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Symmetric duality for a class of nondifferentiable multi-objective fractional variational problems
AbstractWe introduce a symmetric dual pair for a class of nondifferentiable multi-objective fractional variational problems. Weak, strong, converse and self duality relations are established under certain invexity assumptions. The paper includes extensions of previous symmetric duality results for multi-objective fractional variational problems obtained by Kim, Lee and Schaible [D.S. Kim, W.J. Lee, S. Schaible, Symmetric duality for invex multiobjective fractional variational problems, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 289 (2004) 505–521] and symmetric duality results for the static case obtained by Yang, Wang and Deng [X.M. Yang, S.Y. Wang, X.T. Deng, Symmetric duality for a class of multiobjective fractional programming problems, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 274 (2002) 279–295] to the dynamic case
The complexity of finite-valued CSPs
We study the computational complexity of exact minimisation of
rational-valued discrete functions. Let be a set of rational-valued
functions on a fixed finite domain; such a set is called a finite-valued
constraint language. The valued constraint satisfaction problem,
, is the problem of minimising a function given as
a sum of functions from . We establish a dichotomy theorem with respect
to exact solvability for all finite-valued constraint languages defined on
domains of arbitrary finite size.
We show that every constraint language either admits a binary
symmetric fractional polymorphism in which case the basic linear programming
relaxation solves any instance of exactly, or
satisfies a simple hardness condition that allows for a
polynomial-time reduction from Max-Cut to
The power of linear programming for general-valued CSPs
Let , called the domain, be a fixed finite set and let , called
the valued constraint language, be a fixed set of functions of the form
, where different functions might have
different arity . We study the valued constraint satisfaction problem
parametrised by , denoted by VCSP. These are minimisation
problems given by variables and the objective function given by a sum of
functions from , each depending on a subset of the variables.
Finite-valued constraint languages contain functions that take on only rational
values and not infinite values.
Our main result is a precise algebraic characterisation of valued constraint
languages whose instances can be solved exactly by the basic linear programming
relaxation (BLP). For a valued constraint language , BLP is a decision
procedure for if and only if admits a symmetric fractional
polymorphism of every arity. For a finite-valued constraint language ,
BLP is a decision procedure if and only if admits a symmetric
fractional polymorphism of some arity, or equivalently, if admits a
symmetric fractional polymorphism of arity 2.
Using these results, we obtain tractability of several novel classes of
problems, including problems over valued constraint languages that are: (1)
submodular on arbitrary lattices; (2) -submodular on arbitrary finite
domains; (3) weakly (and hence strongly) tree-submodular on arbitrary trees.Comment: A full version of a FOCS'12 paper by the last two authors
(arXiv:1204.1079) and an ICALP'13 paper by the first author (arXiv:1207.7213)
to appear in SIAM Journal on Computing (SICOMP
An SDP Approach For Solving Quadratic Fractional Programming Problems
This paper considers a fractional programming problem (P) which minimizes a
ratio of quadratic functions subject to a two-sided quadratic constraint. As is
well-known, the fractional objective function can be replaced by a parametric
family of quadratic functions, which makes (P) highly related to, but more
difficult than a single quadratic programming problem subject to a similar
constraint set. The task is to find the optimal parameter and then
look for the optimal solution if is attained. Contrasted with the
classical Dinkelbach method that iterates over the parameter, we propose a
suitable constraint qualification under which a new version of the S-lemma with
an equality can be proved so as to compute directly via an exact
SDP relaxation. When the constraint set of (P) is degenerated to become an
one-sided inequality, the same SDP approach can be applied to solve (P) {\it
without any condition}. We observe that the difference between a two-sided
problem and an one-sided problem lies in the fact that the S-lemma with an
equality does not have a natural Slater point to hold, which makes the former
essentially more difficult than the latter. This work does not, either, assume
the existence of a positive-definite linear combination of the quadratic terms
(also known as the dual Slater condition, or a positive-definite matrix
pencil), our result thus provides a novel extension to the so-called "hard
case" of the generalized trust region subproblem subject to the upper and the
lower level set of a quadratic function.Comment: 26 page
The Power of Linear Programming for Valued CSPs
A class of valued constraint satisfaction problems (VCSPs) is characterised
by a valued constraint language, a fixed set of cost functions on a finite
domain. An instance of the problem is specified by a sum of cost functions from
the language with the goal to minimise the sum. This framework includes and
generalises well-studied constraint satisfaction problems (CSPs) and maximum
constraint satisfaction problems (Max-CSPs).
Our main result is a precise algebraic characterisation of valued constraint
languages whose instances can be solved exactly by the basic linear programming
relaxation. Using this result, we obtain tractability of several novel and
previously widely-open classes of VCSPs, including problems over valued
constraint languages that are: (1) submodular on arbitrary lattices; (2)
bisubmodular (also known as k-submodular) on arbitrary finite domains; (3)
weakly (and hence strongly) tree-submodular on arbitrary trees.Comment: Corrected a few typo
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