Approximation algorithms for minimum norm and ordered optimization problems

DOI10.1145/3313276.3316322zbMATH Open1433.68612arXiv1811.05022OpenAlexW2963120985MaRDI QIDQ5212754FDOQ5212754

Authors: Deeparnab Chakrabarty, Chaitanya Swamy 

Publication date: 30 January 2020

Published in: Proceedings of the 51st Annual ACM SIGACT Symposium on Theory of Computing (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: ${\displaystyle }$In many optimization problems, a feasible solution induces a multi-dimensional cost vector. For example, in load-balancing a schedule induces a load vector across the machines. In $k$-clustering, opening $k$ facilities induces an assignment cost vector across the clients. In this paper we consider the following minimum norm optimization problem : Given an arbitrary monotone, symmetric norm, find a solution which minimizes the norm of the induced cost-vector. This generalizes many fundamental NP-hard problems. We give a general framework to tackle the minimum norm problem, and illustrate its efficacy in the unrelated machine load balancing and $k$-clustering setting. Our concrete results are the following. $$ We give constant factor approximation algorithms for the minimum norm load balancing problem in unrelated machines, and the minimum norm $k$-clustering problem. To our knowledge, our results constitute the first constant-factor approximations for such a general suite of objectives. $$ In load balancing with unrelated machines, we give a $2$-approximation for the problem of finding an assignment minimizing the sum of the largest $ell$ loads, for any $ell$. We give a $(2+varepsilon)$-approximation for the so-called ordered load-balancing problem. $$ For $k$-clustering, we give a $(5+varepsilon)$-approximation for the ordered $k$-median problem significantly improving the constant factor approximations from Byrka, Sornat, and Spoerhase (STOC 2018) and Chakrabarty and Swamy (ICALP 2018). $$ Our techniques also imply $O(1)$ approximations to the best simultaneous optimization factor for any instance of the unrelated machine load-balancing and the $k$-clustering setting. To our knowledge, these are the first positive simultaneous optimization results in these settings.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1811.05022

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zbMATH Keywords

clusteringapproximation algorithmload balancingminimum norm optimizationordered optimization

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Deterministic scheduling theory in operations research (90B35) Combinatorial optimization (90C27) Approximation algorithms (68W25) Discrete location and assignment (90B80)

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