Markovian online matching algorithms on large bipartite random graphs

DOI10.1007/S11009-022-09973-YarXiv2105.04440MaRDI QIDQ6367282FDOQ6367282

Vincent Robin, Pascal Moyal, Mohamed Habib Aliou Diallo Aoudi

Publication date: 10 May 2021

Abstract: In this paper, we present an approximation of the matching coverage on large bipartite graphs, for {em local} online matching algorithms based on the sole knowledge of the remaining degree of the nodes of the graph at hand. This approximation is obtained by applying the Differential Equation Method to a measure-valued process representing an alternative construction, in which the matching and the graph are constructed simultaneously, by a uniform pairing leading to a realization of the bipartite Configuration Model. The latter auxiliary construction is shown to be equivalent in distribution to the original one. It allows to drastically reduce the complexity of the problem, in that the resulting matching coverage can be written as a simple function of the final value of the process, and in turn, approximated by a simple function of the solution of a system of ODE's. By way of simulations, we illustrate the accuracy of our estimate, and then compare the performance of an algorithm based on the minimal residual degree of the nodes, to the classical greedy matching.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Online algorithms; streaming algorithms (68W27) Random graphs (graph-theoretic aspects) (05C80) Graph algorithms (graph-theoretic aspects) (05C85) Edge subsets with special properties (factorization, matching, partitioning, covering and packing, etc.) (05C70)

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