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On Random Intersection Graphs: The Subgraph Problem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 1999

MICHAŁ KAROŃSKI
Affiliation:
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznán, Poland and Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA (e-mail: karonski@math.amu.edu.pl and michal@mathcs.emory.edu)
EDWARD R. SCHEINERMAN
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematical Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218–2689, USA (e-mail: ers@cs.jhu.edu)
KAREN B. SINGER-COHEN
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematical Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218–2689, USA and School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA (e-mail: singer@math.umn.edu)

Abstract

A new model of random graphs – random intersection graphs – is introduced. In this model, vertices are assigned random subsets of a given set. Two vertices are adjacent provided their assigned sets intersect. We explore the evolution of random intersection graphs by studying thresholds for the appearance and disappearance of small induced subgraphs. An application to gate matrix circuit design is presented.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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