Abstract
Reduction of end-To-end network delays is an optimization task with applications in multiple domains. Low delays enable improved information flow in social networks, quick spread of ideas in collaboration networks, low travel times for vehicles on road networks and increased rate of packets in communication networks. Delay reduction can be achieved by both improving the propagation capabilities of individual nodes and adding additional edges in the network. One of the main challenges in such design problems is that the effects of local changes are not independent, and as a consequence, there is a combinatorial search space of possible improvements. Thus, minimizing the cumulative propagation delay requires novel scalable and data-driven approaches. In this paper, we consider the problem of network delay minimization via node upgrades. Although the problem is NPhard, we show that probabilistic approximation for a restricted version can be obtained. We design scalable and high-quality techniques for the general setting based on sampling that are targeted to different models of delay distribution. Our methods scale almost linearly with the graph size and consistently outperform competitors in quality.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings - 16th IEEE International Conference on Data Mining, ICDM 2016 |
Editors | Francesco Bonchi, Josep Domingo-Ferrer, Ricardo Baeza-Yates, Zhi-Hua Zhou, Xindong Wu |
Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
Pages | 1083-1088 |
Number of pages | 6 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781509054725 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 2 2016 |
Event | 16th IEEE International Conference on Data Mining, ICDM 2016 - Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain Duration: Dec 12 2016 → Dec 15 2016 |
Publication series
Name | Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Data Mining, ICDM |
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Volume | 0 |
ISSN (Print) | 1550-4786 |
Other
Other | 16th IEEE International Conference on Data Mining, ICDM 2016 |
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Country/Territory | Spain |
City | Barcelona, Catalonia |
Period | 12/12/16 → 12/15/16 |
Funding
Research was sponsored by the Army Research Laboratory and accomplished under Cooperative Agreement Number W911NF-09-2-0053 (the ARL Network Science CTA). The views and conclusions in this document are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as representing the official policies, either expressed or implied, of the Army Research Laboratory or the U.S. Government. The U.S. Government is authorized to reproduce and distribute reprints for Government purposes notwithstanding any copyright notation here on. We also would like to thank Arlei Silva for helpful discussions.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Engineering