Title
Approximability of Clausal Constraints
Abstract
We study a family of problems, called Maximum Solution (Max Sol), where the objective is to maximise a linear goal function over the feasible integer assignments to a set of variables subject to a set of constraints. When the domain is Boolean (i.e. restricted to {0,1}), the maximum solution problem is identical to the well-studied Max Ones problem, and the complexity and approximability is completely understood for all restrictions on the underlying constraints. We continue this line of research by considering the Max Sol problem for relations defined by regular signed logic over finite subsets of the natural numbers; the complexity of the corresponding decision problem has recently been classified by Creignou et al. (Theory Comput. Syst. 42(2):239–255, 2008). We give sufficient conditions for when such problems are polynomial-time solvable and we prove that they are APX-hard otherwise. Similar dichotomies are also obtained for variants of the Max Sol problem.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1007/s00224-008-9145-7
Theory Comput. Syst.
Keywords
Field
DocType
Constrain satisfaction,Approximability,Computational complexity,Regular signed logic,Maximum solution
Integer,Discrete mathematics,Decision problem,Natural number,Combinatorics,Mathematics,Computational complexity theory
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
46
2
1432-4350
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.36
26
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Peter Jonsson170054.04
Gustav Nordh212110.40