diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-example/data/clique/clique.txt b/pregelix/pregelix-example/data/clique/clique.txt
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..08280e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-example/data/clique/clique.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+1 2 3 4
+2 1 3 4 5
+3 1 2 4 5
+4 1 2 3
+5 6 7
+6 5 7
+7 5 6
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-example/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-example/pom.xml
index 6b9bc89..ce8f985 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-example/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-example/pom.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
 				<artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>1.3</version>
 				<executions>
 					<execution>
 						<configuration>
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
 				<artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.5</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<filesets>
 						<fileset>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/ConnectedComponentsVertex.java b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/ConnectedComponentsVertex.java
index 30e88ea..74ae455 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/ConnectedComponentsVertex.java
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/ConnectedComponentsVertex.java
@@ -126,6 +126,11 @@
         }
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return getVertexId() + " " + getVertexValue();
+    }
+
     public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
         PregelixJob job = new PregelixJob(ConnectedComponentsVertex.class.getSimpleName());
         job.setVertexClass(ConnectedComponentsVertex.class);
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/PageRankVertex.java b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/PageRankVertex.java
index 290f90e..02e1625 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/PageRankVertex.java
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/PageRankVertex.java
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
 
     @Override
     public void compute(Iterator<DoubleWritable> msgIterator) {
-        int maxIteration = this.getContext().getConfiguration().getInt(ITERATIONS, 10);
+        int maxIteration = getContext().getConfiguration().getInt(ITERATIONS, 10);
         if (getSuperstep() == 1) {
             tmpVertexValue.set(1.0 / getNumVertices());
             setVertexValue(tmpVertexValue);
@@ -123,13 +123,13 @@
     /**
      * Simple VertexReader that supports {@link SimplePageRankVertex}
      */
-    public static class SimplePageRankVertexReader extends
+    public static class SimulatedPageRankVertexReader extends
             GeneratedVertexReader<VLongWritable, DoubleWritable, FloatWritable, DoubleWritable> {
         /** Class logger */
-        private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(SimplePageRankVertexReader.class.getName());
+        private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(SimulatedPageRankVertexReader.class.getName());
         private Map<VLongWritable, FloatWritable> edges = Maps.newHashMap();
 
-        public SimplePageRankVertexReader() {
+        public SimulatedPageRankVertexReader() {
             super();
         }
 
@@ -162,12 +162,12 @@
     /**
      * Simple VertexInputFormat that supports {@link SimplePageRankVertex}
      */
-    public static class SimplePageRankVertexInputFormat extends
+    public static class SimulatedPageRankVertexInputFormat extends
             GeneratedVertexInputFormat<VLongWritable, DoubleWritable, FloatWritable, DoubleWritable> {
         @Override
         public VertexReader<VLongWritable, DoubleWritable, FloatWritable, DoubleWritable> createVertexReader(
                 InputSplit split, TaskAttemptContext context) throws IOException {
-            return new SimplePageRankVertexReader();
+            return new SimulatedPageRankVertexReader();
         }
     }
 
@@ -188,6 +188,11 @@
         }
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return getVertexId() + " " + getVertexValue();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Simple VertexOutputFormat that supports {@link SimplePageRankVertex}
      */
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/ReachabilityVertex.java b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/ReachabilityVertex.java
index 2f0ca45..daafc82 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/ReachabilityVertex.java
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/ReachabilityVertex.java
@@ -160,6 +160,11 @@
         }
         voteToHalt();
     }
+    
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return getVertexId() + " " + getVertexValue();
+    }
 
     private void signalTerminate() {
         Configuration conf = getContext().getConfiguration();
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/ShortestPathsVertex.java b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/ShortestPathsVertex.java
index a018f08..199870e 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/ShortestPathsVertex.java
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/ShortestPathsVertex.java
@@ -126,6 +126,11 @@
         }
         voteToHalt();
     }
+    
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return getVertexId() + " " + getVertexValue();
+    }
 
     public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
         PregelixJob job = new PregelixJob(ShortestPathsVertex.class.getSimpleName());
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/maximalclique/AdjacencyListWritable.java b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/maximalclique/AdjacencyListWritable.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..83e0a6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/maximalclique/AdjacencyListWritable.java
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * you may obtain a copy of the License from
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.maximalclique;
+
+import java.io.DataInput;
+import java.io.DataOutput;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.TreeSet;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.io.Writable;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.io.VLongWritable;
+
+/**
+ * The adjacency list contains <src, list-of-neighbors>
+ */
+public class AdjacencyListWritable implements Writable {
+
+    private VLongWritable sourceVertex = new VLongWritable();
+    private Set<VLongWritable> destinationVertexes = new TreeSet<VLongWritable>();
+
+    public AdjacencyListWritable() {
+    }
+
+    public void reset() {
+        this.destinationVertexes.clear();
+    }
+
+    public void setSource(VLongWritable source) {
+        this.sourceVertex = source;
+    }
+
+    public void addNeighbor(VLongWritable neighbor) {
+        destinationVertexes.add(neighbor);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void readFields(DataInput input) throws IOException {
+        sourceVertex = new VLongWritable();
+        destinationVertexes.clear();
+        sourceVertex.readFields(input);
+        int numberOfNeighbors = input.readInt();
+        for (int i = 0; i < numberOfNeighbors; i++) {
+            VLongWritable neighbor = new VLongWritable();
+            neighbor.readFields(input);
+            destinationVertexes.add(neighbor);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void write(DataOutput output) throws IOException {
+        sourceVertex.write(output);
+        output.writeInt(destinationVertexes.size());
+        for (VLongWritable dest : destinationVertexes) {
+            dest.write(output);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public int numberOfNeighbors() {
+        return destinationVertexes.size();
+    }
+
+    public void removeNeighbor(VLongWritable v) {
+        destinationVertexes.remove(v);
+    }
+
+    public VLongWritable getSource() {
+        return sourceVertex;
+    }
+
+    public Iterator<VLongWritable> getNeighbors() {
+        return destinationVertexes.iterator();
+    }
+
+    public void cleanNonMatch(Collection<VLongWritable> matches) {
+        destinationVertexes.retainAll(matches);
+    }
+
+    public boolean isNeighbor(VLongWritable v) {
+        return destinationVertexes.contains(v);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/maximalclique/CliquesWritable.java b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/maximalclique/CliquesWritable.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e22ea1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/maximalclique/CliquesWritable.java
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * you may obtain a copy of the License from
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.maximalclique;
+
+import java.io.DataInput;
+import java.io.DataOutput;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.io.Writable;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.io.VLongWritable;
+
+/**
+ * The representation of cliques stored in a vertex.
+ */
+public class CliquesWritable implements Writable {
+
+    private List<VLongWritable> cliques = new ArrayList<VLongWritable>();
+    private int sizeOfClique = 0;
+
+    public CliquesWritable(List<VLongWritable> cliques, int sizeOfClique) {
+        this.cliques = cliques;
+        this.sizeOfClique = sizeOfClique;
+    }
+
+    public CliquesWritable() {
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the size of cliques.
+     * 
+     * @param sizeOfClique
+     *            the size of each maximal clique
+     */
+    public void setCliqueSize(int sizeOfClique) {
+        this.sizeOfClique = sizeOfClique;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Add the clique vertexes
+     * 
+     * @param cliques
+     *            the list of vertexes -- can contain multiple cliques
+     */
+    public void addCliques(CliquesWritable cliques) {
+        this.cliques.addAll(cliques.cliques);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Add the clique vertexes
+     * 
+     * @param cliques
+     *            the list of vertexes -- can contain multiple cliques
+     */
+    public void addCliques(List<VLongWritable> vertexes) {
+        this.cliques.addAll(vertexes);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return the size of the clique
+     */
+    public int getSizeOfClique() {
+        return sizeOfClique;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * rese the clique
+     */
+    public void reset() {
+        this.cliques.clear();
+        this.sizeOfClique = 0;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void readFields(DataInput input) throws IOException {
+        cliques.clear();
+        int numCliques = input.readInt();
+        if (numCliques < 0) {
+            sizeOfClique = 0;
+            return;
+        }
+        sizeOfClique = input.readInt();
+        for (int i = 0; i < numCliques; i++) {
+            for (int j = 0; j < sizeOfClique; j++) {
+                VLongWritable vid = new VLongWritable();
+                vid.readFields(input);
+                cliques.add(vid);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void write(DataOutput output) throws IOException {
+        if (sizeOfClique <= 0) {
+            output.writeInt(-1);
+            return;
+        }
+        output.writeInt(cliques.size() / sizeOfClique);
+        output.writeInt(sizeOfClique);
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < cliques.size(); i++) {
+            cliques.get(i).write(output);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        if (sizeOfClique == 0)
+            return "";
+        StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
+        int numCliques = cliques.size() / sizeOfClique;
+        for (int i = 0; i < numCliques; i++) {
+            for (int j = 0; j < sizeOfClique - 1; j++) {
+                sb.append(cliques.get(j));
+                sb.append(",");
+            }
+            sb.append(cliques.get(sizeOfClique - 1));
+            sb.append(";");
+        }
+        return sb.toString();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/maximalclique/MaximalCliqueAggregator.java b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/maximalclique/MaximalCliqueAggregator.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..061e9e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/maximalclique/MaximalCliqueAggregator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+package edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.maximalclique;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.io.NullWritable;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.api.graph.GlobalAggregator;
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.api.graph.Vertex;
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.io.VLongWritable;
+
+/**
+ * The global aggregator aggregates the count of triangles
+ */
+public class MaximalCliqueAggregator
+        extends
+        GlobalAggregator<VLongWritable, CliquesWritable, NullWritable, AdjacencyListWritable, CliquesWritable, CliquesWritable> {
+
+    private CliquesWritable state = new CliquesWritable();
+
+    @Override
+    public void init() {
+        state.reset();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void step(Vertex<VLongWritable, CliquesWritable, NullWritable, AdjacencyListWritable> v)
+            throws HyracksDataException {
+        CliquesWritable cliques = v.getVertexValue();
+        updateAggregateState(cliques);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Update the current aggregate state
+     * 
+     * @param cliques the incoming cliques
+     */
+    private void updateAggregateState(CliquesWritable cliques) {
+        if (cliques.getSizeOfClique() > state.getSizeOfClique()) {
+            //reset the vertex state
+            state.reset();
+            state.setCliqueSize(cliques.getSizeOfClique());
+            state.addCliques(cliques);
+        } else if (cliques.getSizeOfClique() == state.getSizeOfClique()) {
+            //add the new cliques
+            state.addCliques(cliques);
+        } else {
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void step(CliquesWritable partialResult) {
+        updateAggregateState(partialResult);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public CliquesWritable finishPartial() {
+        return state;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public CliquesWritable finishFinal() {
+        return state;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/maximalclique/MaximalCliqueVertex.java b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/maximalclique/MaximalCliqueVertex.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..266feb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/maximalclique/MaximalCliqueVertex.java
@@ -0,0 +1,347 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * you may obtain a copy of the License from
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.maximalclique;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.BitSet;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.TreeMap;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.io.NullWritable;
+import org.apache.hadoop.io.Text;
+import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.RecordWriter;
+import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.TaskAttemptContext;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.api.graph.Edge;
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.api.graph.Vertex;
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.api.io.VertexWriter;
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.api.io.text.TextVertexOutputFormat;
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.api.io.text.TextVertexOutputFormat.TextVertexWriter;
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.api.job.PregelixJob;
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.api.util.BspUtils;
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.dataflow.util.IterationUtils;
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.client.Client;
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.io.VLongWritable;
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.trianglecounting.TriangleCountingVertex;
+
+/**
+ * The maximal clique example -- find maximal cliques in an undirected graph.
+ * The result cliques contains vertexes ordered by the vertex id ascendingly. The algorithm takes
+ * advantage of that property to do effective pruning.
+ */
+public class MaximalCliqueVertex extends Vertex<VLongWritable, CliquesWritable, NullWritable, AdjacencyListWritable> {
+
+    private Map<VLongWritable, AdjacencyListWritable> map = new TreeMap<VLongWritable, AdjacencyListWritable>();
+    private List<VLongWritable> vertexList = new ArrayList<VLongWritable>();
+    private Map<VLongWritable, Integer> invertedMap = new TreeMap<VLongWritable, Integer>();
+    private int largestCliqueSizeSoFar = 0;
+    private List<BitSet> currentMaximalCliques = new ArrayList<BitSet>();
+    private CliquesWritable tmpValue = new CliquesWritable();
+    private List<VLongWritable> cliques = new ArrayList<VLongWritable>();
+
+    /**
+     * Update the current maximal cliques
+     * 
+     * @param values
+     *            the received adjcency lists
+     */
+    private void updateCurrentMaximalCliques(Iterator<AdjacencyListWritable> values) {
+        map.clear();
+        vertexList.clear();
+        invertedMap.clear();
+        currentMaximalCliques.clear();
+        cliques.clear();
+        tmpValue.reset();
+
+        // build the initial sub graph
+        while (values.hasNext()) {
+            AdjacencyListWritable adj = values.next();
+            map.put(adj.getSource(), adj);
+        }
+        VLongWritable srcId = getVertexId();
+        map.put(srcId, new AdjacencyListWritable());
+
+        // build the vertex list (vertex id in ascending order) and the inverted list of vertexes
+        int i = 0;
+        for (VLongWritable v : map.keySet()) {
+            vertexList.add(v);
+            invertedMap.put(v, i++);
+        }
+
+        //clean up adjacency list --- remove vertexes who are not neighbors of key
+        for (AdjacencyListWritable adj : map.values()) {
+            adj.cleanNonMatch(vertexList);
+        }
+
+        // get the h-index of the subgraph --- which is the maximum depth to explore
+        int[] neighborCounts = new int[map.size()];
+        i = 0;
+        for (AdjacencyListWritable adj : map.values()) {
+            neighborCounts[i++] = adj.numberOfNeighbors();
+        }
+        Arrays.sort(neighborCounts);
+        int h = 0;
+        for (i = neighborCounts.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+            if (h >= neighborCounts[i]) {
+                break;
+            }
+            h++;
+        }
+        if (h < largestCliqueSizeSoFar) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        //start depth-first search
+        BitSet cliqueSoFar = new BitSet(h);
+        for (VLongWritable v : vertexList) {
+            cliqueSoFar.set(invertedMap.get(v));
+            searchClique(h, cliqueSoFar, 1, v);
+            cliqueSoFar.clear();
+        }
+
+        //output local maximal cliques
+        for (BitSet clique : currentMaximalCliques) {
+            int keyIndex = invertedMap.get(srcId);
+            clique.set(keyIndex);
+            generateClique(clique);
+            tmpValue.addCliques(cliques);
+            tmpValue.setCliqueSize(clique.cardinality());
+        }
+
+        //update the vertex state
+        setVertexValue(tmpValue);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Output a clique with vertex ids.
+     * 
+     * @param clique
+     *            the bitmap representation of a clique
+     */
+    private void generateClique(BitSet clique) {
+        for (int j = 0; j < clique.length();) {
+            j = clique.nextSetBit(j);
+            VLongWritable v = vertexList.get(j);
+            cliques.add(v);
+            j++;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * find cliques using the depth-first search
+     * 
+     * @param maxDepth
+     *            the maximum search depth
+     * @param cliqueSoFar
+     *            the the cliques found so far
+     * @param depthSoFar
+     *            the current search depth
+     * @param currentSource
+     *            the vertex to be added into the clique
+     */
+    private void searchClique(int maxDepth, BitSet cliqueSoFar, int depthSoFar, VLongWritable currentSource) {
+        if (depthSoFar > maxDepth) {
+            // update maximal clique info
+            updateMaximalClique(cliqueSoFar);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        AdjacencyListWritable adj = map.get(currentSource);
+        Iterator<VLongWritable> neighbors = adj.getNeighbors();
+        ++depthSoFar;
+        while (neighbors.hasNext()) {
+            VLongWritable neighbor = neighbors.next();
+            if (!isTested(neighbor, cliqueSoFar) && isClique(neighbor, cliqueSoFar)) {
+                //snapshot the clique
+                int cliqueLength = cliqueSoFar.length();
+                // expand the clique
+                cliqueSoFar.set(invertedMap.get(neighbor));
+                searchClique(maxDepth, cliqueSoFar, depthSoFar, neighbor);
+                // back to the snapshot clique
+                cliqueSoFar.set(cliqueLength, cliqueSoFar.length(), false);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // update maximal clique info
+        updateMaximalClique(cliqueSoFar);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Update the maximal clique to a larger one if it exists
+     * 
+     * @param cliqueSoFar
+     *            the clique so far, in the bitmap representation
+     */
+    private void updateMaximalClique(BitSet cliqueSoFar) {
+        int cliqueSize = cliqueSoFar.cardinality();
+        if (cliqueSize > largestCliqueSizeSoFar) {
+            currentMaximalCliques.clear();
+            currentMaximalCliques.add((BitSet) cliqueSoFar.clone());
+            largestCliqueSizeSoFar = cliqueSize;
+        } else if (cliqueSize == largestCliqueSizeSoFar) {
+            currentMaximalCliques.add((BitSet) cliqueSoFar.clone());
+        } else {
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Should we test the vertex newVertex?
+     * 
+     * @param newVertex
+     *            the vertex to be tested
+     * @param cliqueSoFar
+     *            the current clique, in the bitmap representation
+     * @return true if new vertex has been tested
+     */
+    private boolean isTested(VLongWritable newVertex, BitSet cliqueSoFar) {
+        int index = invertedMap.get(newVertex);
+        int largestSetIndex = cliqueSoFar.length() - 1;
+        if (index > largestSetIndex) {
+            // we only return cliques with vertexes in the ascending order
+            // hence, the new vertex must be larger than the largesetSetIndex in the clique
+            return false;
+        } else {
+            // otherwise, we think the vertex is "tested"
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Will adding the newVertex yield a bigger clique?
+     * 
+     * @param newVertex
+     *            the new vertex id
+     * @param cliqueSoFar
+     *            the bitmap representation of the clique
+     * @return true if adding the new vertex yelds a bigger clique
+     */
+    private boolean isClique(VLongWritable newVertex, BitSet cliqueSoFar) {
+        AdjacencyListWritable adj = map.get(newVertex);
+        // check whether each existing vertex is in the neighbor set of newVertex
+        for (int i = 0; i < cliqueSoFar.length();) {
+            i = cliqueSoFar.nextSetBit(i);
+            VLongWritable v = vertexList.get(i);
+            if (!adj.isNeighbor(v)) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            i++;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * For superstep 1, send outgoing mesages.
+     * For superstep 2, calculate maximal cliques.
+     * otherwise, vote to halt.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void compute(Iterator<AdjacencyListWritable> msgIterator) {
+        if (getSuperstep() == 1) {
+            sortEdges();
+            sendOutgoingMsgs(getEdges());
+        } else if (getSuperstep() == 2) {
+            updateCurrentMaximalCliques(msgIterator);
+        } else {
+            voteToHalt();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return getVertexId() + " " + getVertexValue();
+    }
+
+    private static CliquesWritable readMaximalCliqueResult(Configuration conf) {
+        try {
+            CliquesWritable result = (CliquesWritable) IterationUtils.readGlobalAggregateValue(conf,
+                    BspUtils.getJobId(conf));
+            return result;
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        PregelixJob job = new PregelixJob(TriangleCountingVertex.class.getSimpleName());
+        job.setVertexClass(MaximalCliqueVertex.class);
+        job.setGlobalAggregatorClass(MaximalCliqueAggregator.class);
+        job.setDynamicVertexValueSize(true);
+        job.setVertexInputFormatClass(TextMaximalCliqueInputFormat.class);
+        job.setVertexOutputFormatClass(MaximalCliqueVertexOutputFormat.class);
+        Client.run(args, job);
+        System.out.println("maximal cliques: \n" + readMaximalCliqueResult(job.getConfiguration()));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Send the adjacency lists
+     * 
+     * @param edges
+     *            the outgoing edges
+     */
+    private void sendOutgoingMsgs(List<Edge<VLongWritable, NullWritable>> edges) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < edges.size(); i++) {
+            if (edges.get(i).getDestVertexId().get() < getVertexId().get()) {
+                // only add emit for the vertexes whose id is smaller than the vertex id 
+                // to avoid the duplicate removal step,
+                // because all the resulting cliques will have vertexes in the ascending order.
+                AdjacencyListWritable msg = new AdjacencyListWritable();
+                msg.setSource(getVertexId());
+                for (int j = i + 1; j < edges.size(); j++) {
+                    msg.addNeighbor(edges.get(j).getDestVertexId());
+                }
+                sendMsg(edges.get(i).getDestVertexId(), msg);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Maximal Clique VertexWriter
+     */
+    public static class MaximalCliqueVertexWriter extends
+            TextVertexWriter<VLongWritable, CliquesWritable, NullWritable> {
+        public MaximalCliqueVertexWriter(RecordWriter<Text, Text> lineRecordWriter) {
+            super(lineRecordWriter);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void writeVertex(Vertex<VLongWritable, CliquesWritable, NullWritable, ?> vertex) throws IOException,
+                InterruptedException {
+            getRecordWriter().write(new Text(vertex.getVertexId().toString()),
+                    new Text(vertex.getVertexValue().toString()));
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * output format for maximal clique
+     */
+    public static class MaximalCliqueVertexOutputFormat extends
+            TextVertexOutputFormat<VLongWritable, CliquesWritable, NullWritable> {
+
+        @Override
+        public VertexWriter<VLongWritable, CliquesWritable, NullWritable> createVertexWriter(TaskAttemptContext context)
+                throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+            RecordWriter<Text, Text> recordWriter = textOutputFormat.getRecordWriter(context);
+            return new MaximalCliqueVertexWriter(recordWriter);
+        }
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/maximalclique/TextMaximalCliqueInputFormat.java b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/maximalclique/TextMaximalCliqueInputFormat.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec7b32c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/maximalclique/TextMaximalCliqueInputFormat.java
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * you may obtain a copy of the License from
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.maximalclique;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.io.LongWritable;
+import org.apache.hadoop.io.NullWritable;
+import org.apache.hadoop.io.Text;
+import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.InputSplit;
+import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.RecordReader;
+import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.TaskAttemptContext;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.api.graph.Vertex;
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.api.io.VertexReader;
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.api.io.text.TextVertexInputFormat;
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.api.io.text.TextVertexInputFormat.TextVertexReader;
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.api.util.BspUtils;
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.io.VLongWritable;
+
+public class TextMaximalCliqueInputFormat extends
+        TextVertexInputFormat<VLongWritable, CliquesWritable, NullWritable, AdjacencyListWritable> {
+
+    @Override
+    public VertexReader<VLongWritable, CliquesWritable, NullWritable, AdjacencyListWritable> createVertexReader(
+            InputSplit split, TaskAttemptContext context) throws IOException {
+        return new TextMaximalCliqueGraphReader(textInputFormat.createRecordReader(split, context));
+    }
+}
+
+@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
+class TextMaximalCliqueGraphReader extends
+        TextVertexReader<VLongWritable, CliquesWritable, NullWritable, AdjacencyListWritable> {
+
+    private final static String separator = " ";
+    private Vertex vertex;
+    private VLongWritable vertexId = new VLongWritable();
+    private List<VLongWritable> pool = new ArrayList<VLongWritable>();
+    private int used = 0;
+
+    public TextMaximalCliqueGraphReader(RecordReader<LongWritable, Text> lineRecordReader) {
+        super(lineRecordReader);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean nextVertex() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+        return getRecordReader().nextKeyValue();
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    @Override
+    public Vertex<VLongWritable, CliquesWritable, NullWritable, AdjacencyListWritable> getCurrentVertex()
+            throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+        used = 0;
+        if (vertex == null)
+            vertex = (Vertex) BspUtils.createVertex(getContext().getConfiguration());
+        vertex.getMsgList().clear();
+        vertex.getEdges().clear();
+
+        vertex.reset();
+        Text line = getRecordReader().getCurrentValue();
+        String[] fields = line.toString().split(separator);
+
+        if (fields.length > 0) {
+            /**
+             * set the src vertex id
+             */
+            long src = Long.parseLong(fields[0]);
+            vertexId.set(src);
+            vertex.setVertexId(vertexId);
+            long dest = -1L;
+
+            /**
+             * set up edges
+             */
+            for (int i = 1; i < fields.length; i++) {
+                dest = Long.parseLong(fields[i]);
+                VLongWritable destId = allocate();
+                destId.set(dest);
+                vertex.addEdge(destId, null);
+            }
+        }
+        return vertex;
+    }
+
+    private VLongWritable allocate() {
+        if (used >= pool.size()) {
+            VLongWritable value = new VLongWritable();
+            pool.add(value);
+            used++;
+            return value;
+        } else {
+            VLongWritable value = pool.get(used);
+            used++;
+            return value;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/trianglecounting/TextTriangleCountingInputFormat.java b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/trianglecounting/TextTriangleCountingInputFormat.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb399ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/trianglecounting/TextTriangleCountingInputFormat.java
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * you may obtain a copy of the License from
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.trianglecounting;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.io.LongWritable;
+import org.apache.hadoop.io.Text;
+import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.InputSplit;
+import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.RecordReader;
+import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.TaskAttemptContext;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.api.graph.Vertex;
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.api.io.VertexReader;
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.api.io.text.TextVertexInputFormat;
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.api.io.text.TextVertexInputFormat.TextVertexReader;
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.api.util.BspUtils;
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.io.VLongWritable;
+
+public class TextTriangleCountingInputFormat extends
+        TextVertexInputFormat<VLongWritable, VLongWritable, VLongWritable, VLongWritable> {
+
+    @Override
+    public VertexReader<VLongWritable, VLongWritable, VLongWritable, VLongWritable> createVertexReader(
+            InputSplit split, TaskAttemptContext context) throws IOException {
+        return new TextPageRankGraphReader(textInputFormat.createRecordReader(split, context));
+    }
+}
+
+@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
+class TextPageRankGraphReader extends TextVertexReader<VLongWritable, VLongWritable, VLongWritable, VLongWritable> {
+
+    private final static String separator = " ";
+    private Vertex vertex;
+    private VLongWritable vertexId = new VLongWritable();
+    private List<VLongWritable> pool = new ArrayList<VLongWritable>();
+    private int used = 0;
+
+    public TextPageRankGraphReader(RecordReader<LongWritable, Text> lineRecordReader) {
+        super(lineRecordReader);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean nextVertex() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+        return getRecordReader().nextKeyValue();
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    @Override
+    public Vertex<VLongWritable, VLongWritable, VLongWritable, VLongWritable> getCurrentVertex() throws IOException,
+            InterruptedException {
+        used = 0;
+        if (vertex == null)
+            vertex = (Vertex) BspUtils.createVertex(getContext().getConfiguration());
+        vertex.getMsgList().clear();
+        vertex.getEdges().clear();
+
+        vertex.reset();
+        Text line = getRecordReader().getCurrentValue();
+        String[] fields = line.toString().split(separator);
+
+        if (fields.length > 0) {
+            /**
+             * set the src vertex id
+             */
+            long src = Long.parseLong(fields[0]);
+            vertexId.set(src);
+            vertex.setVertexId(vertexId);
+            long dest = -1L;
+
+            /**
+             * set up edges
+             */
+            for (int i = 1; i < fields.length; i++) {
+                dest = Long.parseLong(fields[i]);
+                VLongWritable destId = allocate();
+                destId.set(dest);
+                vertex.addEdge(destId, null);
+            }
+        }
+        // vertex.sortEdges();
+        return vertex;
+    }
+
+    private VLongWritable allocate() {
+        if (used >= pool.size()) {
+            VLongWritable value = new VLongWritable();
+            pool.add(value);
+            used++;
+            return value;
+        } else {
+            VLongWritable value = pool.get(used);
+            used++;
+            return value;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/trianglecounting/TriangleCountingAggregator.java b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/trianglecounting/TriangleCountingAggregator.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..67b028d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/trianglecounting/TriangleCountingAggregator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.trianglecounting;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.api.graph.GlobalAggregator;
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.api.graph.Vertex;
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.io.VLongWritable;
+
+/**
+ * The global aggregator aggregates the count of triangles
+ */
+public class TriangleCountingAggregator extends
+        GlobalAggregator<VLongWritable, VLongWritable, VLongWritable, VLongWritable, VLongWritable, VLongWritable> {
+
+    private VLongWritable state = new VLongWritable(0);
+
+    @Override
+    public void init() {
+        state.set(0);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void step(Vertex<VLongWritable, VLongWritable, VLongWritable, VLongWritable> v) throws HyracksDataException {
+        state.set(state.get() + v.getVertexValue().get());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void step(VLongWritable partialResult) {
+        state.set(state.get() + partialResult.get());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public VLongWritable finishPartial() {
+        return state;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public VLongWritable finishFinal() {
+        return state;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/trianglecounting/TriangleCountingVertex.java b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/trianglecounting/TriangleCountingVertex.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d3db095
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/trianglecounting/TriangleCountingVertex.java
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+package edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.trianglecounting;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.io.Text;
+import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.RecordWriter;
+import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.TaskAttemptContext;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.api.graph.Edge;
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.api.graph.Vertex;
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.api.io.VertexWriter;
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.api.io.text.TextVertexOutputFormat;
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.api.io.text.TextVertexOutputFormat.TextVertexWriter;
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.api.job.PregelixJob;
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.api.util.BspUtils;
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.dataflow.util.IterationUtils;
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.client.Client;
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.io.VLongWritable;
+
+/**
+ * The triangle counting example -- counting the triangles in an undirected graph.
+ */
+public class TriangleCountingVertex extends Vertex<VLongWritable, VLongWritable, VLongWritable, VLongWritable> {
+
+    private VLongWritable tmpValue = new VLongWritable(0);
+    private long triangleCount = 0;
+    private Edge<VLongWritable, VLongWritable> candidateEdge = new Edge<VLongWritable, VLongWritable>(
+            new VLongWritable(0), new VLongWritable(0));
+    private EdgeComparator edgeComparator = new EdgeComparator();
+
+    @Override
+    public void compute(Iterator<VLongWritable> msgIterator) {
+        // transforms the edge list into a set to facilitate lookup
+        if (getSuperstep() == 1) {
+            // sorting edges could be avoid if the dataset already has that property
+            sortEdges();
+            List<Edge<VLongWritable, VLongWritable>> edges = this.getEdges();
+            int numEdges = edges.size();
+
+            //decoding longs
+            long src = getVertexId().get();
+            long[] dests = new long[numEdges];
+            for (int i = 0; i < numEdges; i++) {
+                dests[i] = edges.get(i).getDestVertexId().get();
+            }
+
+            //send messages -- take advantage of that each discovered 
+            //triangle should have vertexes ordered by vertex id
+            for (int i = 0; i < numEdges; i++) {
+                if (dests[i] < src) {
+                    for (int j = i + 1; j < numEdges; j++) {
+                        //send messages -- v_j.id > v_i.id -- guaranteed by sortEdge()
+                        if (dests[j] > src) {
+                            sendMsg(edges.get(i).getDestVertexId(), edges.get(j).getDestVertexId());
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        if (getSuperstep() >= 2) {
+            triangleCount = 0;
+            List<Edge<VLongWritable, VLongWritable>> edges = this.getEdges();
+            while (msgIterator.hasNext()) {
+                VLongWritable msg = msgIterator.next();
+                candidateEdge.setDestVertexId(msg);
+                if (Collections.binarySearch(edges, candidateEdge, edgeComparator) >= 0) {
+                    // if the msg value is a dest from this vertex
+                    triangleCount++;
+                }
+            }
+
+            // set vertex value
+            tmpValue.set(triangleCount);
+            setVertexValue(tmpValue);
+            voteToHalt();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Triangle Counting VertexWriter
+     */
+    public static class TriangleCountingVertexWriter extends
+            TextVertexWriter<VLongWritable, VLongWritable, VLongWritable> {
+        public TriangleCountingVertexWriter(RecordWriter<Text, Text> lineRecordWriter) {
+            super(lineRecordWriter);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void writeVertex(Vertex<VLongWritable, VLongWritable, VLongWritable, ?> vertex) throws IOException,
+                InterruptedException {
+            getRecordWriter().write(new Text(vertex.getVertexId().toString()),
+                    new Text(vertex.getVertexValue().toString()));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return getVertexId() + " " + getVertexValue();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * output format for triangle counting
+     */
+    public static class TriangleCountingVertexOutputFormat extends
+            TextVertexOutputFormat<VLongWritable, VLongWritable, VLongWritable> {
+
+        @Override
+        public VertexWriter<VLongWritable, VLongWritable, VLongWritable> createVertexWriter(TaskAttemptContext context)
+                throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+            RecordWriter<Text, Text> recordWriter = textOutputFormat.getRecordWriter(context);
+            return new TriangleCountingVertexWriter(recordWriter);
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    private static long readTriangleCountingResult(Configuration conf) {
+        try {
+            VLongWritable count = (VLongWritable) IterationUtils
+                    .readGlobalAggregateValue(conf, BspUtils.getJobId(conf));
+            return count.get();
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        PregelixJob job = new PregelixJob(TriangleCountingVertex.class.getSimpleName());
+        job.setVertexClass(TriangleCountingVertex.class);
+        job.setGlobalAggregatorClass(TriangleCountingAggregator.class);
+        job.setVertexInputFormatClass(TextTriangleCountingInputFormat.class);
+        job.setVertexOutputFormatClass(TriangleCountingVertexOutputFormat.class);
+        Client.run(args, job);
+        System.out.println("triangle count: " + readTriangleCountingResult(job.getConfiguration()));
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * The comparator for Edge<VLongWritable, VLongWritable>.
+ */
+class EdgeComparator implements Comparator<Edge<VLongWritable, VLongWritable>> {
+
+    @Override
+    public int compare(Edge<VLongWritable, VLongWritable> left, Edge<VLongWritable, VLongWritable> right) {
+        long leftValue = left.getDestVertexId().get();
+        long rightValue = right.getDestVertexId().get();
+        return leftValue > rightValue ? 1 : (leftValue < rightValue ? -1 : 0);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/VertexAggregator.java b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/utils/VertexAggregator.java
similarity index 98%
rename from pregelix/pregelix-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/VertexAggregator.java
rename to pregelix/pregelix-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/utils/VertexAggregator.java
index 68b7cca..d8f704e 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/VertexAggregator.java
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/utils/VertexAggregator.java
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-package edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example;
+package edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.utils;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Iterator;
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/VertexSorter.java b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/utils/VertexSorter.java
similarity index 98%
rename from pregelix/pregelix-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/VertexSorter.java
rename to pregelix/pregelix-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/utils/VertexSorter.java
index 1dd6922..8421088 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/VertexSorter.java
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/utils/VertexSorter.java
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-package edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example;
+package edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.utils;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Iterator;
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/dataload/DataLoadTest.java b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/dataload/DataLoadTest.java
index 7787347..37f03a5 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/dataload/DataLoadTest.java
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/dataload/DataLoadTest.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.core.jobgen.clusterconfig.ClusterConfig;
 import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.core.util.PregelixHyracksIntegrationUtil;
 import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.PageRankVertex;
-import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.PageRankVertex.SimplePageRankVertexInputFormat;
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.PageRankVertex.SimulatedPageRankVertexInputFormat;
 import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.util.TestUtils;
 
 @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
     public DataLoadTest() throws Exception {
         job = new PregelixJob(GIRAPH_JOB_NAME);
         job.setVertexClass(PageRankVertex.class);
-        job.setVertexInputFormatClass(SimplePageRankVertexInputFormat.class);
+        job.setVertexInputFormatClass(SimulatedPageRankVertexInputFormat.class);
         job.getConfiguration().setClass(PregelixJob.VERTEX_INDEX_CLASS, LongWritable.class, WritableComparable.class);
         job.getConfiguration().setClass(PregelixJob.VERTEX_VALUE_CLASS, DoubleWritable.class, Writable.class);
         job.getConfiguration().setClass(PregelixJob.EDGE_VALUE_CLASS, FloatWritable.class, Writable.class);
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/jobgen/JobGenerator.java b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/jobgen/JobGenerator.java
index c0b4a10..c353d84 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/jobgen/JobGenerator.java
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/jobgen/JobGenerator.java
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.ConnectedComponentsVertex;
 import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.ConnectedComponentsVertex.SimpleConnectedComponentsVertexOutputFormat;
 import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.PageRankVertex;
-import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.PageRankVertex.SimplePageRankVertexInputFormat;
 import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.PageRankVertex.SimplePageRankVertexOutputFormat;
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.PageRankVertex.SimulatedPageRankVertexInputFormat;
 import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.ReachabilityVertex;
 import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.ReachabilityVertex.SimpleReachibilityVertexOutputFormat;
 import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.ShortestPathsVertex;
@@ -35,6 +35,14 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.inputformat.TextPageRankInputFormat;
 import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.inputformat.TextReachibilityVertexInputFormat;
 import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.inputformat.TextShortestPathsInputFormat;
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.maximalclique.MaximalCliqueAggregator;
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.maximalclique.MaximalCliqueVertex;
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.maximalclique.MaximalCliqueVertex.MaximalCliqueVertexOutputFormat;
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.maximalclique.TextMaximalCliqueInputFormat;
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.trianglecounting.TextTriangleCountingInputFormat;
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.trianglecounting.TriangleCountingAggregator;
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.trianglecounting.TriangleCountingVertex;
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.trianglecounting.TriangleCountingVertex.TriangleCountingVertexOutputFormat;
 
 public class JobGenerator {
     private static String outputBase = "src/test/resources/jobs/";
@@ -44,6 +52,9 @@
     private static String HDFS_INPUTPATH2 = "/webmapcomplex";
     private static String HDFS_OUTPUTPAH2 = "/resultcomplex";
 
+    private static String HDFS_INPUTPATH3 = "/clique";
+    private static String HDFS_OUTPUTPAH3 = "/resultclique";
+
     private static void generatePageRankJobReal(String jobName, String outputPath) throws IOException {
         PregelixJob job = new PregelixJob(jobName);
         job.setVertexClass(PageRankVertex.class);
@@ -148,7 +159,7 @@
     private static void generatePageRankJob(String jobName, String outputPath) throws IOException {
         PregelixJob job = new PregelixJob(jobName);
         job.setVertexClass(PageRankVertex.class);
-        job.setVertexInputFormatClass(SimplePageRankVertexInputFormat.class);
+        job.setVertexInputFormatClass(SimulatedPageRankVertexInputFormat.class);
         job.setMessageCombinerClass(PageRankVertex.SimpleSumCombiner.class);
         job.setVertexOutputFormatClass(SimplePageRankVertexOutputFormat.class);
         FileInputFormat.setInputPaths(job, HDFS_INPUTPATH);
@@ -157,17 +168,10 @@
         job.getConfiguration().writeXml(new FileOutputStream(new File(outputPath)));
     }
 
-    private static void genPageRank() throws IOException {
-        generatePageRankJob("PageRank", outputBase + "PageRank.xml");
-        generatePageRankJobReal("PageRank", outputBase + "PageRankReal.xml");
-        generatePageRankJobRealComplex("PageRank", outputBase + "PageRankRealComplex.xml");
-        generatePageRankJobRealNoCombiner("PageRank", outputBase + "PageRankRealNoCombiner.xml");
-    }
-
     private static void generateShortestPathJob(String jobName, String outputPath) throws IOException {
         PregelixJob job = new PregelixJob(jobName);
         job.setVertexClass(ShortestPathsVertex.class);
-        job.setVertexInputFormatClass(SimplePageRankVertexInputFormat.class);
+        job.setVertexInputFormatClass(SimulatedPageRankVertexInputFormat.class);
         job.setMessageCombinerClass(ShortestPathsVertex.SimpleMinCombiner.class);
         job.setVertexOutputFormatClass(SimplePageRankVertexOutputFormat.class);
         FileInputFormat.setInputPaths(job, HDFS_INPUTPATH);
@@ -177,6 +181,50 @@
         job.getConfiguration().writeXml(new FileOutputStream(new File(outputPath)));
     }
 
+    private static void generatePageRankJobRealDynamic(String jobName, String outputPath) throws IOException {
+        PregelixJob job = new PregelixJob(jobName);
+        job.setVertexClass(PageRankVertex.class);
+        job.setVertexInputFormatClass(TextPageRankInputFormat.class);
+        job.setVertexOutputFormatClass(SimplePageRankVertexOutputFormat.class);
+        job.setMessageCombinerClass(PageRankVertex.SimpleSumCombiner.class);
+        job.setDynamicVertexValueSize(true);
+        FileInputFormat.setInputPaths(job, HDFS_INPUTPATH);
+        FileOutputFormat.setOutputPath(job, new Path(HDFS_OUTPUTPAH));
+        job.getConfiguration().setLong(PregelixJob.NUM_VERTICE, 20);
+        job.getConfiguration().writeXml(new FileOutputStream(new File(outputPath)));
+    }
+
+    private static void generateTriangleCountingJob(String jobName, String outputPath) throws IOException {
+        PregelixJob job = new PregelixJob(jobName);
+        job.setVertexClass(TriangleCountingVertex.class);
+        job.setGlobalAggregatorClass(TriangleCountingAggregator.class);
+        job.setVertexInputFormatClass(TextTriangleCountingInputFormat.class);
+        job.setVertexOutputFormatClass(TriangleCountingVertexOutputFormat.class);
+        FileInputFormat.setInputPaths(job, HDFS_INPUTPATH3);
+        FileOutputFormat.setOutputPath(job, new Path(HDFS_OUTPUTPAH3));
+        job.getConfiguration().writeXml(new FileOutputStream(new File(outputPath)));
+    }
+
+    private static void generateMaximalCliqueJob(String jobName, String outputPath) throws IOException {
+        PregelixJob job = new PregelixJob(jobName);
+        job.setVertexClass(MaximalCliqueVertex.class);
+        job.setGlobalAggregatorClass(MaximalCliqueAggregator.class);
+        job.setDynamicVertexValueSize(true);
+        job.setVertexInputFormatClass(TextMaximalCliqueInputFormat.class);
+        job.setVertexOutputFormatClass(MaximalCliqueVertexOutputFormat.class);
+        FileInputFormat.setInputPaths(job, HDFS_INPUTPATH3);
+        FileOutputFormat.setOutputPath(job, new Path(HDFS_OUTPUTPAH3));
+        job.getConfiguration().writeXml(new FileOutputStream(new File(outputPath)));
+    }
+
+    private static void genPageRank() throws IOException {
+        generatePageRankJob("PageRank", outputBase + "PageRank.xml");
+        generatePageRankJobReal("PageRank", outputBase + "PageRankReal.xml");
+        generatePageRankJobRealDynamic("PageRank", outputBase + "PageRankRealDynamic.xml");
+        generatePageRankJobRealComplex("PageRank", outputBase + "PageRankRealComplex.xml");
+        generatePageRankJobRealNoCombiner("PageRank", outputBase + "PageRankRealNoCombiner.xml");
+    }
+
     private static void genShortestPath() throws IOException {
         generateShortestPathJob("ShortestPaths", outputBase + "ShortestPaths.xml");
         generateShortestPathJobReal("ShortestPaths", outputBase + "ShortestPathsReal.xml");
@@ -194,11 +242,20 @@
                 + "ReachibilityRealComplexNoConnectivity.xml");
     }
 
+    private static void genTriangleCounting() throws IOException {
+        generateTriangleCountingJob("Triangle Counting", outputBase + "TriangleCounting.xml");
+    }
+
+    private static void genMaximalClique() throws IOException {
+        generateMaximalCliqueJob("Maximal Clique", outputBase + "MaximalClique.xml");
+    }
+
     public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
         genPageRank();
         genShortestPath();
         genConnectedComponents();
         genReachibility();
+        genTriangleCounting();
+        genMaximalClique();
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/jobrun/RunJobTestCase.java b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/jobrun/RunJobTestCase.java
index 89bce34..7a5bba6 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/jobrun/RunJobTestCase.java
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/jobrun/RunJobTestCase.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.core.jobgen.JobGen;
 import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.core.jobgen.JobGenInnerJoin;
 import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.core.jobgen.JobGenOuterJoin;
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.core.jobgen.JobGenOuterJoinSingleSort;
 import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.core.jobgen.JobGenOuterJoinSort;
 import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.core.util.PregelixHyracksIntegrationUtil;
 import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.dataflow.util.IterationUtils;
@@ -44,6 +45,9 @@
     private static String HDFS_INPUTPATH2 = "/webmapcomplex";
     private static String HDFS_OUTPUTPAH2 = "/resultcomplex";
 
+    private static String HDFS_INPUTPATH3 = "/clique";
+    private static String HDFS_OUTPUTPAH3 = "/resultclique";
+
     private final PregelixJob job;
     private JobGen[] giraphJobGens;
     private final String resultFileName;
@@ -61,21 +65,24 @@
         if (inputPaths[0].toString().endsWith(HDFS_INPUTPATH)) {
             FileInputFormat.setInputPaths(job, HDFS_INPUTPATH);
             FileOutputFormat.setOutputPath(job, new Path(HDFS_OUTPUTPAH));
-        } else {
+        } else if (inputPaths[0].toString().endsWith(HDFS_INPUTPATH2)) {
             FileInputFormat.setInputPaths(job, HDFS_INPUTPATH2);
             FileOutputFormat.setOutputPath(job, new Path(HDFS_OUTPUTPAH2));
+        } else {
+            FileInputFormat.setInputPaths(job, HDFS_INPUTPATH3);
+            FileOutputFormat.setOutputPath(job, new Path(HDFS_OUTPUTPAH3));
         }
         job.setJobName(jobName);
         this.resultFileName = resultFile;
         this.expectedFileName = expectedFile;
-        giraphJobGens = new JobGen[3];
+        giraphJobGens = new JobGen[4];
         giraphJobGens[0] = new JobGenOuterJoin(job);
         waitawhile();
         giraphJobGens[1] = new JobGenInnerJoin(job);
         waitawhile();
         giraphJobGens[2] = new JobGenOuterJoinSort(job);
-        //waitawhile();
-        // giraphJobGens[3] = new JobGenOuterJoinSingleSort(job);
+        waitawhile();
+        giraphJobGens[3] = new JobGenOuterJoinSingleSort(job);
     }
 
     private void waitawhile() throws InterruptedException {
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/jobrun/RunJobTestSuite.java b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/jobrun/RunJobTestSuite.java
index 8a5c34b..b5abd94 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/jobrun/RunJobTestSuite.java
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/jobrun/RunJobTestSuite.java
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@
     private static final String DATA_PATH2 = "data/webmapcomplex/webmap_link.txt";
     private static final String HDFS_PATH2 = "/webmapcomplex/";
 
+    private static final String DATA_PATH3 = "data/clique/clique.txt";
+    private static final String HDFS_PATH3 = "/clique/";
+
     private static final String HYRACKS_APP_NAME = "giraph";
     private static final String HADOOP_CONF_PATH = ACTUAL_RESULT_DIR + File.separator + "conf.xml";
     private MiniDFSCluster dfsCluster;
@@ -104,6 +107,11 @@
         dfs.mkdirs(dest);
         dfs.copyFromLocalFile(src, dest);
 
+        src = new Path(DATA_PATH3);
+        dest = new Path(HDFS_PATH3);
+        dfs.mkdirs(dest);
+        dfs.copyFromLocalFile(src, dest);
+
         DataOutputStream confOutput = new DataOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(new File(HADOOP_CONF_PATH)));
         conf.writeXml(confOutput);
         confOutput.flush();
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/util/TestUtils.java b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/util/TestUtils.java
index 1b22b47..d89ec46 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/util/TestUtils.java
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/util/TestUtils.java
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@
             if (row1.equals(row2))
                 continue;
 
-            String[] fields1 = row1.split(",");
-            String[] fields2 = row2.split(",");
+            String[] fields1 = row1.split(" ");
+            String[] fields2 = row2.split(" ");
 
             for (int j = 0; j < fields1.length; j++) {
                 if (fields1[j].equals(fields2[j])) {
@@ -71,8 +71,6 @@
                 } else if (fields1[j].indexOf('.') < 0) {
                     return false;
                 } else {
-                    fields1[j] = fields1[j].split("=")[1];
-                    fields2[j] = fields2[j].split("=")[1];
                     Double double1 = Double.parseDouble(fields1[j]);
                     Double double2 = Double.parseDouble(fields2[j]);
                     float float1 = (float) double1.doubleValue();
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/expected/ConnectedComponentsReal.result b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/expected/ConnectedComponentsReal.result
index b8efedc..45376e2 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/expected/ConnectedComponentsReal.result
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/expected/ConnectedComponentsReal.result
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
-0|Vertex(id=0,value=0, edges=(1,))
-1|Vertex(id=1,value=0, edges=(1,2,))
-2|Vertex(id=2,value=0, edges=(1,2,3,))
-3|Vertex(id=3,value=0, edges=(1,2,3,4,))
-4|Vertex(id=4,value=0, edges=(1,2,3,4,5,))
-5|Vertex(id=5,value=0, edges=(1,2,3,4,5,6,))
-6|Vertex(id=6,value=0, edges=(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,))
-7|Vertex(id=7,value=0, edges=(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,))
-8|Vertex(id=8,value=0, edges=(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,))
-9|Vertex(id=9,value=0, edges=(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,))
-10|Vertex(id=10,value=0, edges=(11,))
-11|Vertex(id=11,value=0, edges=(11,12,))
-12|Vertex(id=12,value=0, edges=(11,12,13,))
-13|Vertex(id=13,value=0, edges=(11,12,13,14,))
-14|Vertex(id=14,value=0, edges=(11,12,13,14,15,))
-15|Vertex(id=15,value=0, edges=(11,12,13,14,15,16,))
-16|Vertex(id=16,value=0, edges=(11,12,13,14,15,16,17,))
-17|Vertex(id=17,value=0, edges=(11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,))
-18|Vertex(id=18,value=0, edges=(11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,))
-19|Vertex(id=19,value=0, edges=(0,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,))
+0 0
+1 0
+2 0
+3 0
+4 0
+5 0
+6 0
+7 0
+8 0
+9 0
+10 0
+11 0
+12 0
+13 0
+14 0
+15 0
+16 0
+17 0
+18 0
+19 0
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/expected/ConnectedComponentsRealComplex.result b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/expected/ConnectedComponentsRealComplex.result
index ad448b2..dbc30fc 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/expected/ConnectedComponentsRealComplex.result
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/expected/ConnectedComponentsRealComplex.result
@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
-0|Vertex(id=0,value=0, edges=(1,50,))
-1|Vertex(id=1,value=0, edges=(1,2,))
-2|Vertex(id=2,value=0, edges=(1,2,3,))
-3|Vertex(id=3,value=0, edges=(1,2,3,4,))
-4|Vertex(id=4,value=0, edges=(1,2,3,4,5,))
-5|Vertex(id=5,value=0, edges=(1,2,3,4,5,6,))
-6|Vertex(id=6,value=0, edges=(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,))
-7|Vertex(id=7,value=0, edges=(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,))
-8|Vertex(id=8,value=0, edges=(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,))
-9|Vertex(id=9,value=0, edges=(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,))
-10|Vertex(id=10,value=0, edges=(11,99,))
-11|Vertex(id=11,value=0, edges=(11,12,101,))
-12|Vertex(id=12,value=0, edges=(11,12,13,))
-13|Vertex(id=13,value=0, edges=(11,12,13,14,))
-14|Vertex(id=14,value=0, edges=(11,12,13,14,15,))
-15|Vertex(id=15,value=0, edges=(11,12,13,14,15,16,))
-16|Vertex(id=16,value=0, edges=(11,12,13,14,15,16,17,))
-17|Vertex(id=17,value=0, edges=(11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,))
-18|Vertex(id=18,value=0, edges=(11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,))
-19|Vertex(id=19,value=0, edges=(0,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,))
-21|Vertex(id=21,value=21, edges=(22,23,24,))
-25|Vertex(id=25,value=25, edges=())
-27|Vertex(id=27,value=27, edges=())
+0 0
+1 0
+2 0
+3 0
+4 0
+5 0
+6 0
+7 0
+8 0
+9 0
+10 0
+11 0
+12 0
+13 0
+14 0
+15 0
+16 0
+17 0
+18 0
+19 0
+21 21
+25 25
+27 27
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/expected/MaximalClique.result b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/expected/MaximalClique.result
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d238037
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/expected/MaximalClique.result
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+1 1,2,3,4;
+2 2,3,4;
+3 
+4 
+5 
+6 
+7 
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/expected/PageRank.result b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/expected/PageRank.result
index f38e191..9c4d83a 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/expected/PageRank.result
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/expected/PageRank.result
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
-0|Vertex(id=0,value=0.008290140026154316, edges=(1,))
-1|Vertex(id=1,value=0.1535152819247165, edges=(1,2,))
-2|Vertex(id=2,value=0.14646839195826475, edges=(1,2,3,))
-3|Vertex(id=3,value=0.08125113985998214, edges=(1,2,3,4,))
-4|Vertex(id=4,value=0.03976979906329426, edges=(1,2,3,4,5,))
-5|Vertex(id=5,value=0.0225041581462058, edges=(1,2,3,4,5,6,))
-6|Vertex(id=6,value=0.015736276824953852, edges=(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,))
-7|Vertex(id=7,value=0.012542224114863661, edges=(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,))
-8|Vertex(id=8,value=0.010628239626209894, edges=(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,))
-9|Vertex(id=9,value=0.009294348455354817, edges=(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,))
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diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/expected/TriangleCounting.result b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/expected/TriangleCounting.result
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4818e13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/expected/TriangleCounting.result
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
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+2 2
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diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/hadoop/conf/mapred-site.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/hadoop/conf/mapred-site.xml
index 1b9a4d6..71450f1 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/hadoop/conf/mapred-site.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/hadoop/conf/mapred-site.xml
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
       <value>20</value>
    </property>
    <property>
-      <name>mapred.min.split.size</name>
-      <value>65536</value>
+      <name>mapred.max.split.size</name>
+      <value>128</value>
    </property>
 
 </configuration>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/jobs/MaximalClique.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/jobs/MaximalClique.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..616c647
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/jobs/MaximalClique.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><configuration>
+<property><name>mapred.tasktracker.dns.nameserver</name><value>default</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.queue.default.acl-administer-jobs</name><value>*</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.skip.map.auto.incr.proc.count</name><value>true</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.jobtracker.instrumentation</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.mapred.JobTrackerMetricsInst</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.skip.reduce.auto.incr.proc.count</name><value>true</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.hsftp.impl</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.HsftpFileSystem</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.input.dir</name><value>file:/clique</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.submit.replication</name><value>10</value></property>
+<property><name>ipc.server.tcpnodelay</name><value>false</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.checkpoint.dir</name><value>${hadoop.tmp.dir}/dfs/namesecondary</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.output.compression.type</name><value>RECORD</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.job.shuffle.merge.percent</name><value>0.66</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.child.java.opts</name><value>-Xmx200m</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.queue.default.acl-submit-job</name><value>*</value></property>
+<property><name>keep.failed.task.files</name><value>false</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.jobtracker.job.history.block.size</name><value>3145728</value></property>
+<property><name>io.bytes.per.checksum</name><value>512</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.task.tracker.report.address</name><value>127.0.0.1:0</value></property>
+<property><name>hadoop.util.hash.type</name><value>murmur</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.hdfs.impl</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DistributedFileSystem</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.ramfs.impl</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.fs.InMemoryFileSystem</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.jobtracker.restart.recover</name><value>false</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.hftp.impl</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.HftpFileSystem</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.checkpoint.period</name><value>3600</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.child.tmp</name><value>./tmp</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.local.dir.minspacekill</name><value>0</value></property>
+<property><name>map.sort.class</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.util.QuickSort</value></property>
+<property><name>hadoop.logfile.count</name><value>10</value></property>
+<property><name>ipc.client.connection.maxidletime</name><value>10000</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.output.dir</name><value>/resultclique</value></property>
+<property><name>io.map.index.skip</name><value>0</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.tasktracker.expiry.interval</name><value>600000</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.output.compress</name><value>false</value></property>
+<property><name>io.seqfile.lazydecompress</name><value>true</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.reduce.parallel.copies</name><value>5</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.checkpoint.size</name><value>67108864</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.job.reduce.input.buffer.percent</name><value>0.0</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.job.name</name><value>Maximal Clique</value></property>
+<property><name>local.cache.size</name><value>10737418240</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.s3n.impl</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.fs.s3native.NativeS3FileSystem</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.userlog.limit.kb</name><value>0</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.file.impl</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.fs.LocalFileSystem</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.task.tracker.http.address</name><value>0.0.0.0:50060</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.task.timeout</name><value>600000</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.kfs.impl</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.fs.kfs.KosmosFileSystem</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.max.tracker.blacklists</name><value>4</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.s3.buffer.dir</name><value>${hadoop.tmp.dir}/s3</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.job.tracker.persist.jobstatus.dir</name><value>/jobtracker/jobsInfo</value></property>
+<property><name>ipc.client.kill.max</name><value>10</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.tasktracker.instrumentation</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.mapred.TaskTrackerMetricsInst</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.reduce.tasks.speculative.execution</name><value>true</value></property>
+<property><name>io.sort.record.percent</name><value>0.05</value></property>
+<property><name>hadoop.security.authorization</name><value>false</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.max.tracker.failures</name><value>4</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.jobtracker.taskScheduler</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.mapred.JobQueueTaskScheduler</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.tasktracker.dns.interface</name><value>default</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.map.tasks</name><value>2</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.job.tracker.persist.jobstatus.hours</name><value>0</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.s3.sleepTimeSeconds</name><value>10</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.default.name</name><value>file:///</value></property>
+<property><name>tasktracker.http.threads</name><value>40</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.tasktracker.taskmemorymanager.monitoring-interval</name><value>5000</value></property>
+<property><name>hadoop.rpc.socket.factory.class.default</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.net.StandardSocketFactory</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.reduce.tasks</name><value>1</value></property>
+<property><name>topology.node.switch.mapping.impl</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.net.ScriptBasedMapping</value></property>
+<property><name>pregelix.vertexClass</name><value>edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.maximalclique.MaximalCliqueVertex</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.skip.reduce.max.skip.groups</name><value>0</value></property>
+<property><name>io.file.buffer.size</name><value>4096</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.jobtracker.maxtasks.per.job</name><value>-1</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.tasktracker.indexcache.mb</name><value>10</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.tasktracker.map.tasks.maximum</name><value>2</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.har.impl.disable.cache</name><value>true</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.task.profile.maps</name><value>0-2</value></property>
+<property><name>hadoop.native.lib</name><value>true</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.s3.block.size</name><value>67108864</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.job.reuse.jvm.num.tasks</name><value>1</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.job.tracker.http.address</name><value>0.0.0.0:50030</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.tasktracker.reduce.tasks.maximum</name><value>2</value></property>
+<property><name>io.compression.codecs</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.DefaultCodec,org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.GzipCodec,org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.BZip2Codec</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.job.shuffle.input.buffer.percent</name><value>0.70</value></property>
+<property><name>io.seqfile.compress.blocksize</name><value>1000000</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.queue.names</name><value>default</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.har.impl</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.fs.HarFileSystem</value></property>
+<property><name>io.mapfile.bloom.error.rate</name><value>0.005</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.job.tracker</name><value>local</value></property>
+<property><name>io.skip.checksum.errors</name><value>false</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.reduce.max.attempts</name><value>4</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.s3.maxRetries</name><value>4</value></property>
+<property><name>ipc.server.listen.queue.size</name><value>128</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.trash.interval</name><value>0</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.local.dir.minspacestart</name><value>0</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.s3.impl</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.fs.s3.S3FileSystem</value></property>
+<property><name>io.seqfile.sorter.recordlimit</name><value>1000000</value></property>
+<property><name>io.mapfile.bloom.size</name><value>1048576</value></property>
+<property><name>io.sort.mb</name><value>100</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.local.dir</name><value>${hadoop.tmp.dir}/mapred/local</value></property>
+<property><name>io.sort.factor</name><value>10</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.task.profile</name><value>false</value></property>
+<property><name>job.end.retry.interval</name><value>30000</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.tasktracker.procfsbasedprocesstree.sleeptime-before-sigkill</name><value>5000</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.jobtracker.completeuserjobs.maximum</name><value>100</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.task.profile.reduces</name><value>0-2</value></property>
+<property><name>webinterface.private.actions</name><value>false</value></property>
+<property><name>hadoop.tmp.dir</name><value>/tmp/hadoop-${user.name}</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.output.compression.codec</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.DefaultCodec</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.skip.attempts.to.start.skipping</name><value>2</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.temp.dir</name><value>${hadoop.tmp.dir}/mapred/temp</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.merge.recordsBeforeProgress</name><value>10000</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.map.output.compression.codec</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.DefaultCodec</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.compress.map.output</name><value>false</value></property>
+<property><name>io.sort.spill.percent</name><value>0.80</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.checkpoint.edits.dir</name><value>${fs.checkpoint.dir}</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.userlog.retain.hours</name><value>24</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.system.dir</name><value>${hadoop.tmp.dir}/mapred/system</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.line.input.format.linespermap</name><value>1</value></property>
+<property><name>job.end.retry.attempts</name><value>0</value></property>
+<property><name>ipc.client.idlethreshold</name><value>4000</value></property>
+<property><name>pregelix.vertexOutputFormatClass</name><value>edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.maximalclique.MaximalCliqueVertex$MaximalCliqueVertexOutputFormat</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.reduce.copy.backoff</name><value>300</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.map.tasks.speculative.execution</name><value>true</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.inmem.merge.threshold</name><value>1000</value></property>
+<property><name>hadoop.logfile.size</name><value>10000000</value></property>
+<property><name>pregelix.vertexInputFormatClass</name><value>edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.maximalclique.TextMaximalCliqueInputFormat</value></property>
+<property><name>pregelix.aggregatorClass</name><value>edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.maximalclique.MaximalCliqueAggregator</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.job.queue.name</name><value>default</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.job.tracker.persist.jobstatus.active</name><value>false</value></property>
+<property><name>pregelix.incStateLength</name><value>true</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.reduce.slowstart.completed.maps</name><value>0.05</value></property>
+<property><name>topology.script.number.args</name><value>100</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.skip.map.max.skip.records</name><value>0</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.ftp.impl</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.fs.ftp.FTPFileSystem</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.task.cache.levels</name><value>2</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.job.tracker.handler.count</name><value>10</value></property>
+<property><name>io.serializations</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.io.serializer.WritableSerialization</value></property>
+<property><name>ipc.client.connect.max.retries</name><value>10</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.min.split.size</name><value>0</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.map.max.attempts</name><value>4</value></property>
+<property><name>jobclient.output.filter</name><value>FAILED</value></property>
+<property><name>ipc.client.tcpnodelay</name><value>false</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.acls.enabled</name><value>false</value></property>
+</configuration>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/jobs/PageRank.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/jobs/PageRank.xml
index e425b38..744e5b0 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/jobs/PageRank.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/jobs/PageRank.xml
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
 <property><name>mapred.map.tasks.speculative.execution</name><value>true</value></property>
 <property><name>mapred.inmem.merge.threshold</name><value>1000</value></property>
 <property><name>hadoop.logfile.size</name><value>10000000</value></property>
-<property><name>pregelix.vertexInputFormatClass</name><value>edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.PageRankVertex$SimplePageRankVertexInputFormat</value></property>
+<property><name>pregelix.vertexInputFormatClass</name><value>edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.PageRankVertex$SimulatedPageRankVertexInputFormat</value></property>
 <property><name>mapred.job.queue.name</name><value>default</value></property>
 <property><name>mapred.job.tracker.persist.jobstatus.active</name><value>false</value></property>
 <property><name>mapred.reduce.slowstart.completed.maps</name><value>0.05</value></property>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/jobs/PageRankRealDynamic.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/jobs/PageRankRealDynamic.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c1a04ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/jobs/PageRankRealDynamic.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><configuration>
+<property><name>mapred.tasktracker.dns.nameserver</name><value>default</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.queue.default.acl-administer-jobs</name><value>*</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.skip.map.auto.incr.proc.count</name><value>true</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.jobtracker.instrumentation</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.mapred.JobTrackerMetricsInst</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.skip.reduce.auto.incr.proc.count</name><value>true</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.hsftp.impl</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.HsftpFileSystem</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.input.dir</name><value>file:/webmap</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.submit.replication</name><value>10</value></property>
+<property><name>ipc.server.tcpnodelay</name><value>false</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.checkpoint.dir</name><value>${hadoop.tmp.dir}/dfs/namesecondary</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.output.compression.type</name><value>RECORD</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.job.shuffle.merge.percent</name><value>0.66</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.child.java.opts</name><value>-Xmx200m</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.queue.default.acl-submit-job</name><value>*</value></property>
+<property><name>keep.failed.task.files</name><value>false</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.jobtracker.job.history.block.size</name><value>3145728</value></property>
+<property><name>io.bytes.per.checksum</name><value>512</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.task.tracker.report.address</name><value>127.0.0.1:0</value></property>
+<property><name>hadoop.util.hash.type</name><value>murmur</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.hdfs.impl</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DistributedFileSystem</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.ramfs.impl</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.fs.InMemoryFileSystem</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.jobtracker.restart.recover</name><value>false</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.hftp.impl</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.HftpFileSystem</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.checkpoint.period</name><value>3600</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.child.tmp</name><value>./tmp</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.local.dir.minspacekill</name><value>0</value></property>
+<property><name>map.sort.class</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.util.QuickSort</value></property>
+<property><name>hadoop.logfile.count</name><value>10</value></property>
+<property><name>ipc.client.connection.maxidletime</name><value>10000</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.output.dir</name><value>/result</value></property>
+<property><name>io.map.index.skip</name><value>0</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.tasktracker.expiry.interval</name><value>600000</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.output.compress</name><value>false</value></property>
+<property><name>io.seqfile.lazydecompress</name><value>true</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.reduce.parallel.copies</name><value>5</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.checkpoint.size</name><value>67108864</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.job.reduce.input.buffer.percent</name><value>0.0</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.job.name</name><value>PageRank</value></property>
+<property><name>local.cache.size</name><value>10737418240</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.s3n.impl</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.fs.s3native.NativeS3FileSystem</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.userlog.limit.kb</name><value>0</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.file.impl</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.fs.LocalFileSystem</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.task.tracker.http.address</name><value>0.0.0.0:50060</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.task.timeout</name><value>600000</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.kfs.impl</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.fs.kfs.KosmosFileSystem</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.max.tracker.blacklists</name><value>4</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.s3.buffer.dir</name><value>${hadoop.tmp.dir}/s3</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.job.tracker.persist.jobstatus.dir</name><value>/jobtracker/jobsInfo</value></property>
+<property><name>ipc.client.kill.max</name><value>10</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.tasktracker.instrumentation</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.mapred.TaskTrackerMetricsInst</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.reduce.tasks.speculative.execution</name><value>true</value></property>
+<property><name>io.sort.record.percent</name><value>0.05</value></property>
+<property><name>hadoop.security.authorization</name><value>false</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.max.tracker.failures</name><value>4</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.jobtracker.taskScheduler</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.mapred.JobQueueTaskScheduler</value></property>
+<property><name>pregelix.numVertices</name><value>20</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.tasktracker.dns.interface</name><value>default</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.map.tasks</name><value>2</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.job.tracker.persist.jobstatus.hours</name><value>0</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.s3.sleepTimeSeconds</name><value>10</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.default.name</name><value>file:///</value></property>
+<property><name>tasktracker.http.threads</name><value>40</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.tasktracker.taskmemorymanager.monitoring-interval</name><value>5000</value></property>
+<property><name>hadoop.rpc.socket.factory.class.default</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.net.StandardSocketFactory</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.reduce.tasks</name><value>1</value></property>
+<property><name>topology.node.switch.mapping.impl</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.net.ScriptBasedMapping</value></property>
+<property><name>pregelix.vertexClass</name><value>edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.PageRankVertex</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.skip.reduce.max.skip.groups</name><value>0</value></property>
+<property><name>io.file.buffer.size</name><value>4096</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.jobtracker.maxtasks.per.job</name><value>-1</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.tasktracker.indexcache.mb</name><value>10</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.tasktracker.map.tasks.maximum</name><value>2</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.har.impl.disable.cache</name><value>true</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.task.profile.maps</name><value>0-2</value></property>
+<property><name>hadoop.native.lib</name><value>true</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.s3.block.size</name><value>67108864</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.job.reuse.jvm.num.tasks</name><value>1</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.job.tracker.http.address</name><value>0.0.0.0:50030</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.tasktracker.reduce.tasks.maximum</name><value>2</value></property>
+<property><name>io.compression.codecs</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.DefaultCodec,org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.GzipCodec,org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.BZip2Codec</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.job.shuffle.input.buffer.percent</name><value>0.70</value></property>
+<property><name>io.seqfile.compress.blocksize</name><value>1000000</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.queue.names</name><value>default</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.har.impl</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.fs.HarFileSystem</value></property>
+<property><name>io.mapfile.bloom.error.rate</name><value>0.005</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.job.tracker</name><value>local</value></property>
+<property><name>io.skip.checksum.errors</name><value>false</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.reduce.max.attempts</name><value>4</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.s3.maxRetries</name><value>4</value></property>
+<property><name>ipc.server.listen.queue.size</name><value>128</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.trash.interval</name><value>0</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.local.dir.minspacestart</name><value>0</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.s3.impl</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.fs.s3.S3FileSystem</value></property>
+<property><name>io.seqfile.sorter.recordlimit</name><value>1000000</value></property>
+<property><name>io.mapfile.bloom.size</name><value>1048576</value></property>
+<property><name>io.sort.mb</name><value>100</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.local.dir</name><value>${hadoop.tmp.dir}/mapred/local</value></property>
+<property><name>io.sort.factor</name><value>10</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.task.profile</name><value>false</value></property>
+<property><name>job.end.retry.interval</name><value>30000</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.tasktracker.procfsbasedprocesstree.sleeptime-before-sigkill</name><value>5000</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.jobtracker.completeuserjobs.maximum</name><value>100</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.task.profile.reduces</name><value>0-2</value></property>
+<property><name>webinterface.private.actions</name><value>false</value></property>
+<property><name>hadoop.tmp.dir</name><value>/tmp/hadoop-${user.name}</value></property>
+<property><name>pregelix.combinerClass</name><value>edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.PageRankVertex$SimpleSumCombiner</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.output.compression.codec</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.DefaultCodec</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.skip.attempts.to.start.skipping</name><value>2</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.temp.dir</name><value>${hadoop.tmp.dir}/mapred/temp</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.merge.recordsBeforeProgress</name><value>10000</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.map.output.compression.codec</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.DefaultCodec</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.compress.map.output</name><value>false</value></property>
+<property><name>io.sort.spill.percent</name><value>0.80</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.checkpoint.edits.dir</name><value>${fs.checkpoint.dir}</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.userlog.retain.hours</name><value>24</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.system.dir</name><value>${hadoop.tmp.dir}/mapred/system</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.line.input.format.linespermap</name><value>1</value></property>
+<property><name>job.end.retry.attempts</name><value>0</value></property>
+<property><name>ipc.client.idlethreshold</name><value>4000</value></property>
+<property><name>pregelix.vertexOutputFormatClass</name><value>edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.PageRankVertex$SimplePageRankVertexOutputFormat</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.reduce.copy.backoff</name><value>300</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.map.tasks.speculative.execution</name><value>true</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.inmem.merge.threshold</name><value>1000</value></property>
+<property><name>hadoop.logfile.size</name><value>10000000</value></property>
+<property><name>pregelix.vertexInputFormatClass</name><value>edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.inputformat.TextPageRankInputFormat</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.job.queue.name</name><value>default</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.job.tracker.persist.jobstatus.active</name><value>false</value></property>
+<property><name>pregelix.incStateLength</name><value>true</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.reduce.slowstart.completed.maps</name><value>0.05</value></property>
+<property><name>topology.script.number.args</name><value>100</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.skip.map.max.skip.records</name><value>0</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.ftp.impl</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.fs.ftp.FTPFileSystem</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.task.cache.levels</name><value>2</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.job.tracker.handler.count</name><value>10</value></property>
+<property><name>io.serializations</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.io.serializer.WritableSerialization</value></property>
+<property><name>ipc.client.connect.max.retries</name><value>10</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.min.split.size</name><value>0</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.map.max.attempts</name><value>4</value></property>
+<property><name>jobclient.output.filter</name><value>FAILED</value></property>
+<property><name>ipc.client.tcpnodelay</name><value>false</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.acls.enabled</name><value>false</value></property>
+</configuration>
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diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/jobs/ShortestPaths.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/jobs/ShortestPaths.xml
index 3719247..9e791e2 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/jobs/ShortestPaths.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/jobs/ShortestPaths.xml
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
 <property><name>mapred.map.tasks.speculative.execution</name><value>true</value></property>
 <property><name>mapred.inmem.merge.threshold</name><value>1000</value></property>
 <property><name>hadoop.logfile.size</name><value>10000000</value></property>
-<property><name>pregelix.vertexInputFormatClass</name><value>edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.PageRankVertex$SimplePageRankVertexInputFormat</value></property>
+<property><name>pregelix.vertexInputFormatClass</name><value>edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.PageRankVertex$SimulatedPageRankVertexInputFormat</value></property>
 <property><name>mapred.job.queue.name</name><value>default</value></property>
 <property><name>mapred.job.tracker.persist.jobstatus.active</name><value>false</value></property>
 <property><name>mapred.reduce.slowstart.completed.maps</name><value>0.05</value></property>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/jobs/TriangleCounting.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/jobs/TriangleCounting.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee2acc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/jobs/TriangleCounting.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><configuration>
+<property><name>mapred.tasktracker.dns.nameserver</name><value>default</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.queue.default.acl-administer-jobs</name><value>*</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.skip.map.auto.incr.proc.count</name><value>true</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.jobtracker.instrumentation</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.mapred.JobTrackerMetricsInst</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.skip.reduce.auto.incr.proc.count</name><value>true</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.hsftp.impl</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.HsftpFileSystem</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.input.dir</name><value>file:/clique</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.submit.replication</name><value>10</value></property>
+<property><name>ipc.server.tcpnodelay</name><value>false</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.checkpoint.dir</name><value>${hadoop.tmp.dir}/dfs/namesecondary</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.output.compression.type</name><value>RECORD</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.job.shuffle.merge.percent</name><value>0.66</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.child.java.opts</name><value>-Xmx200m</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.queue.default.acl-submit-job</name><value>*</value></property>
+<property><name>keep.failed.task.files</name><value>false</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.jobtracker.job.history.block.size</name><value>3145728</value></property>
+<property><name>io.bytes.per.checksum</name><value>512</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.task.tracker.report.address</name><value>127.0.0.1:0</value></property>
+<property><name>hadoop.util.hash.type</name><value>murmur</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.hdfs.impl</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DistributedFileSystem</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.ramfs.impl</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.fs.InMemoryFileSystem</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.jobtracker.restart.recover</name><value>false</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.hftp.impl</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.HftpFileSystem</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.checkpoint.period</name><value>3600</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.child.tmp</name><value>./tmp</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.local.dir.minspacekill</name><value>0</value></property>
+<property><name>map.sort.class</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.util.QuickSort</value></property>
+<property><name>hadoop.logfile.count</name><value>10</value></property>
+<property><name>ipc.client.connection.maxidletime</name><value>10000</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.output.dir</name><value>/resultclique</value></property>
+<property><name>io.map.index.skip</name><value>0</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.tasktracker.expiry.interval</name><value>600000</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.output.compress</name><value>false</value></property>
+<property><name>io.seqfile.lazydecompress</name><value>true</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.reduce.parallel.copies</name><value>5</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.checkpoint.size</name><value>67108864</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.job.reduce.input.buffer.percent</name><value>0.0</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.job.name</name><value>Triangle Counting</value></property>
+<property><name>local.cache.size</name><value>10737418240</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.s3n.impl</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.fs.s3native.NativeS3FileSystem</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.userlog.limit.kb</name><value>0</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.file.impl</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.fs.LocalFileSystem</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.task.tracker.http.address</name><value>0.0.0.0:50060</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.task.timeout</name><value>600000</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.kfs.impl</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.fs.kfs.KosmosFileSystem</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.max.tracker.blacklists</name><value>4</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.s3.buffer.dir</name><value>${hadoop.tmp.dir}/s3</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.job.tracker.persist.jobstatus.dir</name><value>/jobtracker/jobsInfo</value></property>
+<property><name>ipc.client.kill.max</name><value>10</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.tasktracker.instrumentation</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.mapred.TaskTrackerMetricsInst</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.reduce.tasks.speculative.execution</name><value>true</value></property>
+<property><name>io.sort.record.percent</name><value>0.05</value></property>
+<property><name>hadoop.security.authorization</name><value>false</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.max.tracker.failures</name><value>4</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.jobtracker.taskScheduler</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.mapred.JobQueueTaskScheduler</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.tasktracker.dns.interface</name><value>default</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.map.tasks</name><value>2</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.job.tracker.persist.jobstatus.hours</name><value>0</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.s3.sleepTimeSeconds</name><value>10</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.default.name</name><value>file:///</value></property>
+<property><name>tasktracker.http.threads</name><value>40</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.tasktracker.taskmemorymanager.monitoring-interval</name><value>5000</value></property>
+<property><name>hadoop.rpc.socket.factory.class.default</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.net.StandardSocketFactory</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.reduce.tasks</name><value>1</value></property>
+<property><name>topology.node.switch.mapping.impl</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.net.ScriptBasedMapping</value></property>
+<property><name>pregelix.vertexClass</name><value>edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.trianglecounting.TriangleCountingVertex</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.skip.reduce.max.skip.groups</name><value>0</value></property>
+<property><name>io.file.buffer.size</name><value>4096</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.jobtracker.maxtasks.per.job</name><value>-1</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.tasktracker.indexcache.mb</name><value>10</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.tasktracker.map.tasks.maximum</name><value>2</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.har.impl.disable.cache</name><value>true</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.task.profile.maps</name><value>0-2</value></property>
+<property><name>hadoop.native.lib</name><value>true</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.s3.block.size</name><value>67108864</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.job.reuse.jvm.num.tasks</name><value>1</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.job.tracker.http.address</name><value>0.0.0.0:50030</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.tasktracker.reduce.tasks.maximum</name><value>2</value></property>
+<property><name>io.compression.codecs</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.DefaultCodec,org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.GzipCodec,org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.BZip2Codec</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.job.shuffle.input.buffer.percent</name><value>0.70</value></property>
+<property><name>io.seqfile.compress.blocksize</name><value>1000000</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.queue.names</name><value>default</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.har.impl</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.fs.HarFileSystem</value></property>
+<property><name>io.mapfile.bloom.error.rate</name><value>0.005</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.job.tracker</name><value>local</value></property>
+<property><name>io.skip.checksum.errors</name><value>false</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.reduce.max.attempts</name><value>4</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.s3.maxRetries</name><value>4</value></property>
+<property><name>ipc.server.listen.queue.size</name><value>128</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.trash.interval</name><value>0</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.local.dir.minspacestart</name><value>0</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.s3.impl</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.fs.s3.S3FileSystem</value></property>
+<property><name>io.seqfile.sorter.recordlimit</name><value>1000000</value></property>
+<property><name>io.mapfile.bloom.size</name><value>1048576</value></property>
+<property><name>io.sort.mb</name><value>100</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.local.dir</name><value>${hadoop.tmp.dir}/mapred/local</value></property>
+<property><name>io.sort.factor</name><value>10</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.task.profile</name><value>false</value></property>
+<property><name>job.end.retry.interval</name><value>30000</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.tasktracker.procfsbasedprocesstree.sleeptime-before-sigkill</name><value>5000</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.jobtracker.completeuserjobs.maximum</name><value>100</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.task.profile.reduces</name><value>0-2</value></property>
+<property><name>webinterface.private.actions</name><value>false</value></property>
+<property><name>hadoop.tmp.dir</name><value>/tmp/hadoop-${user.name}</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.output.compression.codec</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.DefaultCodec</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.skip.attempts.to.start.skipping</name><value>2</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.temp.dir</name><value>${hadoop.tmp.dir}/mapred/temp</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.merge.recordsBeforeProgress</name><value>10000</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.map.output.compression.codec</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.DefaultCodec</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.compress.map.output</name><value>false</value></property>
+<property><name>io.sort.spill.percent</name><value>0.80</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.checkpoint.edits.dir</name><value>${fs.checkpoint.dir}</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.userlog.retain.hours</name><value>24</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.system.dir</name><value>${hadoop.tmp.dir}/mapred/system</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.line.input.format.linespermap</name><value>1</value></property>
+<property><name>job.end.retry.attempts</name><value>0</value></property>
+<property><name>ipc.client.idlethreshold</name><value>4000</value></property>
+<property><name>pregelix.vertexOutputFormatClass</name><value>edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.trianglecounting.TriangleCountingVertex$TriangleCountingVertexOutputFormat</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.reduce.copy.backoff</name><value>300</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.map.tasks.speculative.execution</name><value>true</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.inmem.merge.threshold</name><value>1000</value></property>
+<property><name>hadoop.logfile.size</name><value>10000000</value></property>
+<property><name>pregelix.vertexInputFormatClass</name><value>edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.inputformat.TextPageRankInputFormat</value></property>
+<property><name>pregelix.aggregatorClass</name><value>edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.trianglecounting.TriangleCountingAggregator</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.job.queue.name</name><value>default</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.job.tracker.persist.jobstatus.active</name><value>false</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.reduce.slowstart.completed.maps</name><value>0.05</value></property>
+<property><name>topology.script.number.args</name><value>100</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.skip.map.max.skip.records</name><value>0</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.ftp.impl</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.fs.ftp.FTPFileSystem</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.task.cache.levels</name><value>2</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.job.tracker.handler.count</name><value>10</value></property>
+<property><name>io.serializations</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.io.serializer.WritableSerialization</value></property>
+<property><name>ipc.client.connect.max.retries</name><value>10</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.min.split.size</name><value>0</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.map.max.attempts</name><value>4</value></property>
+<property><name>jobclient.output.filter</name><value>FAILED</value></property>
+<property><name>ipc.client.tcpnodelay</name><value>false</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.acls.enabled</name><value>false</value></property>
+</configuration>
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