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Approximation Algorithms for Aversion k-Clustering via Local k-Median

Authors Anupam Gupta, Guru Guruganesh, Melanie Schmidt

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  • Approximation algorithms
  • clustering
  • k-median
  • primal-dual

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Abstract

In the aversion k-clustering problem, given a metric space, we want to cluster the points into k clusters. The cost incurred by each point is the distance to the furthest point in its cluster, and the cost of the clustering is the sum of all these per-point-costs. This problem is motivated by questions in generating automatic abstractions of extensive-form games.

We reduce this problem to a "local" k-median problem where each facility has a prescribed radius and can only connect to clients within that radius. Our main results is a constant-factor approximation algorithm for the aversion k-clustering problem via the local k-median problem.

We use a primal-dual approach; our technical contribution is a non-local rounding step which we feel is of broader interest.

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Anupam Gupta, Guru Guruganesh, and Melanie Schmidt. Approximation Algorithms for Aversion k-Clustering via Local k-Median. In 43rd International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2016). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 55, pp. 66:1-66:13, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2016) https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2016.66

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Anupam Gupta
Guru Guruganesh
Melanie Schmidt

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