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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2017.55
URN: urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-82648
URL: http://dagstuhl.sunsite.rwth-aachen.de/volltexte/2017/8264/
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McClintock, Jessica ; Mestre, Julián ; Wirth, Anthony

Precedence-Constrained Min Sum Set Cover

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Abstract

We introduce a version of the Min Sum Set Cover (MSSC) problem in which there are "AND" precedence constraints on the m sets. In the Precedence-Constrained Min Sum Set Cover (PCMSSC) problem, when interpreted as directed edges, the constraints induce an acyclic directed graph. PCMSSC models the aim of scheduling software tests to prioritize the rate of fault detection subject to dependencies between tests.

Our greedy scheme for PCMSSC is similar to the approaches of Feige, Lovasz, and, Tetali for MSSC, and Chekuri and Motwani for precedence-constrained scheduling to minimize weighted completion time. With a factor-4 increase in approximation ratio, we reduce PCMSSC to the problem of
finding a maximum-density precedence-closed sub-family of sets, where density is the ratio of sub-family union size to cardinality. We provide a greedy factor-sqrt m algorithm for maximizing density; on forests of in-trees, we show this algorithm finds an optimal solution. Harnessing an alternative greedy argument of Chekuri and Kumar for Maximum Coverage with Group Budget Constraints, on forests of out-trees, we design an algorithm with approximation ratio equal to maximum tree height.

Finally, with a reduction from the Planted Dense Subgraph detection problem, we show that its conjectured hardness implies there is no polynomial-time algorithm for PCMSSC with approximation factor in O(m^{1/12-epsilon}).

BibTeX - Entry

@InProceedings{mcclintock_et_al:LIPIcs:2017:8264,
  author =	{Jessica McClintock and Juli{\'a}n Mestre and Anthony Wirth},
  title =	{{Precedence-Constrained Min Sum Set Cover}},
  booktitle =	{28th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2017)},
  pages =	{55:1--55:12},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-054-5},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2017},
  volume =	{92},
  editor =	{Yoshio Okamoto and Takeshi Tokuyama},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl--Leibniz-Zentrum fuer Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{http://drops.dagstuhl.de/opus/volltexte/2017/8264},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-82648},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2017.55},
  annote =	{Keywords: planted dense subgraph, min sum set cover, precedence constrained}
}

Keywords: planted dense subgraph, min sum set cover, precedence constrained
Collection: 28th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2017)
Issue Date: 2017
Date of publication: 07.12.2017

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