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The Maximal Independent Set problem is a well-studied problem in the distributed community. We study Maximum and Maximal Independent Set problems on two geometric intersection graphs; interval graphs and axis-parallel segment intersection graphs, and present deterministic distributed algorithms in the local communication model. We compute the maximum independent set on interval graphs in O(k) rounds and O(n) messages, where k is the size of the maximum independent set and n is the number of nodes in the graph. We provide a matching lower bound of \(\varOmega (k)\) on the number of rounds whereas \(\varOmega (n)\) is a trivial lower bound on message complexity. Thus our algorithm is both time and message optimal. We also study the maximal independent set problem in bi-interval graphs, a special case of the interval graphs where the intervals have two different lengths. We prove that a maximal independent set can be computed in bi-interval graphs in constant rounds that is \(\frac{1}{6}\)-approximation. For axis-parallel segment intersection graphs, we design an algorithm that finds a maximal independent set in O(D) rounds, where D is the diameter of the graph. We further show that this independent set is a \(\frac{1}{2}\)-approximation. The results in this paper extend the results of Molla et al. [J. Parallel Distrib. Comput. 2019].
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Gorain, B., Mondal, K., Pandit, S. (2021). Distributed Independent Sets in Interval and Segment Intersection Graphs. In: Bureš, T., et al. SOFSEM 2021: Theory and Practice of Computer Science. SOFSEM 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12607. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67731-2_13
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