Algorithm for the discrete Weber's problem with an accuracy estimate

作者:Panyukov A V*; Shangin R E
来源:Automation and Remote Control, 2016, 77(7): 1208-1215.
DOI:10.1134/S0005117916070079

摘要

We consider a relaxation of the quadratic assignment problem without the constraint on the number of objects assigned to a specific position. This problem is N P-hard in the general case. To solve the problem, we propose a polynomial algorithm with guaranteed posterior accuracy estimate; we distinguish a class of problems with special assignment cost functions where the algorithm is 2-approximate. We show that if the graph in question contains one simple loop, and the set of assignment positions is a metric space, the proposed algorithm is 2-approximate and guaranteed to be asymptotically exact. We conduct a computational experiment in order to analyze the algorithm's errors and evaluate its accuracy.

  • 出版日期2016-7