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极大和多样化、单调子模函数与动态更新

Max-Sum Diversification, Monotone Submodular Functions and Dynamic Updates

Allan Borodin, Aadhar Jain, Hyun Chul Lee, Yuli Ye

摘要:

结果多样化是基于Web的搜索、文档摘要、设施定位、文件夹管理和其他应用中的一个重要方面。给定一组对象(例如Web文档、设施等)的一组排名结果,在任何对之间具有距离的情况下,目标是选择满足以下三个标准的子集$S$:(a)子集$S$满足某种约束(例如,有界基数);(b)子集包含高“质量”的结果;以及(c)子集包含相对于距离度量“多样”的结果。结果多样化的目标是产生多样化的子集,同时尽可能保持高质量。我们研究了一类广泛的问题,其中的距离是一个度量,其中的约束是由独立的拟阵,其中的质量是由一个单调的子模函数,多样性被定义为$S$中的对象之间的距离的总和。我们的问题是一个推广的{ \em最大和多样化}的问题研究\cite{GoSh09},这反过来又是一个推广的{ \em最大和$p$分散问题}广泛研究的位置理论。它是NP-难的,即使有三角不等式。我们提出了两个简单而自然的算法:一个是基数约束的贪心算法,一个是任意拟阵约束的局部搜索算法。我们证明了这两种算法实现恒定的近似比。

英文摘要:

Result diversification is an important aspect in web-based search, document summarization, facility location, portfolio management and other applications. Given a set of ranked results for a set of objects (e.g. web documents, facilities, etc.) with a distance between any pair, the goal is to select a subset $S$ satisfying the following three criteria: (a) the subset $S$ satisfies some constraint (e.g. bounded cardinality); (b) the subset contains results of high "quality"; and (c) the subset contains results that are "diverse" relative to the distance measure. The goal of result diversification is to produce a diversified subset while maintaining high quality as much as possible. We study a broad class of problems where the distances are a metric, where the constraint is given by independence in a matroid, where quality is determined by a monotone submodular function, and diversity is defined as the sum of distances between objects in $S$. Our problem is a generalization of the {\em max sum diversification} problem studied in \cite{GoSh09} which in turn is a generaliztion of the {\em max sum $p$-dispersion problem} studied extensively in location theory. It is NP-hard even with the triangle inequality. We propose two simple and natural algorithms: a greedy algorithm for a cardinality constraint and a local search algorithm for an arbitary matroid constraint. We prove that both algorithms achieve constant approximation ratios.

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