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Record W4417317377 · doi:10.1137/24m1653173

Testing Graph Properties with the Container Method

2025· article· en· W4417317377 on OpenAlexaff
Eric Blais, Cameron Seth

Bibliographic record

VenueSIAM Journal on Computing · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldComputer Science
TopicComplexity and Algorithms in Graphs
Canadian institutionsUniversity of Waterloo
Fundersnot available
Keywordsnot available

Abstract

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Abstract. We establish nearly optimal sample complexity bounds for testing the [Formula: see text]-clique property in the dense graph model. Specifically, we show that it is possible to distinguish graphs on [Formula: see text] vertices that have a [Formula: see text]-clique from graphs for which at least [Formula: see text] edges must be added to form a [Formula: see text]-clique by sampling and inspecting a random subgraph on only [Formula: see text] vertices. We also establish new sample complexity bounds for [Formula: see text]-testing [Formula: see text]-colorability. In this case, we show that a sampled subgraph on [Formula: see text] vertices suffices to distinguish [Formula: see text]-colorable graphs from those for which any [Formula: see text]-coloring of the vertices causes at least [Formula: see text] edges to be monochromatic. The new bounds for testing the [Formula: see text]-clique and [Formula: see text]-colorability properties are both obtained via new extensions of the graph container method. This method has been an effective tool for tackling various problems in graph theory and combinatorics. Our results demonstrate that it is also a powerful tool for the analysis of property testing algorithms.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.004
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.032
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Theoretical or conceptual · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: none
Teacher disagreement score0.008
Threshold uncertainty score0.028

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0040.032
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.001
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.003
Bibliometrics0.0020.002
Science and technology studies0.0010.003
Scholarly communication0.0020.011
Open science0.0040.005
Research integrity0.0020.003
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0080.002

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.037
GPT teacher head0.281
Teacher spread0.244 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designTheoretical or conceptual
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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