For a given integer k >= 2, partitioning a connected graph into k vertex-disjoint connected subgraphs of similar (or fixed) orders is a classical problem that has been intensively investigated since late seventies....
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(纸本)9783030950170;9783030950187
For a given integer k >= 2, partitioning a connected graph into k vertex-disjoint connected subgraphs of similar (or fixed) orders is a classical problem that has been intensively investigated since late seventies. A connected k-partition of a graph is a partition of its vertex set into classes such that each one induces a connected subgraph. Given a connected graph G = (V, E) and a weight function w : V -> Q >=, the balanced connected k-partition problem looks for a connected k-partition of G into classes of roughly the same weight. To model this concept of balance, we seek connected k-partitions that either maximize the weight of a lightest class (MAX-MIN BCPk) or minimize the weight of a heaviest class (MIN-MAX BCPk). These problems, known to be NP-hard, are equivalent only when k/2. We present a simple pseudo-polynomial k/2-approximation algorithm for MIN-MAX BCPk that runs in time O(W vertical bar V vertical bar vertical bar E vertical bar), where W = Sigma(v is an element of V) w(v);then, using a scaling technique, we obtain a (polynomial) (k/2 + epsilon)-approximation with running-time O(vertical bar V vertical bar(3)vertical bar E vertical bar/epsilon), for any fixed epsilon > 0. Additionally, we propose a fixed-parameter tractable algorithm for the unweighted MAX-MIN BCP (where k is part of the input) parameterized by the size of a vertex cover.
Kemeny's constant for random walks on a graph is defined as the mean hitting time from one node to another selected randomly according to the stationary distribution. It has found numerous applications and attract...
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(纸本)9798400704901
Kemeny's constant for random walks on a graph is defined as the mean hitting time from one node to another selected randomly according to the stationary distribution. It has found numerous applications and attracted considerable research interest. However, exact computation of Kemeny's constant requires matrix inversion, which scales poorly for large networks with millions of nodes. Existing approximation algorithms either leverage properties exclusive to undirected graphs or involve inefficient simulation, leaving room for further optimization. To address these limitations for directed graphs, we propose two novel approximation algorithms for estimating Kemeny's constant on directed graphs with theoretical error guarantees. Extensive numerical experiments on real-world networks validate the superiority of our algorithms over baseline methods in terms of efficiency and accuracy.
Given a connected graphG=(V,E). A subset C subset of V is adominating setif every vertex ofVis either inCor adjacent to a vertex inC. Further,Cis aconnected dominating setifCis a dominating set and the induced subgrap...
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Given a connected graphG=(V,E). A subset C subset of V is adominating setif every vertex ofVis either inCor adjacent to a vertex inC. Further,Cis aconnected dominating setifCis a dominating set and the induced subgraphG[C] is connected. The Minimum Connected Dominating Set (Min-CDS) problem asks to find a connected dominating set with the minimum size, which finds applications in communication networks, in particular, as a virtual backbone in wireless sensor networks. This paper focuses on a variant of the classic Min-CDS problem, called Minimum Connected Dominating Set with Labeling (Min-CDSL), in which we are given a connected graph with vertex labels, and are required to find a connected dominating setCsuch that the number of labels in C(instead of |C|) is minimized. Min-CDSL is apparently a generalization of Min-CDS, and is undoubtedly NP-complete. We give an approximation algorithm for Min-CDSL within performance ratio bounded byln|V(G)|+span(G)+1ln |V(G)|+span(G)+, wherespan(G) refers to the maximumspanof the input labeled graph (i.e., the number of connected components of the induced subgraph by a single label). In general, span(G) is an element of|V(G)| and for a series of labeled graphsspan(G)=O(1) (G)=O(1). For a random graphG is an element of Gn,p ,span(G)=O(ln|V(G)|) (G)=O(\ln |V(G)|) almost surely, and thus our approximation ratio isO(ln|V(G)|) which is reasonable comparing with the best known approximation ratioln|V(G)|+1 for Min-CDS.
Given a set of clients and a set of facilities associated with non-uniform opening costs, the k-facility location problem is to open no more than k facilities and connect each client to an opened facility, such that t...
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(纸本)9783031221040;9783031221057
Given a set of clients and a set of facilities associated with non-uniform opening costs, the k-facility location problem is to open no more than k facilities and connect each client to an opened facility, such that the sum of the facility-opening and client-connection costs is minimized. In this paper we give a new sampling-based technique for estimating the locations of the facilities opened in optimal solutions, which yields a (1+ epsilon)-approximation algorithm for the k-facility location problem that runs in O(ndk + (nk(k))(epsilon-O(1))) time in Euclidean metrics.
In the integrated network design and scheduling problem (INDS-P), we are asked to repair edges in a graph by using parallel machines so that the performance of the network is recovered by a certain level, and the obje...
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(纸本)9783031185298;9783031185304
In the integrated network design and scheduling problem (INDS-P), we are asked to repair edges in a graph by using parallel machines so that the performance of the network is recovered by a certain level, and the objective is to minimize the makespan required to finish repairing edges. The main aim of this paper is to show that polynomial-time approximation schemes exist for some class of the problem (INDSP), including the problems associated with minimum spanning tree, shortest path, maximum flow with unit capacity, and maximum-weight matching.
We propose a convex quadratic programming (CQP) relaxation for multi-ball constrained quadratic optimization (MB). (CQP) is shown to be equivalent to semidefinite programming relaxation in the hard case. Based on (CQP...
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We propose a convex quadratic programming (CQP) relaxation for multi-ball constrained quadratic optimization (MB). (CQP) is shown to be equivalent to semidefinite programming relaxation in the hard case. Based on (CQP), we propose an algorithm for solving (MB), which returns a solution of (MB) with an approximation bound independent of the number of constraints. The approximation algorithm is further extended to solve nonconvex quadratic optimization with more general constraints. As an application, we propose a standard quadratic programming relaxation for finding Chebyshev center of a general convex set with a guaranteed approximation bound.
The massive growth of ride-hailing and mobility-on-demand (MoD) platforms like Uber, Lyft, and DiDi, as well as advances in connected and automated vehicle (CAV) technology over the past decade have brought promising ...
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The massive growth of ride-hailing and mobility-on-demand (MoD) platforms like Uber, Lyft, and DiDi, as well as advances in connected and automated vehicle (CAV) technology over the past decade have brought promising alternatives to car ownership within reach for many city residents. However, these services come with potentially severe negative effects on cities, such as increasing congestion and emissions due to empty miles. A useful tool to reduce these drawbacks is the introduction and promotion of ride-pooling, which accommodates multiple passenger requests in a single trip. Adopting ride-pooling on a city-wide scale though has significant challenges including customer preferences, computational complexity, and demand uncertainty, all of which affect the benefits of the service. This dissertation aims to examine and address these issues in the context of ride-pooling operations. The success of ride-pooling platforms hinges on whether customer demand will accept it over other alternatives; without enough demand, the system loses the efficiency of multiple customers per vehicle. To this end, we propose a community-based ride-sharing scheme where a system operator recommends travelers with similar travel patterns in order to address concerns about delay and safety while promoting a shared-vehicle environment. By leveraging trajectory data from routing apps, smartphones and CAVs, we can gather information about consumer preferences and construct a mobility profile for them. We modify a traditional Dynamic Time Warping (DTW) algorithm to compare trajectories in users’ profiles and use the resulting measures as a basis for offline recommendation matching. We demonstrate this framework on data from the Microsoft Geolife Dataset. Most ride-pooling platforms operate in a real-time environment, rather than offline, so it is important to consider operational challenges as well. Most notably, solving a matching problem to not only pair riders but also assign groups of reque
In recent years, with themore and more researchers studying the problem of maximizing monotone (nonsubmodular) objective functions, the approximation algorithms for this problem have gotten much progress by using some...
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In recent years, with themore and more researchers studying the problem of maximizing monotone (nonsubmodular) objective functions, the approximation algorithms for this problem have gotten much progress by using some interesting techniques. In this paper, we develop the approximation algorithms for maximizing a monotone function f with generic submodularity ratio gamma subject to certain constraints. Our first result is a simple algorithm that gives a (1 - e(-gamma) - epsilon)-approximation for a cardinality constraint using O(n/epsilon log n/epsilon) queries to the function value oracle. The second result is a new variant of the continuous greedy algorithm for a matroid constraint. We combine the variant of continuous greedy method with the contention resolution schemes to find a solution with approximation ratio (gamma(2)(1 - 1/e)(2) - O(epsilon)), and the algorithm makes O(rn epsilon(-4)log(2) n/epsilon) queries to the function value oracle.
In this paper, we study the minimum power partial cover problem (MinPPC). Suppose X is a set of points and S is a set of sensors on the plane, each sensor can adjust its power and the covering range of a sensor s with...
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In this paper, we study the minimum power partial cover problem (MinPPC). Suppose X is a set of points and S is a set of sensors on the plane, each sensor can adjust its power and the covering range of a sensor s with power p(s) is a disk of radius r(s) satisfying p(s)=c center dot r(s)alpha. Given an integer k <=|X|, the MinPPC problem is to determine the power assignment on every sensor such that at least k points are covered and the total power consumption is the minimum. We present a primal-dual algorithm for MinPPC with approximation ratio at most 3 alpha. This ratio coincides with the best known ratio for the minimum power full cover problem, and improves previous ratio (12+epsilon) for MinPPC which was obtained only for alpha=2.
This paper treats the Piggyback Transportation Problem: A large vehicle moves successive batches of small vehicles from a depot to a single launching point. Here, the small vehicles depart toward assigned customers, s...
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This paper treats the Piggyback Transportation Problem: A large vehicle moves successive batches of small vehicles from a depot to a single launching point. Here, the small vehicles depart toward assigned customers, supply shipments, and return to the depot. Once the large vehicle has returned and another batch of small vehicles has been loaded at the depot, the process repeats until all customers are serviced. With autonomous driving on the verge of practical application, this general setting occurs whenever small autonomous delivery vehicles with limited operating range, e.g., unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) or delivery robots, need to be brought in the proximity of the customers by a larger vehicle, e.g., a truck. We aim at the most elementary decision problem in this context, which is inspired by Amazon's novel last-mile concept, the flying warehouse. According to this concept, drones are launched from a flying warehouse and - after their return to an earthbound depot - are resupplied to the flying warehouse by an air shuttle. We formulate the Piggyback Transportation Problem, investigate its computational complexity, and derive suited solution procedures. From a theoretical perspective, we prove different im portant structural problem properties. From a practical point of view, we explore the impact of the two main cost drivers, the capacity of the large vehicle and the fleet size of small vehicles, on service quality. (c) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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