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欧几里得 TSP 的线性时间 Gap-ETH 紧近似方案

A Linear Time Gap-ETH-Tight Approximation Scheme for Euclidean TSP

Tobias Mömke, Hang Zhou

AI总结:

针对欧几里得 TSP 问题,本文提出了一种运行时间为 $2^{O(1/\varepsilon^{d-1})} n$ 的随机化近似方案,实现了线性时间复杂度并达到了 Gap-ETH 紧依赖,正面解决了此前研究遗留的开放问题。

摘要:

$d$ 维欧几里得空间中的旅行商问题(TSP)是最古老且最著名的 NP-hard 优化问题之一。在突破性工作中,Arora [J. ACM 1998] 和 Mitchell [SICOMP 1999] 给出了首个多项式时间近似方案。为改进运行时间,Rao 和 Smith [STOC 1998] 给出了一种随机化 $(1/\varepsilon)^{O(1/\varepsilon^{d-1})}\cdot n\log n$ 时间近似方案。Bartal 和 Gottlieb [FOCS 2013] 给出了一种 $2^{(1/\varepsilon)^{O(d)}} n$ 时间的随机化近似方案,该时间关于 $n$ 是线性的。最近,Kisfaludi-Bak, Nederlof 和 Węgrzycki [FOCS 2021] 给出了一种 $2^{O(1/\varepsilon^{d-1})} n \log n$ 时间的随机化近似方案,实现了对 $\varepsilon$ 的 Gap-ETH 紧依赖。Kisfaludi-Bak, Nederlof 和 Węgrzycki [FOCS 2021] 提出了一个具有挑战性的开放问题:是否可以实现 $2^{O(1/\varepsilon^{d-1})}n$ 的运行时间。我们通过为欧几里得 TSP 提供一种随机化 $2^{O(1/\varepsilon^{d-1})} n$ 时间近似方案,正面回答了他们的问题。

英文摘要:

The Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP) in the $d$-dimensional Euclidean space is among the oldest and most famous NP-hard optimization problems. In breakthrough works, Arora [J. ACM 1998] and Mitchell [SICOMP 1999] gave the first polynomial time approximation schemes. To improve the running time, Rao and Smith [STOC 1998] gave a randomized $(1/\varepsilon)^{O(1/\varepsilon^{d-1})}\cdot n\log n$ time approximation scheme. Bartal and Gottlieb [FOCS 2013] gave a randomized approximation scheme in $2^{(1/\varepsilon)^{O(d)}} n$ time, which is linear in $n$. Recently, Kisfaludi-Bak, Nederlof, and Węgrzycki [FOCS 2021] gave a randomized approximation scheme in $2^{O(1/\varepsilon^{d-1})} n \log n$ time, achieving a Gap-ETH tight dependence on $\varepsilon$. It is raised as a challenging open question by Kisfaludi-Bak, Nederlof, and Węgrzycki [FOCS 2021] whether a running time of $2^{O(1/\varepsilon^{d-1})}n$ is achievable. We answer their question positively by giving a randomized $2^{O(1/\varepsilon^{d-1})} n$ time approximation scheme for Euclidean TSP.

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