Approximation algorithm for the partial set multi-cover problem

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Abstract: Partial set cover problem and set multi-cover problem are two generalizations of set cover problem. In this paper, we consider the partial set multi-cover problem which is a combination of them: given an element set E, a collection of sets mathcalSsubseteq2E, a total covering ratio q which is a constant between 0 and 1, each set SinmathcalS is associated with a cost cS, each element einE is associated with a covering requirement re, the goal is to find a minimum cost sub-collection mathcalSsubseteqmathcalS to fully cover at least q|E| elements, where element e is fully covered if it belongs to at least re sets of mathcalS. Denote by rmax=maxrecoloneinE the maximum covering requirement. We present an (O(fracrmaxlog2nvarepsilon),1varepsilon)-bicriteria approximation algorithm, that is, the output of our algorithm has cost at most O(fracrmaxlog2nvarepsilon) times of the optimal value while the number of fully covered elements is at least (1varepsilon)q|E|.



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