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A 4/3-Approximation Algorithm for the Minimum 2-Edge Connected Multisubgraph Problem in the Half-Integral Case

Authors: Sylvia Boyd, Joseph Cheriyan, Robert Cummings, Logan Grout, Sharat Ibrahimpur, Zoltán Szigeti, and Lu Wang

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 176, Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2020)


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Given a connected undirected graph G ̅ on n vertices, and non-negative edge costs c, the 2ECM problem is that of finding a 2-edge connected spanning multisubgraph of G ̅ of minimum cost. The natural linear program (LP) for 2ECM, which coincides with the subtour LP for the Traveling Salesman Problem on the metric closure of G ̅, gives a lower bound on the optimal cost. For instances where this LP is optimized by a half-integral solution x, Carr and Ravi (1998) showed that the integrality gap is at most 4/3: they show that the vector 4/3 x dominates a convex combination of incidence vectors of 2-edge connected spanning multisubgraphs of G ̅. We present a simpler proof of the result due to Carr and Ravi by applying an extension of Lovász’s splitting-off theorem. Our proof naturally leads to a 4/3-approximation algorithm for half-integral instances. Given a half-integral solution x to the LP for 2ECM, we give an O(n²)-time algorithm to obtain a 2-edge connected spanning multisubgraph of G ̅ whose cost is at most 4/3 c^T x.

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Sylvia Boyd, Joseph Cheriyan, Robert Cummings, Logan Grout, Sharat Ibrahimpur, Zoltán Szigeti, and Lu Wang. A 4/3-Approximation Algorithm for the Minimum 2-Edge Connected Multisubgraph Problem in the Half-Integral Case. In Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2020). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 176, pp. 61:1-61:12, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2020)


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@InProceedings{boyd_et_al:LIPIcs.APPROX/RANDOM.2020.61,
  author =	{Boyd, Sylvia and Cheriyan, Joseph and Cummings, Robert and Grout, Logan and Ibrahimpur, Sharat and Szigeti, Zolt\'{a}n and Wang, Lu},
  title =	{{A 4/3-Approximation Algorithm for the Minimum 2-Edge Connected Multisubgraph Problem in the Half-Integral Case}},
  booktitle =	{Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2020)},
  pages =	{61:1--61:12},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-164-1},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2020},
  volume =	{176},
  editor =	{Byrka, Jaros{\l}aw and Meka, Raghu},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX/RANDOM.2020.61},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-126643},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX/RANDOM.2020.61},
  annote =	{Keywords: 2-Edge Connectivity, Approximation Algorithms, Subtour LP for TSP}
}

Wang, Lusheng

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Better Practical Algorithms for rSPR Distance and Hybridization Number

Authors: Kohei Yamada, Zhi-Zhong Chen, and Lusheng Wang

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 143, 19th International Workshop on Algorithms in Bioinformatics (WABI 2019)


Abstract
The problem of computing the rSPR distance of two phylogenetic trees (denoted by RDC) is NP-hard and so is the problem of computing the hybridization number of two phylogenetic trees (denoted by HNC). Since they are important problems in phylogenetics, they have been studied extensively in the literature. Indeed, quite a number of exact or approximation algorithms have been designed and implemented for them. In this paper, we design and implement one exact algorithm for HNC and several approximation algorithms for RDC and HNC. Our experimental results show that the resulting exact program is much faster (namely, more than 80 times faster for the easiest dataset used in the experiments) than the previous best and its superiority in speed becomes even more significant for more difficult instances. Moreover, the resulting approximation programs output much better results than the previous bests; indeed, the outputs are always nearly optimal and often optimal. Of particular interest is the usage of the Monte Carlo tree search (MCTS) method in the design of our approximation algorithms. Our experimental results show that with MCTS, we can often solve HNC exactly within short time.

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Kohei Yamada, Zhi-Zhong Chen, and Lusheng Wang. Better Practical Algorithms for rSPR Distance and Hybridization Number. In 19th International Workshop on Algorithms in Bioinformatics (WABI 2019). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 143, pp. 5:1-5:12, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2019)


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@InProceedings{yamada_et_al:LIPIcs.WABI.2019.5,
  author =	{Yamada, Kohei and Chen, Zhi-Zhong and Wang, Lusheng},
  title =	{{Better Practical Algorithms for rSPR Distance and Hybridization Number}},
  booktitle =	{19th International Workshop on Algorithms in Bioinformatics (WABI 2019)},
  pages =	{5:1--5:12},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-123-8},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2019},
  volume =	{143},
  editor =	{Huber, Katharina T. and Gusfield, Dan},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.WABI.2019.5},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-110355},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.WABI.2019.5},
  annote =	{Keywords: phylogenetic tree, fixed-parameter algorithms, approximation algorithms, Monte Carlo tree search}
}

Wang, Hung-Lung

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The Complexity of Packing Edge-Disjoint Paths

Authors: Jan Dreier, Janosch Fuchs, Tim A. Hartmann, Philipp Kuinke, Peter Rossmanith, Bjoern Tauer, and Hung-Lung Wang

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 148, 14th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2019)


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We introduce and study the complexity of Path Packing. Given a graph G and a list of paths, the task is to embed the paths edge-disjoint in G. This generalizes the well known Hamiltonian-Path problem. Since Hamiltonian Path is efficiently solvable for graphs of small treewidth, we study how this result translates to the much more general Path Packing. On the positive side, we give an FPT-algorithm on trees for the number of paths as parameter. Further, we give an XP-algorithm with the combined parameters maximal degree, number of connected components and number of nodes of degree at least three. Surprisingly the latter is an almost tight result by runtime and parameterization. We show an ETH lower bound almost matching our runtime. Moreover, if two of the three values are constant and one is unbounded the problem becomes NP-hard. Further, we study restrictions to the given list of paths. On the positive side, we present an FPT-algorithm parameterized by the sum of the lengths of the paths. Packing paths of length two is polynomial time solvable, while packing paths of length three is NP-hard. Finally, even the spacial case Exact Path Packing where the paths have to cover every edge in G exactly once is already NP-hard for two paths on 4-regular graphs.

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Jan Dreier, Janosch Fuchs, Tim A. Hartmann, Philipp Kuinke, Peter Rossmanith, Bjoern Tauer, and Hung-Lung Wang. The Complexity of Packing Edge-Disjoint Paths. In 14th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2019). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 148, pp. 10:1-10:16, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2019)


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@InProceedings{dreier_et_al:LIPIcs.IPEC.2019.10,
  author =	{Dreier, Jan and Fuchs, Janosch and Hartmann, Tim A. and Kuinke, Philipp and Rossmanith, Peter and Tauer, Bjoern and Wang, Hung-Lung},
  title =	{{The Complexity of Packing Edge-Disjoint Paths}},
  booktitle =	{14th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2019)},
  pages =	{10:1--10:16},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-129-0},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2019},
  volume =	{148},
  editor =	{Jansen, Bart M. P. and Telle, Jan Arne},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2019.10},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-114710},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2019.10},
  annote =	{Keywords: parameterized complexity, embedding, packing, covering, Hamiltonian path, unary binpacking, path-perfect graphs}
}
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