Shengminjie Chen, Donglei Du, Wenguo Yang, Suixiang Gao
{"title":"Maximizing stochastic set function under a matroid constraint from decomposition","authors":"Shengminjie Chen, Donglei Du, Wenguo Yang, Suixiang Gao","doi":"10.1007/s10878-024-01193-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10878-024-01193-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In this work, we focus on maximizing the stochastic DS decomposition problem. If the constraint is a uniform matroid, we design an adaptive policy, namely <span>Myopic Parameter Conditioned Greedy</span>, and prove its theoretical guarantee <span>(f(varTheta (pi _k))-(1-c_G)g(varTheta (pi _k))ge (1-e^{-1})F(pi ^*_A, varTheta (pi _k)) - G(pi ^*_A,varTheta (pi _k)))</span>, where <span>(F(pi ^*_A, varTheta (pi _k)) = mathbb {E}_{varTheta }[f(varTheta (pi ^*_A)) vert varTheta (pi _k)])</span>. When the constraint is a general matroid constraint, we design the <span>Parameter Measured Continuous Conditioned Greedy</span> to return a fractional solution. To round an integer solution from the fractional solution, we adopt the lattice contention resolution and prove that there is a <span>((b, frac{1-e^{-b}}{b}))</span> lattice CR scheme under a matroid constraint. Additionally, we adopt the pipage rounding to obtain a non-adaptive policy with the theoretical guarantee <span>(F(pi )-(1-c_G)G(pi ) ge (1-e^{-1}) F(pi ^*_A) - G(pi ^*_A) - O(epsilon ))</span> and utlize the <span>((1,1-e^{-1}))</span>-lattice contention resolution scheme <span>(tau )</span> to obtain an adaptive solution <span>(mathbb {E}_{tau sim varLambda } [f(tau (varTheta (pi )))- (1-c_G) g(tau (varTheta (pi )))] ge (1-e^{-1})^2F(pi ^*_A,varTheta (pi )) - (1-e^{-1}) G(pi ^*_A,varTheta (pi )) -O(epsilon ))</span>. Since any set function can be expressed as the DS decomposition, our framework provides a method for solving the maximization problem of set functions defined on a random variable set.</p>","PeriodicalId":50231,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Combinatorial Optimization","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141769096","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Embedding and the first Laplace eigenvalue of a finite graph","authors":"Takumi Gomyou, Toshimasa Kobayashi, Takefumi Kondo, Shin Nayatani","doi":"10.1007/s10878-024-01191-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10878-024-01191-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Göring–Helmberg–Wappler introduced optimization problems regarding embeddings of a graph into a Euclidean space and the first nonzero eigenvalue of the Laplacian of a graph, which are dual to each other in the framework of semidefinite programming. In this paper, we introduce a new graph-embedding optimization problem, and discuss its relation to Göring–Helmberg–Wappler’s problems. We also identify the dual problem to our embedding optimization problem. We solve the optimization problems for distance-regular graphs and the one-skeleton graphs of the <span>(textrm{C}_{60})</span> fullerene and some other Archimedian solids.</p>","PeriodicalId":50231,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Combinatorial Optimization","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141631421","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A hybrid grey wolf optimizer for engineering design problems","authors":"Shuilin Chen, Jianguo Zheng","doi":"10.1007/s10878-024-01189-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10878-024-01189-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Grey wolf optimizer (GWO) is one of the most popular metaheuristics, and it has been presented as highly competitive with other comparison methods. However, the basic GWO needs some improvement, such as premature convergence and imbalance between exploitation and exploration. To address these weaknesses, this paper develops a hybrid grey wolf optimizer (HGWO), which combines the Halton sequence, dimension learning-based, crisscross strategy, and Cauchy mutation strategy. Firstly, the Halton sequence is used to enlarge the search scope and improve the diversity of the solutions. Then, the dimension learning-based is used for position update to balance exploitation and exploration. Furthermore, the crisscross strategy is introduced to enhance convergence precision. Finally, the Cauchy mutation strategy is adapted to avoid falling into the local optimum. The effectiveness of HGWO is demonstrated by comparing it with advanced algorithms on the 15 benchmark functions in different dimensions. The results illustrate that HGWO outperforms other advanced algorithms. Moreover, HGWO is used to solve eight real-world engineering problems, and the results demonstrate that HGWO is superior to different advanced algorithms.</p>","PeriodicalId":50231,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Combinatorial Optimization","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141521471","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Injective edge-coloring of claw-free subcubic graphs","authors":"Qing Cui, Zhenmeng Han","doi":"10.1007/s10878-024-01188-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10878-024-01188-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p>An injective edge-coloring of a graph <i>G</i> is an edge-coloring of <i>G</i> such that any two edges that are at distance 2 or in a common triangle receive distinct colors. The injective chromatic index of <i>G</i> is the minimum number of colors needed to guarantee that <i>G</i> admits an injective edge-coloring. Ferdjallah, Kerdjoudj and Raspaud showed that the injective chromatic index of every subcubic graph is at most 8, and conjectured that 8 can be improved to 6. Kostochka, Raspaud and Xu further proved that every subcubic graph has the injective chromatic index at most 7, and every subcubic planar graph has the injective chromatic index at most 6. In this paper, we consider the injective edge-coloring of claw-free subcubic graphs. We show that every connected claw-free subcubic graph, apart from two exceptions, has the injective chromatic index at most 5. We also consider the list version of injective edge-coloring and prove that the list injective chromatic index of every claw-free subcubic graph is at most 6. Both results are sharp and strengthen a recent result of Yang and Wu which asserts that every claw-free subcubic graph has the injective chromatic index at most 6.</p>","PeriodicalId":50231,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Combinatorial Optimization","volume":"62 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141521498","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Finding a second Hamiltonian decomposition of a 4-regular multigraph by integer linear programming","authors":"Andrei V. Nikolaev, Egor V. Klimov","doi":"10.1007/s10878-024-01184-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10878-024-01184-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A Hamiltonian decomposition of a regular graph is a partition of its edge set into Hamiltonian cycles. We consider the second Hamiltonian decomposition problem: for a 4-regular multigraph, find 2 edge-disjoint Hamiltonian cycles different from the given ones. This problem arises in polyhedral combinatorics as a sufficient condition for non-adjacency in the 1-skeleton of the traveling salesperson polytope. We introduce two integer linear programming models for the problem based on the classical Dantzig-Fulkerson-Johnson and Miller-Tucker-Zemlin formulations for the traveling salesperson problem. To enhance the performance on feasible problems, we supplement the algorithm with a variable neighborhood descent heuristic w.r.t. two neighborhood structures and a chain edge fixing procedure. Based on the computational experiments, the Dantzig-Fulkerson-Johnson formulation showed the best results on directed multigraphs, while on undirected multigraphs, the variable neighborhood descent heuristic was especially effective.\u0000</p>","PeriodicalId":50231,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Combinatorial Optimization","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141521473","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Approximation algorithms for two clustered arc routing problems","authors":"Xiaoguang Bao, Xinhao Ni","doi":"10.1007/s10878-024-01190-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10878-024-01190-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Given a strongly connected mixed graph <span>(G=(V,E,A))</span>, where <i>V</i> represents the vertex set, <i>E</i> is the undirected edge set, and <i>A</i> is the directed arc set, <span>(R subseteq E)</span> is a subset of required edges and is divided into <i>p</i> clusters <span>(R_1,R_2,dots ,R_p)</span>, and <i>A</i> is a set of required arcs and is partitioned into <i>q</i> clusters <span>(A_1,A_2,ldots ,A_q)</span>. Each edge in <i>E</i> and each arc in <i>A</i> are associated with a nonnegative weight and the weight function satisfies the triangle inequality. In this paper we consider two clustered arc routing problems. The first is the Clustered Rural Postman Problem, in which <i>A</i> is empty and the objective is to find a minimum-weight closed walk such that all the edges in <i>R</i> are serviced and the edges in <span>(R_i)</span> (<span>(1le i le p)</span>) are serviced consecutively. The other is the Clustered Stacker Crane Problem, in which <i>R</i> is empty and the goal is to find a minimum-weight closed walk that traverses all the arcs in <i>A</i> and services the arcs in <span>(A_j)</span> (<span>(1le j le q)</span>) consecutively. For both problems, we propose constant-factor approximation algorithms with ratios 13/6 and 19/6, respectively.</p>","PeriodicalId":50231,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Combinatorial Optimization","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141521758","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Improved kernelization and fixed-parameter algorithms for bicluster editing","authors":"Manuel Lafond","doi":"10.1007/s10878-024-01186-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10878-024-01186-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Given a bipartite graph <i>G</i>, the <span>Bicluster Editing</span> problem asks for the minimum number of edges to insert or delete in <i>G</i> so that every connected component is a bicluster, i.e. a complete bipartite graph. This has several applications, including in bioinformatics and social network analysis. In this work, we study the parameterized complexity under the natural parameter <i>k</i>, which is the number of allowed modified edges. We first show that one can obtain a kernel with 4.5<i>k</i> vertices, an improvement over the previously known quadratic kernel. We then propose an algorithm that runs in time <span>(O^*(2.581^k))</span>. Our algorithm has the advantage of being conceptually simple and should be easy to implement.</p>","PeriodicalId":50231,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Combinatorial Optimization","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141521474","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On ABC spectral radius of uniform hypergraphs","authors":"Hongying Lin, Bo Zhou","doi":"10.1007/s10878-024-01182-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10878-024-01182-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Let <i>G</i> be a <i>k</i>-uniform hypergraph with vertex set [<i>n</i>] and edge set <i>E</i>(<i>G</i>), where <span>(kge 2)</span>. For <span>(iin [n])</span>, <span>(d_i)</span> denotes the degree of vertex <i>i</i> in <i>G</i>. The ABC spectral radius of <i>G</i> is </p><span>$$begin{aligned} max left{ ksum _{ein E(G)}root k of {dfrac{sum _{iin e}d_{i} -k}{prod _{iin e}d_{i}}}prod _{iin e}x_i: textbf{x}in {mathbb {R}}_+^n, sum _{i=1}^nx_i^k=1right} . end{aligned}$$</span><p>We give tight lower and upper bounds for the ABC spectral radius, and determine the maximum ABC spectral radii of uniform hypertrees, uniform non-hyperstar hypertrees and uniform non-power hypertrees of given size, as well as the maximum ABC spectral radii of uniform unicyclic hypergraphs and linear uniform unicyclic hypergraphs of given size, respectively. We also characterize those uniform hypergraphs for which the maxima for the ABC spectral radii are actually attained in all cases.</p>","PeriodicalId":50231,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Combinatorial Optimization","volume":"71 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141462488","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A neural network accelerated optimization method for FPGA","authors":"Zhengwei Hu, Sijie Zhu, Leilei Wang, Wangbin Cao, Zhiyuan Xie","doi":"10.1007/s10878-024-01117-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10878-024-01117-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A neural network accelerated optimization method for FPGA hardware platform is proposed. The method realizes the optimized deployment of neural network algorithms for FPGA hardware platforms from three aspects: computational speed, flexible transplantation, and development methods. Replacing multiplication based on Mitchell algorithm not only breaks through the speed bottleneck of neural network hardware acceleration caused by long multiplication period, but also makes the parallel acceleration of neural network algorithm get rid of the dependence on the number of hardware multipliers in FPGA, which can give full play to the advantages of FPGA parallel acceleration and maximize the computing speed. Based on the configurable strategy of neural network parameters, the number of network layers and nodes within layers can be adjusted according to different logical resource of FPGA, improving the flexibility of neural network transplantation. The adoption of HLS development method overcomes the shortcomings of RTL method in designing complex neural network algorithms, such as high difficulty in development and long development cycle. Using the Cyclone V SE 5CSEBA6U23I7 FPGA as the target device, a parameter configurable BP neural network was designed based on the proposed method. The usage of logical resources such as ALUT, Flip-Flop, RAM, and DSP were 39.6%, 40%, 56.9%, and 18.3% of the pre-optimized ones, respectively. The feasibility of the proposed method was verified using MNIST digital recognition and facial recognition as application scenarios. Compare to pre-optimization, the test time of MNIST number recognition is reduced to 67.58%, and the success rate was lost 0.195%. The test time for facial recognition applications was reduced to 69.571%, and the success rate of combining LDA algorithm was lost within 4%.</p>","PeriodicalId":50231,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Combinatorial Optimization","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141448358","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"New efficient algorithms for the two-machine no-wait chain-reentrant shop problem","authors":"Nazim Sami, Karim Amrouche, Mourad Boudhar","doi":"10.1007/s10878-024-01180-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10878-024-01180-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This paper tackles the two-machine chain-reentrant flow shop scheduling problem with the no-wait constraint; we assume that each job passes from the first machine to the second and returns back to the first machine in order to execute its last operation. The objective is to minimize the makespan. In this work, we prove that the symmetric case of this problem, which is proven to be <span>(mathcal NP)</span>-hard in the strong sense, remains <span>(mathcal NP)</span>-hard. Then we provide two polynomial subproblems. For the main problem’s resolution, we propose two new efficient heuristics as well as two improved lower bounds that consistently outperform the existing methods. Additionally, we provide an effective Branch & Bound algorithm that can solve up to 100 jobs for some types of instances. These contributions not only enhance the theoretical comprehension of the problem but also offer efficient solutions supported by extensive statistical analysis over randomly generated instances.</p>","PeriodicalId":50231,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Combinatorial Optimization","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141329467","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}