Abstract
We initiate a systematic study of a special type of property testers. These testers consist of repeating a basic test for a number of times that depends on the proximity parameter, whereas the basic test is oblivious of the proximity parameter. We refer to such basic tests by the term proximity-oblivious testers. While proximity-oblivious testers were studied before-most notably in the algebraic setting-the current study seems to be the first one to focus on graph properties. We provide a mix of positive and negative results, and in particular characterizations of the graph properties that have constant-query proximity-oblivious testers in the two standard models (i.e., the adjacency matrix and the bounded-degree models). Furthermore, we show that constantquery proximity-oblivious testers do not exist for many easily testable properties, and that even when proximity-oblivious testers exist, repeating them does not necessarily yield the best standard testers for the corresponding property.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 534-566 |
Number of pages | 33 |
Journal | SIAM Journal on Computing |
Volume | 40 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2011 |
Keywords
- Graph properties
- Property testing