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Optimization

2003

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On The Approximability Of Linear Ordering And Related Np-Optimization Problems., Sounaka Mishra Dr. Feb 2003

On The Approximability Of Linear Ordering And Related Np-Optimization Problems., Sounaka Mishra Dr.

Doctoral Theses

We investigate approximability of both maximum and minimum linear ordering problems (MAX-LOP and MIN-LOP) and several related problems such as the well known feedback set problems, acyclie subdigraph problem and several others and their variants.We show that both MAX-LOP and MIN-LOP are strongly NP-complete, and MIN- LOP, MIN-QAP(S) (a special case of minimum quadratic assignment problem) and MIN-W-FAS are equivalent with respect to strict-reduction. The strict-equivalence is also established among these problems as well as MIN-W-FVS, with weights on arcs/vertices bounded by a polynomial, and the unweighted versions of the feedback set. problems. We also show that MAX-LOP is strict-equivalent …