基于格代数的最长公共子序列近似求解

多条序列的最长公共子序列可以代表多条序列的公共信息,其在诸多领域里有着重要的应用,如信息检索、基因序列匹配等。求解多条序列的最长公共子序列是著名的NP难问题,本质为多解问题。一些近似算法虽然时间复杂度较低,但只能求出单解,对于有多解的序列集合,求得的结果信息量损失较大。因此提出一个新的近似算法来解决最长公共子序列问题。算法引入了代数结构“格”,通过动态规划求解出两条序列的公共格,并递归求解当前格与当前序列的公共格。公共格中的路径保存了多条公共子序列使得最终求解出的最长公共子序列为多个。对算法的相关定理给出了理论证明,并通过实验验证了算法的正确性。     

Optimal Combination of Nested Clusters by a Greedy Approximation Algorithm

Given a set of clusters, we consider an optimization problem which seeks a subset of clusters that maximizes the microaverage F-measure. This optimal value can be used as an evaluation measure of the goodness of clustering. For arbitrarily overlapping clusters, finding the optimal value is NP-hard. We claim that a greedy approximation algorithm yields the global optimal solution for clusters that overlap only by nesting. We present a mathematical proof of this claim by induction. For a family of n clusters containing a total of N objects, this algorithm has an O(n²) time complexity and O(N) space complexity.     

社交网络中正影响支配集问题的轮转贪心算法

社交网络中最小正影响支配集问题是一个NP难度的组合优化问题,针对该问题,目前有2种典型的贪心求解算法求解速度较快,但贪心解的质量却有待提高。轮转贪心策略是在不增加贪心算法时间复杂度的前提下提升贪心解的质量,且通过实验研究表明能有效增强一些NP难度问题效果的贪心算法。本文将轮转贪心策略求解正影响支配集的2个贪心算法进行融合来提升贪心算法解的质量,提出相应的轮转贪心算法。实验表明,在典型的真实社交网络实例上,与原有贪心算法相比,本文的轮转贪心算法所获解的质量有一定的提高。     

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).     

A Fast Approximation Algorithm for the Subset-sum Problem

The subset-sum problem (SSP) is defined as follows: given a positive integer bound and a set of n positive integers find a subset whose sum is closest to, but not greater than, the bound. We present a randomized approximation algorithm for this problem with linear space complexity and time complexity of O( n log n ). Experiments with random uniformly-distributed instances of SSP show that our algorithm outperforms, both in running time and average error, Martello and Toth's (1984) quadratic greedy search, whose time complexity is O( n ²). We propose conjectures on the expected error of our algorithm for uniformly-distributed instances of SSP and provide some analytical arguments justifying these conjectures. We present also results of numerous tests.     

CIM algorithm for approximating three-dimensional polygonal curves

The polygonal approximation problem is a primary problem in computer graphics,pattern recognition,CAD/CAM,etc.In R^2,the cone intersection method(CIM) is one of the most efficient algorithms for approximating polygonal curves,With CIM Eu and Toussaint,by imposing an additional constraint and changing the given error criteria,resolve the three-dimensional weighted minimum number polygonal approximation problem with the parallel-strip error criterion(PS-WMN)under L2 norm.In this paper,without any additional constraint and change of the error criteria,a CIM solution to the same problem with the line segment error criterion(LS-WMN)is presented,which is more frequently encountered than the PS-WMN is .Its time complexity is O(n^3),and the space complexity is O(n^2) .An approximation algorithm is also presented,which takes O(n^2) time and O(n) space.Results of some examples are given to illustrate the efficiency of these algorithms.     

A systolic-based parallel bin packing algorithm

A systolic based parallel approximation algorithm that obtains solutions to the I-D bin packing problem is presented. The algorithm has an asymptotic error bound of 1.5 and time complexity O(n). An experimental study demonstrates that the heuristic offers improved packing and execution performance over parallelizations of two well-known serial algorithms     

Approximating minimum spanning tree of depth 2

We prove that the problem of finding, in an undirected graph with non-negative costs on edges, a minimum cost rooted spanning tree of depth 2 is NP-hard. We then prove that, in a graph of order n , this problem cannot be approximated within better than O )ln n ), unless problems in NP can be solved by slightly superpolynomial algorithms. We also prove that the metric version of the problem is MAX-SNP-hard and, consequently, cannot be approximated by polynomial time approximation schemes, unless P=NP. We devise approximation algorithms for several restricted cases and, finally, a polynomial time algorithm approximating the general problem within ratio ln n .     

传感器网络中高效的最小连通支配集求解算法

在无线传感器网络中,连通支配集被广泛应用于构建虚拟主干。由于求解最小连通支配集是一个NP难问题,许多近似算法被提出用于构建可用的最小连通支配集。针对当前近似算法存在的不足,我们提出了一个新的分布式近似构造算法—CDS-HG,该算法用层次图对无线传感器网络进行建模,算法用基于竞争的贪心策略从每一层选出最少的节点去支配下一层的所有节点。理论分析和模拟结果表明,CDS-HG算法产生的连通支配集是目前最小,并且其消息复杂度也是目前最低的。     

求解0-1背包问题的融合贪心策略的回溯算法

0-1背包问题作为经典的NP完全问题一直得到广泛的关注和研究.研究发现,经典回溯算法在解决0-1背包问题时的算法时间复杂度较高,尤其是在物品数量较多时,短时间内不能得到问题的解,导致算法的适用性较差.虽然经典贪心算法和现阶段涌现出的大量新型算法能够极大地缩减算法的运行时间,但普遍是以牺牲算法的准确性为代价的,不能保证可...     

Globally optimal uneven error-protected packetization of scalable code streams

In this paper, we present a family of new algorithms for rate-fidelity optimal packetization of scalable source bit streams with uneven error protection. In the most general setting where no assumption is made on the probability function of packet loss or on the rate-fidelity function of the scalable code stream, one of our algorithms can find the globally optimal solution to the problem in O(N/sup 2/L/sup 2/) time, compared to a previously obtained O(N/sup 3/L/sup 2/) complexity, where N is the number of packets and L is the packet payload size. If the rate-fidelity function of the input is convex, the time complexity can be reduced to O(NL/sup 2/) for a class of erasure channels, including channels for which the probability function of losing n packets is monotonically decreasing in n and independent erasure channels with packet erasure rate no larger than N/2(N + 1). Furthermore, our O(NL/sup 2/) algorithm for the convex case can be modified to rind an approximation solution for the general case. All of our algorithms do away with the expediency of fractional bit allocation, a limitation of some existing algorithms.     

求解区间图K-连接最短路径问题的在线算法

针对含有n个区间的区间图K-连接最短路径(K-SP)问题,提出一种求解区间图K-SP问题的在线算法。分析区间图及其最短路径问题的特有性质,利用改进的动态规划算法和贪心算法,优化在线算法的时间复杂度。理论分析结果表明,该算法的时间复杂度为O(nK+nlgn),与目前已知最优的离线算法复杂度相同。     

The Minimum Feature Subset Selection Problem

In applications of learning from examples to real-world tasks,feature subset selection is important to speed up training and to improve generalization performance.Ideally,an inductive algorithm should use subset of features as small as possible.In this paper however,the authors show that the problem of selecting the minimum subset of features is NP-hard.The paper then presents a greedy algorithm for reature subset selection.The result of running the greedy algorithm on hand-written numeral recognition problem is also given.     

A new parallel and distributed shortest path algorithm forhierarchically clustered data networks

This paper presents new efficient shortest path algorithms to solve single origin shortest path problems (SOSP problems) and multiple origins shortest path problems (MOSP problems) for hierarchically clustered data networks. To solve an SOSP problem for a network with n nodes, the distributed version of our algorithm reaches the time complexity of O(log(n)), which is less than the time complexity of O(log ² (n)) achieved by the best existing algorithm. To solve an MOSP problem, our algorithm minimizes the needed computation resources, including computation processors and communication links for the computation of each shortest path so that we can achieve massive parallelization. The time complexity of our algorithm for an MOSP problem is O(m log(n)), which is much less than the time complexity of O(M log² (0)) of the best previous algorithm. Here, M is the number of the shortest paths to be computed and m is a positive number related to the network topology and the distribution of the nodes incurring communications, m is usually much smaller than M. Our experiment shows that m is almost a constant when the network size increases. Accordingly, our algorithm is significantly faster than the best previous algorithms to solve MOSP problems for large data networks     

A noniterative greedy algorithm for multiframe point correspondence

This work presents a framework for finding point correspondences in monocular image sequences over multiple frames. The general problem of multiframe point correspondence is NP-hard for three or more frames. A polynomial time algorithm for a restriction of this problem is presented and is used as the basis of the proposed greedy algorithm for the general problem. The greedy nature of the proposed algorithm allows it to be used in real-time systems for tracking and surveillance, etc. In addition, the proposed algorithm deals with the problems of occlusion, missed detections, and false positives by using a single noniterative greedy optimization scheme and, hence, reduces the complexity of the overall algorithm as compared to most existing approaches where multiple heuristics are used for the same purpose. While most greedy algorithms for point tracking do not allow the entry and exit of the points from the scene, this is not a limitation for the proposed algorithm. Experiments with real and synthetic data over a wide range of scenarios and system parameters are presented to validate the claims about the performance of the proposed algorithm.     

Considering inter-task resource constraints in task allocation

This paper focuses on task allocation with single-task robots, multi-robot tasks and instantaneous assignment, which has been shown to be strongly NP-hard. Although this problem has been studied extensively, few efficient approximation algorithms have been provided due to its inherent complexity. In this paper, we first provide discussions and analyses for two natural greedy heuristics for solving this problem. Then, a new greedy heuristic is introduced, which considers inter-task resource constraints to approximate the influence between different assignments in task allocation. Instead of only looking at the utility of the assignment, our approach computes the expected loss of utility (due to the assigned robots and task) as an offset and uses the offset utility for making the greedy choice. A formal analysis is provided for the new heuristic, which reveals that the solution quality is bounded by two different factors. A new algorithm is then provided to approximate the new heuristic for performance improvement. Finally, for more complicated applications, we extend this problem to include general task dependencies and provide a result on the hardness of approximating this new formulation. Comparison results with the two natural heuristics in simulation are provided for both formulations, which show that the new approach achieves improved performance.     

集合覆盖问题的模型与算法

集合覆盖问题在网络设计领域中有着良好的应用背景,但它在算法复杂性上却是NP-困难问题。建立了集合覆盖问题的0-1规划模型,给出了源于贪心思想的近似算法,并从原始-对偶规划的角度进行了证明,基于LINGO软件的传感器网络最优设计案例验证了模型的正确性和算法的有效性。     

Two algorithms for a reachability problem in one-dimensional space

Two algorithms are proposed to solve a reachability problem among time-dependent obstacles in 1D space. In the first approach, the motion planning problem is reduced to a path existence problem in a directed graph. The algorithm is very simple, with running time O(n²), where n is the complexity of obstacles in space-time. The second algorithm uses a sweep-line technique and has running time O(n log₂ n). Besides, the latter algorithm can be easily modified to compute a collision-free trajectory, if such trajectories exist     

An effective iterated greedy algorithm for reliability-oriented task allocation in distributed computing systems

This paper investigates the problem of allocating parallel application tasks to processors in heterogeneous distributed computing systems with the goal of maximizing the system reliability. The problem of finding an optimal task allocation for more than three processors is known to be NP-hard in the strong sense. To deal with this challenging problem, we propose a simple and effective iterative greedy algorithm to find the best possible solution within a reasonable amount of computation time. The algorithm first uses a constructive heuristic to obtain an initial assignment and iteratively improves it in a greedy way. We study the performance of the proposed algorithm over a wide range of parameters including problem size, the ratio of average communication time to average computation time, and task interaction density. The viability and effectiveness of our algorithm is demonstrated by comparing it with recently proposed task allocation algorithms for maximizing system reliability available in the literature.     

树形网络中的副本更新策略及算法

树形网络中的副本放置和更新是网络通讯中值得研究的重要问题之一。面对网络中数据访问需求的动态变化,好的副本放置和更新策略可以在保证服务质量的前提下有效减少网络运行及副本更新成本。针对此问题提出了两种贪心的动态副本更新策略,最大重用策略和请求覆盖策略。通过算法复杂度分析和仿真实验可以看出,所提出的两种算法的最坏时间复杂度为O(nlog n),远低于现有的使用动态规划求最优解的最坏时间复杂度O(n5),而网络运行及副本更新成本与最优解相差不超过11%。在极大地缩短了运算时间的同时,保持了尽可能低的网络运行及副本更新成本。