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Perturbation Resilient Clustering for k-Center and Related Problems via LP Relaxations

Authors: Chandra Chekuri and Shalmoli Gupta

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 116, Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2018)


Abstract
We consider clustering in the perturbation resilience model that has been studied since the work of Bilu and Linial [Yonatan Bilu and Nathan Linial, 2010] and Awasthi, Blum and Sheffet [Awasthi et al., 2012]. A clustering instance I is said to be alpha-perturbation resilient if the optimal solution does not change when the pairwise distances are modified by a factor of alpha and the perturbed distances satisfy the metric property - this is the metric perturbation resilience property introduced in [Angelidakis et al., 2017] and a weaker requirement than prior models. We make two high-level contributions. - We show that the natural LP relaxation of k-center and asymmetric k-center is integral for 2-perturbation resilient instances. We belive that demonstrating the goodness of standard LP relaxations complements existing results [Maria{-}Florina Balcan et al., 2016; Angelidakis et al., 2017] that are based on new algorithms designed for the perturbation model. - We define a simple new model of perturbation resilience for clustering with outliers. Using this model we show that the unified MST and dynamic programming based algorithm proposed in [Angelidakis et al., 2017] exactly solves the clustering with outliers problem for several common center based objectives (like k-center, k-means, k-median) when the instances is 2-perturbation resilient. We further show that a natural LP relxation is integral for 2-perturbation resilient instances of k-center with outliers.

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Chandra Chekuri and Shalmoli Gupta. Perturbation Resilient Clustering for k-Center and Related Problems via LP Relaxations. In Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2018). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 116, pp. 9:1-9:16, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2018)


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@InProceedings{chekuri_et_al:LIPIcs.APPROX-RANDOM.2018.9,
  author =	{Chekuri, Chandra and Gupta, Shalmoli},
  title =	{{Perturbation Resilient Clustering for k-Center and Related Problems via LP Relaxations}},
  booktitle =	{Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2018)},
  pages =	{9:1--9:16},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-085-9},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2018},
  volume =	{116},
  editor =	{Blais, Eric and Jansen, Klaus and D. P. Rolim, Jos\'{e} and Steurer, David},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX-RANDOM.2018.9},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-94136},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX-RANDOM.2018.9},
  annote =	{Keywords: Clustering, Perturbation Resilience, LP Integrality, Outliers, Beyond Worst Case Analysis}
}
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