TY - GEN
T1 - Near optimal LP rounding algorithm for correlation clustering on complete and complete k-partite graphs
AU - Chawla, Shuchi
AU - Makarychev, Konstantin
AU - Schramm, Tselil
AU - Yaroslavtsev, Grigory
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PY - 2015/6/14
Y1 - 2015/6/14
N2 - We give new rounding schemes for the standard linear programming relaxation of the correlation clustering problem, achieving approximation factors almost matching the integrality gaps: • For complete graphs our approximation is 2.06 - ε, which almost matches the previously known integrality gap of 2. • For complete k-partite graphs our approximation is 3. We also show a matching integrality gap. • For complete graphs with edge weights satisfying triangle inequalities and probability constraints, our approximation is 1.5, and we show an integrality gap of 1.2. Our results improve a long line of work on approximation algorithms for correlation clustering in complete graphs, previously culminating in a ratio of 2.5 for the complete case by Ailon, Charikar and Newman (JACM'08). In the weighted complete case satisfying triangle inequalities and probability constraints, the same authors give a 2-approximation; for the bipartite case, Ailon, Avigdor-Elgrabli, Liberty and van Zuylen give a 4-approximation (SICOMP'12).
AB - We give new rounding schemes for the standard linear programming relaxation of the correlation clustering problem, achieving approximation factors almost matching the integrality gaps: • For complete graphs our approximation is 2.06 - ε, which almost matches the previously known integrality gap of 2. • For complete k-partite graphs our approximation is 3. We also show a matching integrality gap. • For complete graphs with edge weights satisfying triangle inequalities and probability constraints, our approximation is 1.5, and we show an integrality gap of 1.2. Our results improve a long line of work on approximation algorithms for correlation clustering in complete graphs, previously culminating in a ratio of 2.5 for the complete case by Ailon, Charikar and Newman (JACM'08). In the weighted complete case satisfying triangle inequalities and probability constraints, the same authors give a 2-approximation; for the bipartite case, Ailon, Avigdor-Elgrabli, Liberty and van Zuylen give a 4-approximation (SICOMP'12).
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U2 - 10.1145/2746539.2746604
DO - 10.1145/2746539.2746604
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84958778713
T3 - Proceedings of the Annual ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing
SP - 219
EP - 228
BT - STOC 2015 - Proceedings of the 2015 ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
T2 - 47th Annual ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing, STOC 2015
Y2 - 14 June 2015 through 17 June 2015
ER -