Linear Equations with Min and Max Operators: Computational Complexity

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Autori principali: Chatterjee, Krishnendu, Luo, Ruichen, Saona, Raimundo, Svoboda, Jakub
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author Chatterjee, Krishnendu
Luo, Ruichen
Saona, Raimundo
Svoboda, Jakub
author_facet Chatterjee, Krishnendu
Luo, Ruichen
Saona, Raimundo
Svoboda, Jakub
contents We consider a class of optimization problems defined by a system of linear equations with min and max operators. This class of optimization problems has been studied under restrictive conditions, such as, (C1) the halting or stability condition; (C2) the non-negative coefficients condition; (C3) the sum up to 1 condition; and (C4) the only min or only max oerator condition. Several seminal results in the literature focus on special cases. For example, turn-based stochastic games correspond to conditions C2 and C3; and Markov decision process to conditions C2, C3, and C4. However, the systematic computational complexity study of all the cases has not been explored, which we address in this work. Some highlights of our results are: with conditions C2 and C4, and with conditions C3 and C4, the problem is NP-complete, whereas with condition C1 only, the problem is in UP intersects coUP. Finally, we establish the computational complexity of the decision problem of checking the respective conditions.
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spellingShingle Linear Equations with Min and Max Operators: Computational Complexity
Chatterjee, Krishnendu
Luo, Ruichen
Saona, Raimundo
Svoboda, Jakub
Computational Complexity
Artificial Intelligence
Optimization and Control
We consider a class of optimization problems defined by a system of linear equations with min and max operators. This class of optimization problems has been studied under restrictive conditions, such as, (C1) the halting or stability condition; (C2) the non-negative coefficients condition; (C3) the sum up to 1 condition; and (C4) the only min or only max oerator condition. Several seminal results in the literature focus on special cases. For example, turn-based stochastic games correspond to conditions C2 and C3; and Markov decision process to conditions C2, C3, and C4. However, the systematic computational complexity study of all the cases has not been explored, which we address in this work. Some highlights of our results are: with conditions C2 and C4, and with conditions C3 and C4, the problem is NP-complete, whereas with condition C1 only, the problem is in UP intersects coUP. Finally, we establish the computational complexity of the decision problem of checking the respective conditions.
title Linear Equations with Min and Max Operators: Computational Complexity
topic Computational Complexity
Artificial Intelligence
Optimization and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.12228