A Heuristic Approach to the Consecutive Ones Submatrix Problem

أعطيت مصفوفة (0،1)، تم اقتراح مسألة المصفوفة الجزئية ذات الواحدات المتعاقبة والتي تهدف إلى إيجاد تبديل للأعمدة التي تزيد من عدد الأعمدة التي تحتوي معًا على قالب واحد فقط من الواحدات المتعاقبة في كل صف. سيتم اقتراح اسلوب الاستدلال لحل المسألة. كما سيتم دراسة مسألة تقليل القوالب المتتالية ذات الصلة بمسألة المصفوفة الجزئية ذات الواحدات المتعاقبة. تم اقتراح اجراء جديد لتحسين طريقة إدراج العمود. يتم بعد ذلك تقييم مصفوفات العالم الحقيقي ومصفوفات متولدة عشوائيًا من مسألة غطاء المجموعة و تعرض النتائج الحسابية.Given a matrix, the Consecutive Ones Submatrix (C1S) problem which aims to find the permutation of columns that maximizes the number of columns having together only one block of consecutive ones in each row is considered here. A heuristic approach will be suggested to solve the problem. Also, the Consecutive Blocks Minimization (CBM) problem which is related to the consecutive ones submatrix will be considered. The new procedure is proposed to improve the column insertion approach. Then real world and random matrices from the set covering problem will be evaluated and computational results will be highlighted

Approximation and Fixed-Parameter Algorithms for Consecutive Ones Submatrix Problems

We develop an algorithmically useful refinement of a forbidden submatrix characterization of 0/1-matrices fulfilling the Consecutive Ones Property (C1P). This characterization finds applications in new polynomial-time approximation algorithms and fixed-parameter tractability results for the NP-hard problem to delete a minimum number of rows or columns from a 0/1-matrix such that the remaining submatrix has the C1P

Combinatorial algorithms for the seriation problem

In this thesis we study the seriation problem, a combinatorial problem arising in data analysis, which asks to sequence a set of objects in such a way that similar objects are ordered close to each other. We focus on the combinatorial structure and properties of Robinsonian matrices, a special class of structured matrices which best achieve the seriation goal. Our contribution is both theoretical and practical, with a particular emphasis on algorithms. In Chapter 2 we introduce basic concepts about graphs, permutations and proximity matrices used throughout the thesis. In Chapter 3 we present Robinsonian matrices, discussing their characterizations and recognition algorithms existing in the literature. In Chapter 4 we discuss Lexicographic Breadth-First search (Lex-BFS), a special graph traversal algorithm used in multisweep algorithms for the recognition of several classes of graphs. In Chapter 5 we introduce a new Lex-BFS based algorithm to recognize Robinsonian matrices, which is derived from a new characterization of Robinsonian matrices in terms of straight enumerations of unit interval graphs. In Chapter 6 we introduce the novel Similarity-First Search algorithm (SFS), a weighted version of Lex-BFS which we use in a multisweep algorithm for the recognition of Robinsonian matrices. In Chapter 7 we model the seriation problem as an instance of Quadratic Assignment Problem (QAP) and we show that if the data has a Robinsonian structure, then one can find an optimal solution for QAP using a Robinsonian recognition algorithm. In Chapter 8 we discuss how to solve the seriation problem when the data does not have a Robinsonian structure, by finding a Robinsonian approximation of the original data. Finally, in Chapter 9 we discuss some experiments which we have carried out in order to compare the performance of the algorithms introduced in the thesis