Correlation Clustering and (De)Sparsification: Graph Sketches Can Match Classical Algorithms

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Auteurs principaux: Assadi, Sepehr, Khanna, Sanjeev, Putterman, Aaron
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author Assadi, Sepehr
Khanna, Sanjeev
Putterman, Aaron
author_facet Assadi, Sepehr
Khanna, Sanjeev
Putterman, Aaron
contents Correlation clustering is a widely-used approach for clustering large data sets based only on pairwise similarity information. In recent years, there has been a steady stream of better and better classical algorithms for approximating this problem. Meanwhile, another line of research has focused on porting the classical advances to various sublinear algorithm models, including semi-streaming, Massively Parallel Computation (MPC), and distributed computing. Yet, these latter works typically rely on ad-hoc approaches that do not necessarily keep up with advances in approximation ratios achieved by classical algorithms. Hence, the motivating question for our work is this: can the gains made by classical algorithms for correlation clustering be ported over to sublinear algorithms in a \emph{black-box manner}? We answer this question in the affirmative by introducing the paradigm of graph de-sparsification.
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Assadi, Sepehr
Khanna, Sanjeev
Putterman, Aaron
Data Structures and Algorithms
Correlation clustering is a widely-used approach for clustering large data sets based only on pairwise similarity information. In recent years, there has been a steady stream of better and better classical algorithms for approximating this problem. Meanwhile, another line of research has focused on porting the classical advances to various sublinear algorithm models, including semi-streaming, Massively Parallel Computation (MPC), and distributed computing. Yet, these latter works typically rely on ad-hoc approaches that do not necessarily keep up with advances in approximation ratios achieved by classical algorithms. Hence, the motivating question for our work is this: can the gains made by classical algorithms for correlation clustering be ported over to sublinear algorithms in a \emph{black-box manner}? We answer this question in the affirmative by introducing the paradigm of graph de-sparsification.
title Correlation Clustering and (De)Sparsification: Graph Sketches Can Match Classical Algorithms
topic Data Structures and Algorithms
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.04258