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Polynomial-time approximation algorithm for the problem of cardinality-weighted variance-based 2-clustering with a given center
A. V. Kel'manovab, A. V. Motkovaab a Sobolev Institute of Mathematics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
b Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia
Abstract:
A strongly NP-hard problem of partitioning a finite set of points of Euclidean space into two clusters is considered. The solution criterion is the minimum of the sum (over both clusters) of weighted sums of squared distances from the elements of each cluster to its geometric center. The weights of the sums are equal to the cardinalities of the desired clusters. The center of one cluster is given as input, while the center of the other is unknown and is determined as the point of space equal to the mean of the cluster elements. A version of the problem is analyzed in which the cardinalities of the clusters are given as input. A polynomial-time 2-approximation algorithm for solving the problem is constructed.
Key words:
Euclidean space, weighted 2-clustering, NP-hardness, polynomial-time 2-approximation algorithm.
Received: 18.06.2016 Revised: 20.07.2017
Citation:
A. V. Kel'manov, A. V. Motkova, “Polynomial-time approximation algorithm for the problem of cardinality-weighted variance-based 2-clustering with a given center”, Zh. Vychisl. Mat. Mat. Fiz., 58:1 (2018), 136–142; Comput. Math. Math. Phys., 58:1 (2018), 130–136
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