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Approximation algorithms for the cluster editing problem with small clusters Full article

Journal Discrete Optimization
ISSN: 1572-5286
Output data Year: 2025, Volume: 57, Article number : 100900, Pages count : 14 DOI: 10.1016/j.disopt.2025.100900
Tags Cluster editing, Approximation algorithm, Performance guarantee
Authors Kononov Alexander 1 , Il’ev Victor 2,3
Affiliations
1 Sobolev Institute of Mathematics SB RAS
2 Sobolev Institute of Mathematics SB RAS
3 Dostoevsky Omsk State University

Funding (2)

1 Sobolev Institute of Mathematics FWNF-2022-0019
2 Омский филиал ФГБУН «Институт математики им. С.Л. Соболева СО РАН». FWNF-2022-0020

Abstract: Clustering is the task of dividing objects into groups (called clusters) so that objects in the same group are similar to each other. The Cluster Editing problem is one of the most natural ways to model clustering on graphs. In this problem, the similarity relation between objects is given by an undirected graph whose vertices correspond to the objects, edges connect couples of similar objects, and it is required to partition the set of vertices into disjoint subsets minimizing the number of edges between clusters and the number of missing edges within clusters. We present new approximation algorithms with better worst-case performance guarantees when cluster sizes are upper bounded by three or four vertices.
Cite: Kononov A. , Il’ev V.
Approximation algorithms for the cluster editing problem with small clusters
Discrete Optimization. 2025. V.57. 100900 :1-14. DOI: 10.1016/j.disopt.2025.100900 Scopus
Dates:
Submitted: Dec 4, 2023
Accepted: May 23, 2025
Published print: Jun 13, 2025
Published online: Jun 13, 2025
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Scopus: 2-s2.0-105007969232
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