Parallel k-Core decomposition on multicore platforms

Humayun Kabir, Kamesh Madduri

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Abstract

k-core decomposition is a social network analytic that can be applied to centrality analysis, visualization, and community detection. There is a simple and well-known linear time sequential algorithm to perform k-core decomposition, and for this reason, k-core decomposition is widely used as a network analytic. In this work, we present a new shared-memory parallel algorithm called PKC for k-core decomposition on multicore platforms. This approach improves on the state-of-the-art implementations for k-core decomposition algorithms by reducing synchronization overhead and creating a smaller graph to process high-degree vertices. We show that PKC consistently outperforms implementations of other methods on a 32-core multicore server and on a collection of large sparse graphs. We achieve a 2.81× speedup (geometric mean of speedups for 17 large graphs) over our implementation of the ParK k-core decomposition algorithm.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2017 IEEE 31st International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium Workshops, IPDPSW 2017
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1482-1491
Number of pages10
ISBN (Electronic)9781538634080
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 30 2017
Event31st IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium Workshops, IPDPSW 2017 - Orlando, United States
Duration: May 29 2017Jun 2 2017

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2017 IEEE 31st International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium Workshops, IPDPSW 2017

Other

Other31st IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium Workshops, IPDPSW 2017
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityOrlando
Period5/29/176/2/17

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Information Systems

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