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Autori principali: Sumnicht, Christopher, Weber, Jamison W., Giriyan, Dhanush R., Sen, Arunabha
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Pubblicazione: 2024
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Accesso online:https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.09155
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author Sumnicht, Christopher
Weber, Jamison W.
Giriyan, Dhanush R.
Sen, Arunabha
author_facet Sumnicht, Christopher
Weber, Jamison W.
Giriyan, Dhanush R.
Sen, Arunabha
contents Significant work has been done on computing the ``average'' optimal solution value for various $\mathsf{NP}$-complete problems using the Erdös-Rényi model to establish \emph{critical thresholds}. Critical thresholds define narrow bounds for the optimal solution of a problem instance such that the probability that the solution value lies outside these bounds vanishes as the instance size approaches infinity. In this paper, we extend the Erdös-Rényi model to general hypergraphs on $n$ vertices and $M$ hyperedges. We consider the problem of determining critical thresholds for the largest cardinality matching, and we show that for $M=o(1.155^n)$ the size of the maximum cardinality matching is almost surely 1. On the other hand, if $M=Θ(2^n)$ then the size of the maximum cardinality matching is $Ω(n^{\frac12-γ})$ for an arbitrary $γ>0$. Lastly, we address the gap where $Ω(1.155^n)=M=o(2^n)$ empirically through computer simulations.
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spellingShingle Critical Thresholds for Maximum Cardinality Matching on General Hypergraphs
Sumnicht, Christopher
Weber, Jamison W.
Giriyan, Dhanush R.
Sen, Arunabha
Discrete Mathematics
Combinatorics
Significant work has been done on computing the ``average'' optimal solution value for various $\mathsf{NP}$-complete problems using the Erdös-Rényi model to establish \emph{critical thresholds}. Critical thresholds define narrow bounds for the optimal solution of a problem instance such that the probability that the solution value lies outside these bounds vanishes as the instance size approaches infinity. In this paper, we extend the Erdös-Rényi model to general hypergraphs on $n$ vertices and $M$ hyperedges. We consider the problem of determining critical thresholds for the largest cardinality matching, and we show that for $M=o(1.155^n)$ the size of the maximum cardinality matching is almost surely 1. On the other hand, if $M=Θ(2^n)$ then the size of the maximum cardinality matching is $Ω(n^{\frac12-γ})$ for an arbitrary $γ>0$. Lastly, we address the gap where $Ω(1.155^n)=M=o(2^n)$ empirically through computer simulations.
title Critical Thresholds for Maximum Cardinality Matching on General Hypergraphs
topic Discrete Mathematics
Combinatorics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.09155