Diversity-aware clustering: Computational Complexity and Approximation Algorithms

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Main Authors: Thejaswi, Suhas, Gadekar, Ameet, Ordozgoiti, Bruno, Gionis, Aristides
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author Thejaswi, Suhas
Gadekar, Ameet
Ordozgoiti, Bruno
Gionis, Aristides
author_facet Thejaswi, Suhas
Gadekar, Ameet
Ordozgoiti, Bruno
Gionis, Aristides
contents In this work, we study diversity-aware clustering problems where the data points are associated with multiple attributes resulting in intersecting groups. A clustering solution needs to ensure that the number of chosen cluster centers from each group should be within the range defined by a lower and upper bound threshold for each group, while simultaneously minimizing the clustering objective, which can be either $k$-median, $k$-means or $k$-supplier. We study the computational complexity of the proposed problems, offering insights into their NP-hardness, polynomial-time inapproximability, and fixed-parameter intractability. We present parameterized approximation algorithms with approximation ratios $1+ \frac{2}{e} + ε\approx 1.736$, $1+\frac{8}{e} + ε\approx 3.943$, and $5$ for diversity-aware $k$-median, diversity-aware $k$-means and diversity-aware $k$-supplier, respectively. Assuming Gap-ETH, the approximation ratios are tight for the diversity-aware $k$-median and diversity-aware $k$-means problems. Our results imply the same approximation factors for their respective fair variants with disjoint groups -- fair $k$-median, fair $k$-means, and fair $k$-supplier -- with lower bound requirements.
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spellingShingle Diversity-aware clustering: Computational Complexity and Approximation Algorithms
Thejaswi, Suhas
Gadekar, Ameet
Ordozgoiti, Bruno
Gionis, Aristides
Data Structures and Algorithms
Artificial Intelligence
Computational Complexity
Machine Learning
In this work, we study diversity-aware clustering problems where the data points are associated with multiple attributes resulting in intersecting groups. A clustering solution needs to ensure that the number of chosen cluster centers from each group should be within the range defined by a lower and upper bound threshold for each group, while simultaneously minimizing the clustering objective, which can be either $k$-median, $k$-means or $k$-supplier. We study the computational complexity of the proposed problems, offering insights into their NP-hardness, polynomial-time inapproximability, and fixed-parameter intractability. We present parameterized approximation algorithms with approximation ratios $1+ \frac{2}{e} + ε\approx 1.736$, $1+\frac{8}{e} + ε\approx 3.943$, and $5$ for diversity-aware $k$-median, diversity-aware $k$-means and diversity-aware $k$-supplier, respectively. Assuming Gap-ETH, the approximation ratios are tight for the diversity-aware $k$-median and diversity-aware $k$-means problems. Our results imply the same approximation factors for their respective fair variants with disjoint groups -- fair $k$-median, fair $k$-means, and fair $k$-supplier -- with lower bound requirements.
title Diversity-aware clustering: Computational Complexity and Approximation Algorithms
topic Data Structures and Algorithms
Artificial Intelligence
Computational Complexity
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.05502