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In this paper we propose a new integer programming formulation for the multilevel facility location problem and a novel 3-approximation algorithm based on LP-rounding. The linear program that we use has a polynomial number of variables and constraints, thus being more efficient than the one commonly used in the approximation algorithms for these types of problems. 相似文献
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Dorit S. Hochbaum 《Operations Research Letters》2004,32(1):49-58
Linear programming problems with up to two nonzeroes per column in the constraint matrix are shown equivalent to generalized network flow problem. The transformation is applied for solving the maximum cut problem, the b-matching problem in strongly polynomial time and for approximation algorithms for certain integer versions of the problem. 相似文献
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Using ideas and results from polynomial time approximation and exact computation we design approximation algorithms for several NP-hard combinatorial problems achieving ratios that cannot be achieved in polynomial time (unless a very unlikely complexity conjecture is confirmed) with worst-case complexity much lower (though super-polynomial) than that of an exact computation. We study in particular two paradigmatic problems, max independent set and min vertex cover. 相似文献
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《Optimization》2012,61(5):705-714
A NP-hard problem (P) of mixed-discrete linear programming is considered which consists in the minimization of a linear objective function subject to a special non-connected subset of an unbounded polymatroid. For this problem we describe three polynomial approximate algorithms including a greedy algorithm and a fully polynomial approximation scheme solving a special subproblem of (P). 相似文献
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In this paper, we consider approximation algorithms for optimizing a generic multi-variate homogeneous polynomial function,
subject to homogeneous quadratic constraints. Such optimization models have wide applications, e.g., in signal processing,
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), data training, approximation theory, and portfolio selection. Since polynomial functions
are non-convex, the problems under consideration are all NP-hard in general. In this paper we shall focus on polynomial-time
approximation algorithms. In particular, we first study optimization of a multi-linear tensor function over the Cartesian
product of spheres. We shall propose approximation algorithms for such problem and derive worst-case performance ratios, which
are shown to be dependent only on the dimensions of the model. The methods are then extended to optimize a generic multi-variate
homogeneous polynomial function with spherical constraint. Likewise, approximation algorithms are proposed with provable approximation
performance ratios. Furthermore, the constraint set is relaxed to be an intersection of co-centered ellipsoids; namely, we
consider maximization of a homogeneous polynomial over the intersection of ellipsoids centered at the origin, and propose
polynomial-time approximation algorithms with provable worst-case performance ratios. Numerical results are reported, illustrating
the effectiveness of the approximation algorithms studied. 相似文献
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Bolesaw Kacewicz 《Journal of Complexity》2004,20(6):821
Quantum algorithms and complexity have recently been studied not only for discrete, but also for some numerical problems. Most attention has been paid so far to the integration and approximation problems, for which a speed-up is shown in many important cases by quantum computers with respect to deterministic and randomized algorithms on a classical computer. In this paper, we deal with the randomized and quantum complexity of initial-value problems. For this nonlinear problem, we show that both randomized and quantum algorithms yield a speed-up over deterministic algorithms. Upper bounds on the complexity in the randomized and quantum settings are shown by constructing algorithms with a suitable cost, where the construction is based on integral information. Lower bounds result from the respective bounds for the integration problem. 相似文献
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We consider general properties of isomorphic scheduling problems that constitute a new class of pairs of mutually related scheduling problems. Any such a pair is composed of a scheduling problem with fixed job processing times and its time-dependent counterpart with processing times that are proportional-linear functions of the job starting times. In order to introduce the class formally, first we formulate a generic scheduling problem with fixed job processing times and define isomorphic problems by a one-to-one transformation of instances of the generic problem into instances of time-dependent scheduling problems with proportional-linear job processing times. Next, we prove basic properties of isomorphic scheduling problems and show how to convert polynomial algorithms for scheduling problems with fixed job processing times into polynomial algorithms for proportional-linear counterparts of the original problems. Finally, we show how are related approximation algorithms for isomorphic problems. Applying the results, we establish new worst-case results for time-dependent parallel-machine scheduling problems and prove that many single- and dedicated-machine time-dependent scheduling problems with proportional-linear job processing times are polynomially solvable. 相似文献
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David Gamarnik 《Random Structures and Algorithms》2023,62(1):155-180
Absence of (complex) zeros property is at the heart of the interpolation method developed by Barvinok for designing deterministic approximation algorithms for various graph counting and related problems. An earlier method used for the same problem is one based on the correlation decay property. Remarkably, the classes of graphs for which the two methods apply often coincide or nearly coincide. In this article we show that this is not a coincidence. We establish that if the interpolation method is valid for a family of graphs, then this family exhibits a form of the correlation decay property which is asymptotic strong spatial mixing at superlogarithmic distances. Our proof is based on a certain graph polynomial representation of the associated partition function. This representation is at the heart of the design of the polynomial time algorithms underlying the interpolation method itself. We conjecture that our result holds for all, and not just amenable graphs. Indeed this conjecture was recently confirmed by Regts. See the body of the article for details. 相似文献
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We initiate the study of a new measure of approximation. This measure compares the performance of an approximation algorithm to the random assignment algorithm. This is a useful measure for optimization problems where the random assignment algorithm is known to give essentially the best possible polynomial time approximation. In this paper, we focus on this measure for the optimization problems Max‐Lin‐2 in which we need to maximize the number of satisfied linear equations in a system of linear equations modulo 2, and Max‐k‐Lin‐2, a special case of the above problem in which each equation has at most k variables. The main techniques we use, in our approximation algorithms and inapproximability results for this measure, are from Fourier analysis and derandomization. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Random Struct. Alg., 2004 相似文献
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Yair Censor 《Linear algebra and its applications》2006,416(1):111-123
This is an experimental computational account of projection algorithms for the linear best approximation problem. We focus on the sequential and simultaneous versions of Dykstra’s algorithm and the Halpern-Lions-Wittmann-Bauschke algorithm for the best approximation problem from a point to the intersection of closed convex sets in the Euclidean space. These algorithms employ different iterative approaches to reach the same goal but no mathematical connection has yet been found between their algorithmic schemes. We compare these algorithms on linear best approximation test problems that we generate so that the solution will be known a priori and enable us to assess the relative computational merits of these algorithms. For the simultaneous versions we present a new component-averaging variant that substantially accelerates their initial behavior for sparse systems. 相似文献
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Roee Engelberg Jochen Knemann Stefano Leonardi Joseph Naor 《Journal of Discrete Algorithms》2007,5(2):262-279
We study budgeted variants of classical cut problems: the Multiway Cut problem, the Multicut problem, and the k-Cut problem, and provide approximation algorithms for these problems. Specifically, for the budgeted multiway cut and the k-cut problems we provide constant factor approximation algorithms. We show that the budgeted multicut problem is at least as hard to approximate as the sparsest cut problem, and we provide a bi-criteria approximation algorithm for it. 相似文献
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A drawback to using local search algorithms to address NP-hard discrete optimization problems is that many neighborhood functions have an exponential number of local optima that are not global optima (termed L-locals). A neighborhood function η is said to be stable if the number of L-locals is polynomial. A stable neighborhood function ensures that the number of L-locals does not grow too large as the instance size increases and results in improved performance for many local search algorithms. This paper studies the complexity of stable neighborhood functions for NP-hard discrete optimization problems by introducing neighborhood transformations. Neighborhood transformations between discrete optimization problems consist of a transformation of problem instances and a corresponding transformation of solutions that preserves the ordering imposed by the objective function values. In this paper, MAX Weighted Boolean SAT (MWBS), MAX Clause Weighted SAT (MCWS), and Zero-One Integer Programming (ZOIP) are shown to be NPO-complete with respect to neighborhood transformations. Therefore, if MWBS, MCWS, or ZOIP has a stable neighborhood function, then every problem in NPO has a stable neighborhood function. These results demonstrate the difficulty of finding effective neighborhood functions for NP-hard discrete optimization problems.This research is supported in part by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (F49620-01-1-0007, FA9550-04-1-0110). 相似文献
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Jacek Blazewicz Edmund K. Burke Marta Kasprzak Alexandr Kovalev Mikhail Y. Kovalyov 《European Journal of Operational Research》2011
The goal of the simplified partial digest problem (SPDP) is motivated by the reconstruction of the linear structure of a DNA chain with respect to a given nucleotide pattern, based on the multiset of distances between the adjacent patterns (interpoint distances) and the multiset of distances between each pattern and the two unlabeled endpoints of the DNA chain (end distances). We consider optimization versions of the problem, called SPDP-Min and SPDP-Max. The aim of SPDP-Min (SPDP-Max) is to find a DNA linear structure with the same multiset of end distances and the minimum (maximum) number of incorrect (correct) interpoint distances. Results are presented on the worst-case efficiency of approximation algorithms for these problems. We suggest a graph-theoretic model for SPDP-Min and SPDP-Max, which can be used to reduce the search space for an optimal solution in either of these problems. We also present heuristic polynomial time algorithms based on this model. In computational experiments with randomly generated and real-life input data, our best algorithm delivered an optimal solution in 100% of the instances for a number of restriction sites not greater than 50. 相似文献
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《Mathematical and Computer Modelling》1998,27(7):57-72
The 0–1 knapsack [1] problem is a well-known NP-complete problem. There are different algorithms in the literature to attack this problem, two of them being of specific interest. One is a pseudo polynomial algorithm of order O(nK), K being the target of the problem. This algorithm works unsatisfactorily, as the given target becomes high. In fact, the complexity might become exponential in that case. The other scheme is a fully polynomial time approximation scheme (FPTAS) whose complexity is also polynomial time. The present paper suggests a probabilistic heuristic which is an evolutionary scheme accompanied by the necessary statistical formulation and its theoretical justification. We have identified parameters responsible for the performance of our evolutionary scheme which in turn would keep the option open for improving the scheme. 相似文献
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We study distributed algorithms for three graph-theoretic problems in weighted trees and weighted planar graphs. For trees, we present an efficient deterministic distributed algorithm which finds an almost exact approximation of a maximum-weight matching. In addition, in the case of trees, we show how to approximately solve the minimum-weight dominating set problem. For planar graphs, we present an almost exact approximation for the maximum-weight independent set problem. 相似文献
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This paper deals with exponential neighborhoods for combinatorial optimization problems. Exponential neighborhoods are large sets of feasible solutions whose size grows
exponentially with the input length. We are especially interested in exponential neighborhoods over which the TSP (respectively,
the QAP) can be solved in polynomial time, and we investigate combinatorial and algorithmical questions related to such neighborhoods.?First,
we perform a careful study of exponential neighborhoods for the TSP. We investigate neighborhoods that can be defined in a
simple way via assignments, matchings in bipartite graphs, partial orders, trees and other combinatorial structures. We identify
several properties of these combinatorial structures that lead to polynomial time optimization algorithms, and we also provide
variants that slightly violate these properties and lead to NP-complete optimization problems. Whereas it is relatively easy
to find exponential neighborhoods over which the TSP can be solved in polynomial time, the corresponding situation for the
QAP looks pretty hopeless: Every exponential neighborhood that is considered in this paper provably leads to an NP-complete optimization problem for the QAP.
Received: September 5, 1997 / Accepted: November 15, 1999?Published online February 23, 2000 相似文献
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Si-mingHuang 《计算数学(英文版)》2005,23(1):93-100
We study the behavior of some polynomial interior-point algorithms for solving random linear programming (LP) problems. We show that the expected and anticipated number of iterations of theseTodd‘s probabilisticalgorithms is bounded above by O(n^1.5). The random LP problem is model with the Cauchy distribution. 相似文献
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Dekel Tsur 《Discrete Applied Mathematics》2007,155(10):1275-1293
We study the following problem: given a tree G and a finite set of trees H, find a subset O of the edges of G such that G-O does not contain a subtree isomorphic to a tree from H, and O has minimum cardinality. We give sharp boundaries on the tractability of this problem: the problem is polynomial when all the trees in H have diameter at most 5, while it is NP-hard when all the trees in H have diameter at most 6. We also show that the problem is polynomial when every tree in H has at most one vertex with degree more than 2, while it is NP-hard when the trees in H can have two such vertices.The polynomial-time algorithms use a variation of a known technique for solving graph problems. While the standard technique is based on defining an equivalence relation on graphs, we define a quasiorder. This new variation might be useful for giving more efficient algorithm for other graph problems. 相似文献
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The Symmetric Rectilinear Steiner Arborescence (SRStA) problem is defined as follows: given a set of terminals in the positive quadrant of the plane, connect them using horizontal and vertical lines such that each terminal can be reached from the origin via a y-monotone path and the total length of all the line segments is the minimum possible. Finding an SRStA has applications in VLSI design, in data structures used in some optimization algorithms and in dynamic server problems. In this paper, we provide a polynomial time approximation scheme for the SRStA problem, improving the previous best approximation ratio of 3 for this problem. 相似文献