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一种改进的非对称TSP路径的完整性间隙

An Improved Integrality Gap for Asymmetric TSP Paths

Zachary Friggstad, Anupam Gupta, Mohit Singh

摘要:

非对称旅行商路径问题(ATSPP)是一个给定具有指定顶点s和t的非对称度量空间$(V,d)$,目标是找到通过V中所有顶点的最小长度的s-t路径的问题。(而不是$s-t$路径)访问所有节点:对于ATSP,$ρ$近似保证意味着ATSPP的$O(ρ)$近似。然而,对于这些问题的线性规划松弛的完整性间隙,没有这样的连接是已知的:ATSPP的当前最佳近似算法是$O(\log n/\log\log n)$,而ATSPP的自然LP松弛(子图消除LP)的完整性间隙的最佳界限是$O(\log n)$。在本文中,我们关闭这个差距,并改善目前的最佳界的完整性差距从$O(\log n)$到$O(\log n/\log\log n)$。所得到的算法使用LP解中的窄$s$ - $t$切割的结构来构造(随机)树生成树,该树生成树可以被廉价地扩充以包含欧拉$s$ - $t$行走。我们还建立在Oveis Gharan和Saberi的结果,并显示了强形式的Goddyn的猜想薄生成树意味着完整性差距的subtour消除LP松弛ATSPP是有界的一个常数。最后,我们给出了一个更简单的家庭的情况下,这个LP的完整性差距至少是2。

英文摘要:

The Asymmetric Traveling Salesperson Path Problem (ATSPP) is one where, given an asymmetric metric space $(V,d)$ with specified vertices s and t, the goal is to find an s-t path of minimum length that passes through all the vertices in V. This problem is closely related to the Asymmetric TSP (ATSP), which seeks to find a tour (instead of an $s-t$ path) visiting all the nodes: for ATSP, a $ρ$-approximation guarantee implies an $O(ρ)$-approximation for ATSPP. However, no such connection is known for the integrality gaps of the linear programming relaxations for these problems: the current-best approximation algorithm for ATSPP is $O(\log n/\log\log n)$, whereas the best bound on the integrality gap of the natural LP relaxation (the subtour elimination LP) for ATSPP is $O(\log n)$. In this paper, we close this gap, and improve the current best bound on the integrality gap from $O(\log n)$ to $O(\log n/\log\log n)$. The resulting algorithm uses the structure of narrow $s$-$t$ cuts in the LP solution to construct a (random) tree spanning tree that can be cheaply augmented to contain an Eulerian $s$-$t$ walk. We also build on a result of Oveis Gharan and Saberi and show a strong form of Goddyn's conjecture about thin spanning trees implies the integrality gap of the subtour elimination LP relaxation for ATSPP is bounded by a constant. Finally, we give a simpler family of instances showing the integrality gap of this LP is at least 2.

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