Approximating weighted induced matchings
An induced matching is a matching where no two edges are connected by a third edge. Finding a maximum induced matching on graphs with maximum degree Δ for Δ≥3, is known to be NP-complete. In this work we consider the weighted version of this problem, which has not been extensively studied in the lit...
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paper:paper_0166218X_v243_n_p304_Lin2023-06-08T15:15:35Z Approximating weighted induced matchings Approximation algorithms Maximum induced matching Graphic methods Approximation ratios Fractional local ratio Free graphs Greedy algorithms Induced matchings Maximum degree Maximum induced matchings NP Complete Approximation algorithms An induced matching is a matching where no two edges are connected by a third edge. Finding a maximum induced matching on graphs with maximum degree Δ for Δ≥3, is known to be NP-complete. In this work we consider the weighted version of this problem, which has not been extensively studied in the literature. We devise an almost tight fractional local ratio algorithm with approximation ratio Δ which proves to be effective also in practice. Furthermore, we show that a simple greedy algorithm applied to K1,k-free graphs yields an approximation ratio 2k−3. We explore the behavior of this algorithm on subclasses of chair-free graphs and we show that it yields an approximation ratio k when restricted to (K1,k,chair)-free graphs. © 2018 Elsevier B.V. 2018 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_0166218X_v243_n_p304_Lin http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_0166218X_v243_n_p304_Lin |
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Approximation algorithms Maximum induced matching Graphic methods Approximation ratios Fractional local ratio Free graphs Greedy algorithms Induced matchings Maximum degree Maximum induced matchings NP Complete Approximation algorithms |
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Approximation algorithms Maximum induced matching Graphic methods Approximation ratios Fractional local ratio Free graphs Greedy algorithms Induced matchings Maximum degree Maximum induced matchings NP Complete Approximation algorithms Approximating weighted induced matchings |
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Approximation algorithms Maximum induced matching Graphic methods Approximation ratios Fractional local ratio Free graphs Greedy algorithms Induced matchings Maximum degree Maximum induced matchings NP Complete Approximation algorithms |
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An induced matching is a matching where no two edges are connected by a third edge. Finding a maximum induced matching on graphs with maximum degree Δ for Δ≥3, is known to be NP-complete. In this work we consider the weighted version of this problem, which has not been extensively studied in the literature. We devise an almost tight fractional local ratio algorithm with approximation ratio Δ which proves to be effective also in practice. Furthermore, we show that a simple greedy algorithm applied to K1,k-free graphs yields an approximation ratio 2k−3. We explore the behavior of this algorithm on subclasses of chair-free graphs and we show that it yields an approximation ratio k when restricted to (K1,k,chair)-free graphs. © 2018 Elsevier B.V. |
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Approximating weighted induced matchings |
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Approximating weighted induced matchings |
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Approximating weighted induced matchings |
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Approximating weighted induced matchings |
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Approximating weighted induced matchings |
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approximating weighted induced matchings |
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