963 research outputs found
Long monotone trails in random edge-labelings of random graphs
Given a graph and a bijection , we say that a trail/path in is -\emph{increasing} if the
labels of consecutive edges of this trail/path form an increasing sequence.
More than 40 years ago Chv\'atal and Koml\'os raised the question of providing
the worst-case estimates of the length of the longest increasing trail/path
over all edge orderings of . The case of a trail was resolved by Graham
and Kleitman, who proved that the answer is , and the case of a path is
still widely open. Recently Lavrov and Loh proposed to study the average case
of this problem in which the edge ordering is chosen uniformly at random. They
conjectured (and it was proved by Martinsson) that such an ordering with high
probability (whp) contains an increasing Hamilton path.
In this paper we consider random graph and its edge ordering
chosen uniformly at random. In this setting we determine whp the asymptotics of
the number of edges in the longest increasing trail. In particular we prove an
average case of the result of Graham and Kleitman, showing that the random edge
ordering of has whp an increasing trail of length and this
is tight. We also obtain an asymptotically tight result for the length of the
longest increasing path for random Erd\H{o}-Renyi graphs with
Truthful Mechanisms for Matching and Clustering in an Ordinal World
We study truthful mechanisms for matching and related problems in a partial
information setting, where the agents' true utilities are hidden, and the
algorithm only has access to ordinal preference information. Our model is
motivated by the fact that in many settings, agents cannot express the
numerical values of their utility for different outcomes, but are still able to
rank the outcomes in their order of preference. Specifically, we study problems
where the ground truth exists in the form of a weighted graph of agent
utilities, but the algorithm can only elicit the agents' private information in
the form of a preference ordering for each agent induced by the underlying
weights. Against this backdrop, we design truthful algorithms to approximate
the true optimum solution with respect to the hidden weights. Our techniques
yield universally truthful algorithms for a number of graph problems: a
1.76-approximation algorithm for Max-Weight Matching, 2-approximation algorithm
for Max k-matching, a 6-approximation algorithm for Densest k-subgraph, and a
2-approximation algorithm for Max Traveling Salesman as long as the hidden
weights constitute a metric. We also provide improved approximation algorithms
for such problems when the agents are not able to lie about their preferences.
Our results are the first non-trivial truthful approximation algorithms for
these problems, and indicate that in many situations, we can design robust
algorithms even when the agents may lie and only provide ordinal information
instead of precise utilities.Comment: To appear in the Proceedings of WINE 201
Integrals of motion in the Many-Body localized phase
We construct a complete set of quasi-local integrals of motion for the
many-body localized phase of interacting fermions in a disordered potential.
The integrals of motion can be chosen to have binary spectrum , thus
constituting exact quasiparticle occupation number operators for the Fermi
insulator. We map the problem onto a non-Hermitian hopping problem on a lattice
in operator space. We show how the integrals of motion can be built, under
certain approximations, as a convergent series in the interaction strength. An
estimate of its radius of convergence is given, which also provides an estimate
for the many-body localization-delocalization transition. Finally, we discuss
how the properties of the operator expansion for the integrals of motion imply
the presence or absence of a finite temperature transition.Comment: 65 pages, 12 figures. Corrected typos, added reference
Maximizing Neutrality in News Ordering
The detection of fake news has received increasing attention over the past
few years, but there are more subtle ways of deceiving one's audience. In
addition to the content of news stories, their presentation can also be made
misleading or biased. In this work, we study the impact of the ordering of news
stories on audience perception. We introduce the problems of detecting
cherry-picked news orderings and maximizing neutrality in news orderings. We
prove hardness results and present several algorithms for approximately solving
these problems. Furthermore, we provide extensive experimental results and
present evidence of potential cherry-picking in the real world.Comment: 14 pages, 13 figures, accepted to KDD '2
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