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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2010.2476
URN: urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-24766
URL: http://dagstuhl.sunsite.rwth-aachen.de/volltexte/2010/2476/
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Epstein, Leah ; Levin, Asaf ; Mestre, Julián ; Segev, Danny

Improved Approximation Guarantees for Weighted Matching in the Semi-Streaming Model

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Abstract

We study the maximum weight matching problem in the semi-streaming
model, and improve on the currently best one-pass algorithm due to
Zelke (Proc.\ STACS~'08, pages 669--680) by devising a deterministic
approach whose performance guarantee is $4.91 + \eps$. In addition,
we study {\em preemptive} online algorithms, a sub-class of one-pass
algorithms where we are only allowed to maintain a feasible matching
in memory at any point in time. All known results prior to Zelke's
belong to this sub-class. We provide a lower bound of $4.967$ on the
competitive ratio of any such deterministic algorithm, and hence
show that future improvements will have to store in memory a set of
edges which is not necessarily a feasible matching. We conclude by
presenting an empirical study, conducted in order to compare the
practical performance of our approach to that of previously
suggested algorithms.

BibTeX - Entry

@InProceedings{epstein_et_al:LIPIcs:2010:2476,
  author =	{Leah Epstein and Asaf Levin and Juli{\'a}n Mestre and Danny Segev},
  title =	{{Improved Approximation Guarantees for Weighted Matching in the Semi-Streaming Model}},
  booktitle =	{27th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science},
  pages =	{347--358},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-939897-16-3},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2010},
  volume =	{5},
  editor =	{Jean-Yves Marion and Thomas Schwentick},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl--Leibniz-Zentrum fuer Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{http://drops.dagstuhl.de/opus/volltexte/2010/2476},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-24766},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2010.2476},
  annote =	{Keywords: Approximation guarantees, semi-streaming model, one-pass algorithm}
}

Keywords: Approximation guarantees, semi-streaming model, one-pass algorithm
Collection: 27th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science
Issue Date: 2010
Date of publication: 09.03.2010

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