Feedback from nature, an optimal distributed algorithm for \textsc{Maximal Independent Set} selection

DOI10.1145/2484239.2484247MaRDI QIDQ5176090zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Alex Scott, P. Jeavons, Lei Xu

Publication date 2 March 2015

Published in Proceedings of the 2013 ACM symposium on Principles of distributed computing (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1211.0235

zbMATH Keywords

feedbackexpected complexityrandomised algorithmsmessage complexityintercellular signallingbeeping modelmis

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Analysis of algorithms and problem complexity (68Q25) Graph theory (including graph drawing) in computer science (68R10) Randomized algorithms (68W20) Vertex subsets with special properties (dominating sets, independent sets, cliques, etc.) (05C69) Distributed algorithms (68W15) Cell biology (92C37)

Abstract: Maximal Independent Set selection is a fundamental problem in distributed computing. A novel probabilistic algorithm for this problem has recently been proposed by Afek et al, inspired by the study of the way that developing cells in the fly become specialised. The algorithm they propose is simple and robust, but not as efficient as previous approaches: the expected time complexity is O(log^2 n). Here we first show that the approach of Afek et al cannot achieve better efficiency than this across all networks, no matter how the probability values are chosen. However, we then propose a new algorithm that incorporates another important feature of the biological system: adapting the probabilities used at each node based on local feedback from neighbouring nodes. Our new algorithm retains all the advantages of simplicity and robustness, but also achieves the optimal efficiency of O(log n) expected time.

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