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Autori principali: Qiu, Yeqing, Xue, Ye, Wang, Akang, Wang, Yiheng, Shi, Qingjiang, Luo, Zhi-Quan
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Pubblicazione: 2024
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Accesso online:https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.05146
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author Qiu, Yeqing
Xue, Ye
Wang, Akang
Wang, Yiheng
Shi, Qingjiang
Luo, Zhi-Quan
author_facet Qiu, Yeqing
Xue, Ye
Wang, Akang
Wang, Yiheng
Shi, Qingjiang
Luo, Zhi-Quan
contents The Max-k-Cut problem is a fundamental combinatorial optimization challenge that generalizes the classic NP-complete Max-Cut problem. While relaxation techniques are commonly employed to tackle Max-k-Cut, they often lack guarantees of equivalence between the solutions of the original problem and its relaxation. To address this issue, we introduce the Relax-Optimize-and-Sample (ROS) framework. In particular, we begin by relaxing the discrete constraints to the continuous probability simplex form. Next, we pre-train and fine-tune a graph neural network model to efficiently optimize the relaxed problem. Subsequently, we propose a sampling-based construction algorithm to map the continuous solution back to a high-quality Max-k-Cut solution. By integrating geometric landscape analysis with statistical theory, we establish the consistency of function values between the continuous solution and its mapped counterpart. Extensive experimental results on random regular graphs and the Gset benchmark demonstrate that the proposed ROS framework effectively scales to large instances with up to 20000 nodes in just a few seconds, outperforming state-of-the-art algorithms. Furthermore, ROS exhibits strong generalization capabilities across both in-distribution and out-of-distribution instances, underscoring its effectiveness for large-scale optimization tasks.
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spellingShingle ROS: A GNN-based Relax-Optimize-and-Sample Framework for Max-k-Cut Problems
Qiu, Yeqing
Xue, Ye
Wang, Akang
Wang, Yiheng
Shi, Qingjiang
Luo, Zhi-Quan
Optimization and Control
The Max-k-Cut problem is a fundamental combinatorial optimization challenge that generalizes the classic NP-complete Max-Cut problem. While relaxation techniques are commonly employed to tackle Max-k-Cut, they often lack guarantees of equivalence between the solutions of the original problem and its relaxation. To address this issue, we introduce the Relax-Optimize-and-Sample (ROS) framework. In particular, we begin by relaxing the discrete constraints to the continuous probability simplex form. Next, we pre-train and fine-tune a graph neural network model to efficiently optimize the relaxed problem. Subsequently, we propose a sampling-based construction algorithm to map the continuous solution back to a high-quality Max-k-Cut solution. By integrating geometric landscape analysis with statistical theory, we establish the consistency of function values between the continuous solution and its mapped counterpart. Extensive experimental results on random regular graphs and the Gset benchmark demonstrate that the proposed ROS framework effectively scales to large instances with up to 20000 nodes in just a few seconds, outperforming state-of-the-art algorithms. Furthermore, ROS exhibits strong generalization capabilities across both in-distribution and out-of-distribution instances, underscoring its effectiveness for large-scale optimization tasks.
title ROS: A GNN-based Relax-Optimize-and-Sample Framework for Max-k-Cut Problems
topic Optimization and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.05146