Title
Research on Solution Space of Bipartite Graph Vertex-Cover by Maximum Matchings
Abstract
Some algorithms and statistics of the vertex-cover solution space on bipartite graphs are investigated in this paper. Based on Konig's theorem, an exact algorithm for solution space expression is proposed and some statistical analysis of the nodes' states is provided. The statistical results fit well with the algorithmic ones before the emergence of the unfrozen core, which leads to fluctuations of the statistical quantities and produces replica symmetric breaking in the solutions. Besides, the entropy and the clustering entropy of bipartite-graph vertex-cover solutions are calculated using some cycle simplification technique for the unfrozen core. Furthermore, as a generalization of bipartite graphs, a bipartite core graph is proposed, the solution space of which can also be easily determined; and to have further knowledge on the easily-solving vertex-cover instances, how to generate a Konig-Egervary subgraph is studied by a growth process of adding edges. The investigation on the solution space of a bipartite-graph vertex-cover provides some insights and intensive understanding on solution space complexity, and will provide benefits in finding the maximum Konig-Egervary subgraphs, solving a general-graph vertex-cover and recognizing the intrinsic hardness of NP-complete problems.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1088/1742-5468/2015/11/P11027
JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL MECHANICS-THEORY AND EXPERIMENT
Keywords
Field
DocType
disordered systems (theory),classical phase transitions (theory),phase diagrams (theory),cavity and replica method
Discrete mathematics,Graph,Replica,Combinatorics,Exact algorithm,Bipartite graph,Vertex cover,Cluster analysis,Blossom algorithm,Mathematics,Statistical analysis
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
abs/1505.06955
11
1742-5468
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
6
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Wei Wei101.35
yunjia zhang200.34
Wang Ting35514.14
baifeng li400.34
baolong niu500.34
Zhiming Zheng612816.80