In the paper we investigate an algorithmic associative binary operation * on the set LR1 of Littlewood-Richardson tableaux with entries equal to one. We extend * to an algorithmic nonassociative binary operation on th...
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In the paper we investigate an algorithmic associative binary operation * on the set LR1 of Littlewood-Richardson tableaux with entries equal to one. We extend * to an algorithmic nonassociative binary operation on the set LR1 x N and show that it is equivalent to the operation of taking the generic extensions of objects in the category of homomorphisms from semisimple nilpotent linear operators to nilpotent linear operators. Thus we get a combinatorial algorithm computing generic extensions in this category.
We provide combinatorial algorithms for the unsplittable flow problem (UFP) that either match or improve the previously best results. In the UFP we are given a (possibly directed) capacitated graph with n vertices and...
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We provide combinatorial algorithms for the unsplittable flow problem (UFP) that either match or improve the previously best results. In the UFP we are given a (possibly directed) capacitated graph with n vertices and m edges, and a set of terminal pairs each with its own demand and profit. The objective is to connect a subset of the terminal pairs each by a single flow path subject to the capacity constraints such that the total profit of the connected pairs is maximized. We consider three variants of the problem. First is the classical UFP in which the maximum demand is at most the minimum edge capacity. It was previously known to have an O(root m) approximation algorithm;the algorithm is based on the randomized rounding technique and its analysis makes use of the Chernoff bound and the FKG inequality. We provide a combinatorial algorithm that achieves the same approximation ratio and whose analysis is considerably simpler. Second is the extended UFP in which some demands might be higher than edge capacities. Our algorithm for this case improves the best known approximation ratio. We also give a lower bound that shows that the extended UFP is provably harder than the classical UFP. Finally, we consider the bounded UFP in which the maximum demand is at most 1/K times the minimum edge capacity for some K>1. Here we provide combinatorial algorithms that match the currently best known algorithms. All of our algorithms are strongly polynomial and some can even be used in the online setting.
In this paper, we address the constrained knapsack problem with divisible item sizes and penalties (the CK-DSP problem, for short), which is modelled as follows. Given a set A = {a(1), a(2), ... , a(n)} of n items and...
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In this paper, we address the constrained knapsack problem with divisible item sizes and penalties (the CK-DSP problem, for short), which is modelled as follows. Given a set A = {a(1), a(2), ... , a(n)} of n items and a knapsack K with capacity L, where each item a(i) is an element of A has a size s(i) is an element of Z(+) , a profit c(i) is an element of R+ , a penalty pi is an element of R+, and these n item sizes are divisible, i.e., either s(i)|s(j )or s(j)|s(i) for any two distinct items a(i) and a(j) in A, each item a(i) is an element of A must be either put into K under the constraint that the summation of sizes of items in K does not exceed L, or rejected with its penalty pi that we must pay for, it is asked to find a subset X subset of A to satisfy the constraint s(X) = n-expressionry sumexpressiontion (ai is an element of X) s(i) <= L . We consider three versions of the CK-DSP problem, respectively. (1) The constrained knapsack problem with divisible item sizes and total penalties (the CK-DSTP problem, for short) is asked to find a subset X subset of A to satisfy the constraint s(X) <= L , the objective is to maximize the value of total profits of the items in X minus total penalties paid for the rejected items not in X;(2) The constrained knapsack problem with divisible item sizes and maximum penalty (the CK-DSMP problem, for short) is asked to find a subset X subset of A to satisfy the constraint s(X) <= L , the objective is to maximize the value of total profits of the items in X minus maximum penalty paid for the rejected items not in X;(3) The penalized knapsack problem with divisible item sizes (the PK-DS problem, for short) is asked to find a subset X subset of A to satisfy the constraint s(X) <= L , the objective is to maximize the value of total profits of the items in X minus maximum penalty paid for the items in X. As our contributions, we design three exact combinatorial algorithms to solve the CK-DSTP problem, the CK-DSMP problem and the PK-D
The aim of minimum the interval cost flow problem (MICFP) is to find the least cost of the shipment of a commodity through a capacitated network in order to satisfy demands at certain nodes from available supplies at ...
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The aim of minimum the interval cost flow problem (MICFP) is to find the least cost of the shipment of a commodity through a capacitated network in order to satisfy demands at certain nodes from available supplies at other nodes where there exists some vague in vector cost of problem. Interval cost is a common event in uncertainty environments, where statistical data are applied. Moreover they almost play an essential role in fuzzy programming, specially in the case of using their cuts. In this paper, a complete order on intervals is defined and efficient combinatorial algorithms for MICFP are proposed. Digital simulation results show the performance of the proposed algorithms compared with real scenarios. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
This article gives a survey of combinatorial algorithms and methods for database security related to the work of Mirka Miller. The main contributions of Mirka Miller and coauthors to the security of statistical databa...
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(纸本)9783319788258;9783319788241
This article gives a survey of combinatorial algorithms and methods for database security related to the work of Mirka Miller. The main contributions of Mirka Miller and coauthors to the security of statistical databases include the introduction of Static Audit Expert and theorems determining time complexity of its combinatorial algorithms, a polynomial time algorithm for deciding whether the maximum possible usability can be achieved in statistical database with a special class of answerable statistics, NP-completeness of similar problems concerning several other types of databases, sharp upper bounds on the number of compromise-free queries in certain categories of statistical databases, and analogous results on applications of Static Audit Expert for the prevention of relative compromise.
combinatorial algorithms that list combinatorial objects in minimal change order are of fundamental interest in computer science and mathematics. In minimal change ordering, successive elements differ in some pre-spec...
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(纸本)9783540772934
combinatorial algorithms that list combinatorial objects in minimal change order are of fundamental interest in computer science and mathematics. In minimal change ordering, successive elements differ in some pre-specified small way. In this paper, we deal with the generation of paths in a special type of minimal change ordering, the revolving door ordering. We propose a simple algorithm to list all paths in a complete graph, K-n, with n vertices in revolving door order such that each path is generated exactly once. The algorithm is built using space and time efficient schemes that list all spanning paths and "path sets" in revolving door order. Our algorithm is optimal in the sense that it operates in constant amortized time (CAT) and uses linear space.
We study the performance and the use of vector computers for the solution of combinatorial optimization problems, particularly dynamic programming and shortest path problems. A general model for performance evaluation...
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We study the performance and the use of vector computers for the solution of combinatorial optimization problems, particularly dynamic programming and shortest path problems. A general model for performance evaluation and vector implementations for the problems described above are studied. These implementations were done on a CRAY-1 vector computer and the computational results obtained show (i) the adequacy of the performance evaluation model and (ii) very important gains concerning computing times, showing that vector computers will be of great importance in the field of combinatorial optimization.
Huber et al. (SIAM J Comput 43: 1064-1084, 2014) introduced a concept of skew bisubmodularity, as a generalization of bisubmodularity, in their complexity dichotomy theorem for valued constraint satisfaction problems ...
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Huber et al. (SIAM J Comput 43: 1064-1084, 2014) introduced a concept of skew bisubmodularity, as a generalization of bisubmodularity, in their complexity dichotomy theorem for valued constraint satisfaction problems over the three-value domain, and Huber and Krokhin (SIAM J Discrete Math 28: 1828-1837, 2014) showed the oracle tractability of minimization of skew-bisubmodular functions. Fujishige et al. (Discrete Optim 12: 1-9, 2014) also showed a min-max theorem that characterizes the skew-bisubmodular function minimization, but devising a combinatorial polynomial algorithm for skew-bisubmodular function minimization was left open. In the present paper we give first combinatorial (weakly and strongly) polynomial algorithms for skew-bisubmodular function minimization.
In this paper, we aim to optimize the two different social objectives of opinion optimization at equilibrium by controlling some individuals. This is usually called "Stackelberg games", in which a centralize...
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Probabilistic methods in evaluation of performance efficiency of combinatorial optimization algorithms are of continuously growing interest, and rapidly increasing effort of researchers in this field is observed. The ...
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Probabilistic methods in evaluation of performance efficiency of combinatorial optimization algorithms are of continuously growing interest, and rapidly increasing effort of researchers in this field is observed. The present paper is a bibliography which contains 70 references dealing with probabilistic evaluation of time complexity and performance accuracy of deterministic algorithms for combinatorial decision and optimization problems. Some entries of the bibliography, mainly those having appreared in journals and nonperiodical issues of limited distribution are shortly annotated (18 references). Basic notions and definitions facilitating better understanding and plain presentation of different results are given.
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