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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2022.10

Clustering with Faulty Centers

Authors: Kyle Fox, Hongyao Huang, and Benjamin Raichel

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 248, 33rd International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2022)

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In this paper we introduce and formally study the problem of k-clustering with faulty centers. Specifically, we study the faulty versions of k-center, k-median, and k-means clustering, where centers have some probability of not existing, as opposed to prior work where clients had some probability of not existing. For all three problems we provide fixed parameter tractable algorithms, in the parameters k, d, and ε, that (1+ε)-approximate the minimum expected cost solutions for points in d dimensional Euclidean space. For Faulty k-center we additionally provide a 5-approximation for general metrics. Significantly, all of our algorithms have a small dependence on n. Specifically, our Faulty k-center algorithms have only linear dependence on n, while for our algorithms for Faulty k-median and Faulty k-means the dependence is still only n^(1 + o(1)).

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Kyle Fox, Hongyao Huang, and Benjamin Raichel. Clustering with Faulty Centers. In 33rd International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2022). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 248, pp. 10:1-10:14, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2022)

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@InProceedings{fox_et_al:LIPIcs.ISAAC.2022.10,
  author =	{Fox, Kyle and Huang, Hongyao and Raichel, Benjamin},
  title =	{{Clustering with Faulty Centers}},
  booktitle =	{33rd International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2022)},
  pages =	{10:1--10:14},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-258-7},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2022},
  volume =	{248},
  editor =	{Bae, Sang Won and Park, Heejin},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2022.10},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-172950},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2022.10},
  annote =	{Keywords: clustering, approximation, probabilistic input, uncertain input}
}

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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2021.6

Clustering with Neighborhoods

Authors: Hongyao Huang, Georgiy Klimenko, and Benjamin Raichel

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 212, 32nd International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2021)

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In the standard planar k-center clustering problem, one is given a set P of n points in the plane, and the goal is to select k center points, so as to minimize the maximum distance over points in P to their nearest center. Here we initiate the systematic study of the clustering with neighborhoods problem, which generalizes the k-center problem to allow the covered objects to be a set of general disjoint convex objects C rather than just a point set P. For this problem we first show that there is a PTAS for approximating the number of centers. Specifically, if r_opt is the optimal radius for k centers, then in n^O(1/ε²) time we can produce a set of (1+ε)k centers with radius ≤ r_opt. If instead one considers the standard goal of approximating the optimal clustering radius, while keeping k as a hard constraint, we show that the radius cannot be approximated within any factor in polynomial time unless P = NP, even when C is a set of line segments. When C is a set of unit disks we show the problem is hard to approximate within a factor of (√{13}-√3)(2-√3) ≈ 6.99. This hardness result complements our main result, where we show that when the objects are disks, of possibly differing radii, there is a (5+2√3)≈ 8.46 approximation algorithm. Additionally, for unit disks we give an O(n log k)+(k/ε)^O(k) time (1+ε)-approximation to the optimal radius, that is, an FPTAS for constant k whose running time depends only linearly on n. Finally, we show that the one dimensional version of the problem, even when intersections are allowed, can be solved exactly in O(n log n) time.

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Hongyao Huang, Georgiy Klimenko, and Benjamin Raichel. Clustering with Neighborhoods. In 32nd International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2021). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 212, pp. 6:1-6:17, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2021)

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@InProceedings{huang_et_al:LIPIcs.ISAAC.2021.6,
  author =	{Huang, Hongyao and Klimenko, Georgiy and Raichel, Benjamin},
  title =	{{Clustering with Neighborhoods}},
  booktitle =	{32nd International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2021)},
  pages =	{6:1--6:17},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-214-3},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2021},
  volume =	{212},
  editor =	{Ahn, Hee-Kap and Sadakane, Kunihiko},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2021.6},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-154398},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2021.6},
  annote =	{Keywords: Clustering, Approximation, Hardness}
}

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