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Non-submodular maximization with a decomposable objective function
We study the non-submodular maximization problem, whose objective function can be expressed as the Difference between two Set (DS) functions or the Ratio between two Set (RS) functions. For the cardinality-constrained and unconstrained DS maximization problems, we present several deterministic algorithms and our analysis shows that the algorithms can provide provable approximation guarantees. As an application, we manage to derive an improved approximation bound for the DS minimization problem under certain conditions compared with existing results. As for the RS maximization problem, we show that there exists a polynomial-time reduction from the approximation of RS maximization to the approximation of DS maximization. Based on this reduction, we derive the first approximation bound for the cardinality-constrained RS maximization problem. We also devise algorithms for the unconstrained problem and analyze their approximation guarantees. By applying our results to the problem of optimizing the ratio between two supermodular functions, we give an answer to the question posed by Bai et al. (in Proceedings of The 33rd international conference on machine learning (ICML), 2016). Moreover, we give an example to illustrate that whether the set function is normalized has an effect on the approximability of the RS optimization problem.
期刊介绍:
The objective of Journal of Combinatorial Optimization is to advance and promote the theory and applications of combinatorial optimization, which is an area of research at the intersection of applied mathematics, computer science, and operations research and which overlaps with many other areas such as computation complexity, computational biology, VLSI design, communication networks, and management science. It includes complexity analysis and algorithm design for combinatorial optimization problems, numerical experiments and problem discovery with applications in science and engineering.
The Journal of Combinatorial Optimization publishes refereed papers dealing with all theoretical, computational and applied aspects of combinatorial optimization. It also publishes reviews of appropriate books and special issues of journals.