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一种简单的基于LP的匹配增强近似算法

A Simple LP-Based Approximation Algorithm for the Matching Augmentation Problem

Etienne Bamas, Marina Drygala, Ola Svensson

摘要:

匹配增广问题(MAP)作为寻找廉价$2$ -边连通子图的近似算法的重要一步,最近受到了广泛的关注。这最终导致了$\frac{5}{3}$ -近似算法。然而,该算法及其分析相当复杂,不能与该问题的著名LP松弛(称为切割LP)进行比较。在本文中,我们提出了一个简单的算法,引导下的最佳解决方案,以削减LP,首先选择一个DFS树,然后找到一个解决方案,MAP通过计算最佳增强这棵树。使用极值点解的性质,我们表明,我们的算法总是返回(在多项式时间)比$2$ -近似相比,削减LP。因此,我们也得到一个改进的上界的完整性差距,这种自然松弛。

英文摘要:

The Matching Augmentation Problem (MAP) has recently received significant attention as an important step towards better approximation algorithms for finding cheap $2$-edge connected subgraphs. This has culminated in a $\frac{5}{3}$-approximation algorithm. However, the algorithm and its analysis are fairly involved and do not compare against the problem's well-known LP relaxation called the cut LP. In this paper, we propose a simple algorithm that, guided by an optimal solution to the cut LP, first selects a DFS tree and then finds a solution to MAP by computing an optimum augmentation of this tree. Using properties of extreme point solutions, we show that our algorithm always returns (in polynomial time) a better than $2$-approximation when compared to the cut LP. We thereby also obtain an improved upper bound on the integrality gap of this natural relaxation.

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