基于原始对偶方法求解网络流量监测集算法

考虑网络节点的流守恒特性,网络流量的有效监测问题可抽象为求给定图G(V,E)的最小弱顶点覆盖集的问题和基于流划分的最小弱顶点覆盖集的问题,这是NP难的问题.首先分析了弱顶点覆盖集的约束关系,并给出了问题的整数规划形式.然后利用原始对偶方法构造了求解最小弱顶点覆盖集的近似算法,并分析了算法的比界为2.进一步分析了求解基于最大流划分的最小弱顶点覆盖集的近似算法.     

Mean analysis of an online algorithm for the vertex cover problem

In 2005, Demange and Paschos proposed in [M. Demange, V.Th. Paschos, On-line vertex-covering, Theoret. Comput. Sci. 332 (2005) 83-108] an online algorithm (noted LR here) for the classical vertex cover problem. They shown that, for any graph of maximum degree Δ, LR constructs a vertex cover whose size is at most Δ times the optimal one (this bound is tight in the worst case).Very recently, two of the present authors have shown in [F. Delbot, C. Laforest, A better list heuristic for vertex cover, Inform. Process. Lett. 107 (2008) 125-127] that LR has interesting properties (it is a good “list algorithm” and it can easily be distributed). In addition, LR has good experimental behavior in spite of its Δ approximation (or competitive) ratio and the fact that it can be executed without the knowledge of the full instance at the beginning.In this paper we analyze it deeper and we show that LR has good “average” performances: we prove that its mean approximation ratio is strictly less than 2 for any graph and is equal to 1+e−2≈1.13 in paths. LR is then a very interesting algorithm for constructing small vertex covers, despite its bad worst case behavior.     

A Note on an Economic Lot-sizing Problem with Perishable Inventory and Economies of Scale Costs： Approximation Solutions and Worst Case Analysis

This paper presents an economic lot-sizing problem with perishable inventory and general economies of scale cost functions. For the case with backlogging allowed, a mathematical model is formulated, and several properties of the optimal solutions are explored. With the help of these optimality properties, a polynomial time approximation algorithm is developed by a new method. The new method adopts a shift technique to obtain a feasible solution of subproblem and takes the optimal solution of the subproblem as an approximation solution of our problem. The worst case performance for the approximation algorithm is proven to be (4*2^½+5)/7. Finally, an instance illustrates that the bound is tight.     

改进的最优顶点覆盖贪心边近似算法

最优顶点覆盖问题是6个基本的NP完全问题之一，无法在多项式时间内得到最优解，除非P=NP。文中给出改进的最优顶点覆盖贪心边近似算法的同时，证明并讨论了它的近似因子是一个不大于2的与单点贪心边数和双点贪心边数相关的因子。     

一种可重构阵列的最小瑕点覆盖算法

关于可重构阵列的瑕点覆盖问题受到了很多文献的关注，特别地，关于可重构阵列的最小瑕点覆盖问题等价于二分图的受约束最小点覆盖问题，并被证明是NP-完全问题。针对本问题提出的算法运行时间为O(1．19^k kn)，这里k为可替换行与列的数目，改进了原有的最好结果，其运行时间为0(1．266k kn)，较好地组合并扩展了研究参数计算的最新技术与经典匹配理论，且具有较好的实用价值。这是关于可重构阵列的最小瑕点覆盖问题算法又一较大的改进，也是目前最小点覆盖问题相关参数算法的较有意义的改进。     

内部节点受限的最小生成树问题算法研究

研究内部节点受限的最小生成树问题：给定一个赋权无向完全图[G=V,E],假定[w:E→R+]为边集[E]的权重函数且满足三角不等式,给定点集[V]的一个子集[RR?V],目标是寻找图[G]的一个满足[R]中的点皆为内部顶点的权重最小的生成树。由于该问题是[NP-]困难的,提出了一个伪多项式时间最优算法,设计了一个近似比为2的多项式时间近似算法,并且给出例子以说明该近似比是紧的。     

一种基于链暗示技术的Min-CVCB问题的精确算法

随着VLSI(超大规模集成电路)技术的发展,关于可重构阵列二分图的受约束最小点覆盖(Min-CVCB)问题受到了很多文献的关注.作为点覆盖问题的子问题,该问题已被证明是NP-完全问题.人们利用核心化和分支即使给出了时间复杂度为O((ku k1)|G| 1.26ku k1)的目前最好算法,然而仍不能满足实际工程的需要.通过进一步深入分析二分图的结构,对含有权值大于或等于3的块的连通子图分析其可能连接情况后充分利用"链暗示"技术和分枝搜索技术来建立起新的搜索递推关系;对于分枝后的块提出了一种动态规划算法,其可在多项式时间内完成处理.整个参数算法的运行时间为O((ku k1)|G| 1.1892ku k1),极大地改进了目前的最好结果.     

低度图的点覆盖和独立集问题下界改进

给出了一种提高低度图点覆盖和独立集问题下界的精确算法．通过分析如何有效地减少图中的顶点来打破原问题的NP-Hard结构建立起搜索递推关系;得出3度图的最小点覆盖问题的解决时间为O(1．1033^n),参数化的3度图点覆盖问题的解决时间为O(kn 1．2174^k);将此算法应用到3度图的最大独立集问题上,可以得到运行时间为O(1．1033^n)的解．以上3结果均打破原有最佳下界。     

测试集问题的集合覆盖贪心算法的深入近似

测试集问题是一个有着广泛应用的NP难问题.集合覆盖贪心算法是测试集问题的一个常用近似算法,其由集合覆盖问题得到的近似比21nn+1能否改进是一个公开的问题.集合覆盖贪心算法的推广被用来求解生物信息学中出现的冗余测试集问题.通过分析条目对被区分次数的分布情况,用去随机方法证明了集合覆盖贪心算法对测试集问题的近似比可以为1.51nn+0.5lnlnn+2,从而缩小了这种算法近似比分析的间隙.另外,给出了集合覆盖贪心算法对冗余度为n-1的加权冗余测试集问题的近似比的紧密下界(2-o(1))lnn-Θ 1).     

Crossover can be constructive when computing unique input�Coutput sequences

Unique input–output (UIO) sequences have important applications in conformance testing of finite state machines (FSMs). Previous experimental and theoretical research has shown that evolutionary algorithms (EAs) can compute UIOs efficiently on many FSM instance classes, but fail on others. However, it has been unclear how and to what degree EA parameter settings influence the runtime on the UIO problem. This paper investigates the choice of acceptance criterion in the (1 + 1) EA and the use of crossover in the (m+1)(\mu+1) Steady State Genetic Algorithm. It is rigorously proved that changing these parameters can reduce the runtime from exponential to polynomial for some instance classes of the UIO problem.     

On the k-path cover problem for cacti

In this paper we investigate the k-path cover problem for graphs, which is to find the minimum number of vertex disjoint k-paths that cover all the vertices of a graph. The k-path cover problem for general graphs is NP-complete. Though notable applications of this problem to database design, network, VLSI design, ring protocols, and code optimization, efficient algorithms are known for only few special classes of graphs. In order to solve this problem for cacti, i.e., graphs where no edge lies on more than one cycle, we introduce the so-called Steiner version of the k-path cover problem, and develop an efficient algorithm for the Steiner k-path cover problem for cacti, which finds an optimal k-path cover for a given cactus in polynomial time.     

实例序列条数为常数9的翻转距离星树问题

讨论翻转距离星树问题，证明实例中有向符号序列个数为9时，翻转距离星树问题是NP-难解问题，并给出了一个该问题的多项式时间近似算法．     

General approximation algorithms for some arithmetical combinatorial problems

A general approximation technique for a large class of NP-hard optimization problems which involve arithmetic calculations is given. This technique guarantees a worst case relative error smaller than ε in time which is polynomial both in the size of the problem instance and 1/ε. It is also shown that problems in that class which are not approximable by this technique are not approximable in polynomial time at all, provided P ≠ NP, and hence this technique is the most general approximation technique applicable to this class.     

PTAS for connected vertex cover in unit disk graphs

This paper gives the first polynomial time approximation scheme for the connected vertex cover problem in unit disk graphs.     

A 2-approximation NC algorithm for connected vertex cover and tree cover

The connected vertex cover problem is a variant of the vertex cover problem, in which a vertex cover is additional required to induce a connected subgraph in a given connected graph. The problem is known to be NP-hard and to be at least as hard to approximate as the vertex cover problem is. While several 2-approximation NC algorithms are known for vertex cover, whether unweighted or weighted, no parallel algorithm with guaranteed approximation is known for connected vertex cover. Moreover, converting the existing sequential 2-approximation algorithms for connected vertex cover to parallel ones results in RNC algorithms of rather high complexity at best.In this paper we present a 2-approximation NC (and RNC) algorithm for connected vertex cover (and tree cover). The NC algorithm runs in O(log²n) time using O(Δ²(m+n)/logn) processors on an EREW-PRAM, while the RNC algorithm runs in O(logn) expected time using O(m+n) processors on a CRCW-PRAM, when a given graph has n vertices and m edges with maximum vertex degree of Δ.     

Comparing evolutionary algorithms to the (1+1) -EA

In this paper, we study the conditions in which the random hill-climbing algorithm (1 + 1)-EA compares favorably to other evolutionary algorithms (EAs) in terms of fitness function distribution at a given iteration and with respect to the average optimization time. Our approach is applicable when the reproduction operator of an evolutionary algorithm is dominated by the mutation operator of the (1 + 1)-EA. In this case one can extend the lower bounds obtained for the expected optimization time of the (1 + 1)-EA to other EAs based on the dominated reproduction operator. This method is demonstrated on the sorting problem with HAM landscape and the exchange mutation operator. We consider several simple examples where the (1 + 1)-EA is the best possible search strategy in the class of the EAs.     

Approximation algorithm for weighted weak vertex cover

The problem of efficiently monitoring the network flow is regarded as the problem to find out the minimum weighted weak vertex cover set for a given graph G = (V, E). In this paper, we give an approximation algorithm to solve it, which has the approximation ratio ln d 1, where d is the maximum degree of the vertex in graph G, and improve the previous work.     

基于邻接矩阵的网络流量检测点设置算法

在研究网络流量的有效测量问题时,考虑网络节点的流守恒,把网络流量监测点问题抽象为无向图的最小弱顶点覆盖问题,这是一个NP难的问题.基于图论中邻接矩阵的概念,提出一个近似算法,通过重复删除邻接矩阵中所有行元素之和不超过1的节点对应的行和列,得到最小弱顶点覆盖集.在此基础上通过预先递归去除无向图中1度节点,满足任意节点度数都大于或等于2的最小弱顶点覆盖问题求解条件,并将递归节点作为该近似算法的入口点.仿真实验表明,与现有算法相比,新算法具有更好的性能,能够发现更小的弱顶点覆盖集.     

图(k,m)最优划分的近似算法

本文提出了无向图(k,m)最优划分的一个近似算法,证明了这是一个产生近似最优解的多项式时间算法。在最坏情况下,该算法的性能保证为一个参数k所界定,这里k是与问题输入尺寸无关的。