On Markov Chains for Independent Sets

Random independent sets in graphs arise, for example, in statistical physics, in the hard-core model of a gas. In 1997, Luby and Vigoda described a rapidly mixing Markov chain for independent sets, which we refer to as the Luby

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2000
• Where: JAL
• Authors: Martin E. Dyer, Catherine S. Greenhill
• Keywords: Chain, Independent Sets, JAL 2000, Mixing Markov Chain