Sublinear hitting sets for some geometric graphs

For an n-vertex graph G, let $h(G)$ denote the smallest size of a subset of $V(G)$ such that it intersects every maximum independent set of G. A conjecture posed by Bollob\'{a}s, Erd{o}s and Tuza in early 90s remains widely open, asserting that for any n-vertex graph G, if the independence number α(G) =Ω(n), then $h(G) = o(n)$. In this paper, we establish the validity of this conjecture for various classes of graphs, including disk graphs, even-hole-free graphs, circle graphs, and those hereditary graphs having sublinear balanced separators. We also determine the exact values of smallest possible hitting sets in comparability graphs, incomparability graphs and the graphs with VC-dimension one.