Title
Eigenvalue, quadratic programming, and semidefinite programming relaxations for a cut minimization problem
Abstract
We consider the problem of partitioning the node set of a graph into k sets of given sizes in order to minimize the cut obtained using (removing) the kth set. If the resulting cut has value 0, then we have obtained a vertex separator. This problem is closely related to the graph partitioning problem. In fact, the model we use is the same as that for the graph partitioning problem except for a different quadratic objective function. We look at known and new bounds obtained from various relaxations for this NP-hard problem. This includes: the standard eigenvalue bound, projected eigenvalue bounds using both the adjacency matrix and the Laplacian, quadratic programming (QP) bounds based on recent successful QP bounds for the quadratic assignment problems, and semidefinite programming bounds. We include numerical tests for large and huge problems that illustrate the efficiency of the bounds in terms of strength and time.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1007/s10589-015-9779-8
Computational Optimization and Applications
Keywords
Field
DocType
Vertex separators,Eigenvalue bounds,Semidefinite programming bounds,Graph partitioning,Large scale,05C70,15A42,90C22,90C27,90C59
Adjacency matrix,Discrete mathematics,Mathematical optimization,Combinatorics,Quadratically constrained quadratic program,Vertex separator,Quadratic programming,Graph partition,Eigenvalues and eigenvectors,Mathematics,Semidefinite programming,Maximum cut
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
63
2
0926-6003
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.35
14
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ting Kei Pong142723.18
hao sun210.35
ningchuan wang310.35
Henry Wolkowicz41444260.72