Random Order Set Cover is as Easy as Offline

Autor:	Gupta, Anupam, Kehne, Gregory, Levin, Roie
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	Computer Science - Data Structures and Algorithms
Druh dokumentu:	Working Paper
Popis:	We give a polynomial-time algorithm for OnlineSetCover with a competitive ratio of $O(\log mn)$ when the elements are revealed in random order, essentially matching the best possible offline bound of $O(\log n)$ and circumventing the $\Omega(\log m \log n)$ lower bound known in adversarial order. We also extend the result to solving pure covering IPs when constraints arrive in random order. The algorithm is a multiplicative-weights-based round-and-solve approach we call LearnOrCover. We maintain a coarse fractional solution that is neither feasible nor monotone increasing, but can nevertheless be rounded online to achieve the claimed guarantee (in the random order model). This gives a new offline algorithm for SetCover that performs a single pass through the elements, which may be of independent interest. Comment: minor correction to potential argument
Databáze:	arXiv
Externí odkaz:	http://arxiv.org/abs/2111.06842 Zobrazit plný text záznamu View this record from Arxiv