)

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The graphs that arise from concrete applications seem to correspond to models with prescribed degree sequences. We present two algorithms for the uniform random generation of graphic sequences. We prove their correctness. We empirically evaluate their performance. To our knowledge these algorithms are the first non trivial algorithms proposed for this task. The algorithms that we propose are Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithms. Our contribution is the original design of the Markov chain and the empirical evaluation of mixing time.

This research is supported by NUS grant R-252-000-328-112.

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  1. School of Computing, National University of Singapore, Singapore

    Xuesong Lu & Stéphane Bressan

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  1. Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong,, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong, China

    Jeffrey Xu Yu

  2. Department of Computer Science, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 291 Daehak-ro (373-1 Guseong-don), Yuseong-gu, 305-701, Daejeon, Korea

    Myoung Ho Kim

  3. Institute for Computer Science and Business Information Systems (ICB), University of Duisburg-Essen, Schützenbahn 70, 45117, Essen, Germany

    Rainer Unland

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Lu, X., Bressan, S. (2011). Generating Random Graphic Sequences. In: Yu, J.X., Kim, M.H., Unland, R. (eds) Database Systems for Advanced Applications. DASFAA 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6587. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20149-3_41

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