1-sparsity Approximation Bounds for Packing Integer Programs

Chandra Chekuri, Kent Quanrud, Manuel R. Torres

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Abstract

We consider approximation algorithms for packing integer programs (PIPs) of the form where c, A, and b are nonnegative. We let denote the width of A which is at least 1. Previous work by Bansal et al. [1] obtained an -approximation ratio where is the maximum number of nonzeroes in any column of A (in other words the -column sparsity of A). They raised the question of obtaining approximation ratios based on the -column sparsity of A (denoted by) which can be much smaller than Motivated by recent work on covering integer programs (CIPs) [4, 7] we show that simple algorithms based on randomized rounding followed by alteration, similar to those of Bansal et al. [1] (but with a twist), yield approximation ratios for PIPs based on First, following an integrality gap example from [1], we observe that the case of is as hard as maximum independent set even when In sharp contrast to this negative result, as soon as width is strictly larger than one, we obtain positive results via the natural LP relaxation. For PIPs with width where we obtain an -approximation. In the large width regime, when we obtain an -approximation. We also obtain a -approximation when.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationInteger Programming and Combinatorial Optimization - 20th International Conference, IPCO 2019, Proceedings
EditorsAndrea Lodi, Viswanath Nagarajan
PublisherSpringer
Pages128-140
Number of pages13
ISBN (Print)9783030179526
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019
Event20th International Conference on Integer Programming and Combinatorial Optimization, IPCO 2019 - Ann Arbor, United States
Duration: May 22 2019May 24 2019

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume11480 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference20th International Conference on Integer Programming and Combinatorial Optimization, IPCO 2019
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAnn Arbor
Period5/22/195/24/19

Keywords

  • Approximation algorithms
  • Packing integer programs
  • column sparsity

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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