Title
Average-case complexity of the min-sum matrix product problem.
Abstract
We study the average-case complexity of min-sum product of matrices, which is a fundamental operation that has many applications in computer science. We focus on optimizing the number of “algebraic” operations (i.e., operations involving real numbers) used in the computation, since such operations are usually expensive in various environments. We present an algorithm that can compute the min-sum product of two n×n real matrices using only O(n2) algebraic operations, given that the matrix elements are drawn independently and identically from some fixed probability distribution satisfying several constraints. This improves the previously best known upper-bound of O(n2log⁡n). The class of probability distributions under which our algorithm works include many important and commonly used distributions, such as uniform distributions, exponential distributions, folded normal distributions, etc.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1016/j.tcs.2015.09.008
Theoretical Computer Science
Keywords
Field
DocType
Min-sum product,Min-plus product,Matrix multiplication
Average-case complexity,Discrete mathematics,Combinatorics,Normal distribution,2 × 2 real matrices,Matrix (mathematics),Probability distribution,Freivalds' algorithm,Matrix multiplication,Mathematics,Algebraic operation
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
609
P1
0304-3975
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
13
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ken C. K. Fong121.75
Minming Li282182.16
Hongyu Liang38416.39
Linji Yang4585.17
Hao Yuan533.76