Average-case complexity of a branch-and-bound algorithm for maximum independent set, under the $\mathcal{G}(n,p)$ random model

Abstract: We study average-case complexity of branch-and-bound for maximum independent set in random graphs under the $\mathcal{G}(n,p)$ distribution. In this model every pair $(u,v)$ of vertices belongs to $E$ with probability $p$ independently on the existence of any other edge. We make a precise case analysis, providing phase transitions between subexponential and exponential complexities depending on the probability $p$ of the random model.