Fast Static and Dynamic Approximation Algorithms for Geometric Optimization Problems: Piercing, Independent Set, Vertex Cover, and Matching

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author Bhore, Sujoy
Chan, Timothy M.
author_facet Bhore, Sujoy
Chan, Timothy M.
contents We develop simple and general techniques to obtain faster (near-linear time) static approximation algorithms, as well as efficient dynamic data structures, for four fundamental geometric optimization problems: minimum piercing set (MPS), maximum independent set (MIS), minimum vertex cover (MVC), and maximum-cardinality matching (MCM). Highlights of our results include the following: * For $n$ axis-aligned boxes in any constant dimension $d$, we give an $O(\log \log n)$-approximation algorithm for MPS that runs in $O(n^{1+δ})$ time for an arbitrarily small constant $δ>0$. This significantly improves the previous $O(\log\log n)$-approximation algorithm by Agarwal, Har-Peled, Raychaudhury, and Sintos (SODA~2024), which ran in $O(n^{d/2}\mathop{\rm polylog} n)$ time. * Furthermore, we show that our algorithm can be made fully dynamic with $O(n^δ)$ amortized update time. Previously, Agarwal et al.~(SODA~2024) obtained dynamic results only in $\mathbb{R}^2$ and achieved only $O(\sqrt{n}\mathop{\rm polylog} n)$ amortized expected update time. * For $n$ axis-aligned rectangles in $\mathbb{R}^2$, we give an $O(1)$-approximation algorithm for MIS that runs in $O(n^{1+δ})$ time. Our result significantly improves the running time of the celebrated algorithm by Mitchell (FOCS~2021) (which was about $O(n^{21})$), and answers one of his open questions. Our algorithm can also be made fully dynamic with $O(n^δ)$ amortized update time. * For $n$ (unweighted or weighted) fat objects in any constant dimension, we give a dynamic $O(1)$-approximation algorithm for MIS with $O(n^δ)$ amortized update time. * For disks in $\mathbb{R}^2$ or hypercubes in any constant dimension, we give the first fully dynamic $(1+\varepsilon)$-approximation algorithms for MVC and MCM with $O(\mathop{\rm polylog}n)$ amortized update time.
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spellingShingle Fast Static and Dynamic Approximation Algorithms for Geometric Optimization Problems: Piercing, Independent Set, Vertex Cover, and Matching
Bhore, Sujoy
Chan, Timothy M.
Computational Geometry
Data Structures and Algorithms
We develop simple and general techniques to obtain faster (near-linear time) static approximation algorithms, as well as efficient dynamic data structures, for four fundamental geometric optimization problems: minimum piercing set (MPS), maximum independent set (MIS), minimum vertex cover (MVC), and maximum-cardinality matching (MCM). Highlights of our results include the following: * For $n$ axis-aligned boxes in any constant dimension $d$, we give an $O(\log \log n)$-approximation algorithm for MPS that runs in $O(n^{1+δ})$ time for an arbitrarily small constant $δ>0$. This significantly improves the previous $O(\log\log n)$-approximation algorithm by Agarwal, Har-Peled, Raychaudhury, and Sintos (SODA~2024), which ran in $O(n^{d/2}\mathop{\rm polylog} n)$ time. * Furthermore, we show that our algorithm can be made fully dynamic with $O(n^δ)$ amortized update time. Previously, Agarwal et al.~(SODA~2024) obtained dynamic results only in $\mathbb{R}^2$ and achieved only $O(\sqrt{n}\mathop{\rm polylog} n)$ amortized expected update time. * For $n$ axis-aligned rectangles in $\mathbb{R}^2$, we give an $O(1)$-approximation algorithm for MIS that runs in $O(n^{1+δ})$ time. Our result significantly improves the running time of the celebrated algorithm by Mitchell (FOCS~2021) (which was about $O(n^{21})$), and answers one of his open questions. Our algorithm can also be made fully dynamic with $O(n^δ)$ amortized update time. * For $n$ (unweighted or weighted) fat objects in any constant dimension, we give a dynamic $O(1)$-approximation algorithm for MIS with $O(n^δ)$ amortized update time. * For disks in $\mathbb{R}^2$ or hypercubes in any constant dimension, we give the first fully dynamic $(1+\varepsilon)$-approximation algorithms for MVC and MCM with $O(\mathop{\rm polylog}n)$ amortized update time.
title Fast Static and Dynamic Approximation Algorithms for Geometric Optimization Problems: Piercing, Independent Set, Vertex Cover, and Matching
topic Computational Geometry
Data Structures and Algorithms
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.20659