Title :
Tight bound on Johnson´s algorithm for Max-SAT
Author :
Chen, Jianer ; Friesen, Donald K. ; Zheng, Hao
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA
Abstract :
We present a new technique that gives a more thorough analysis on Johnson´s classical algorithm for the maximum satisfiability problem. In contrast to the common belief for two decades that Johnson´s algorithm has performance ratio 1/2, we show that the performance ratio is 2/3, and that this bound is tight. Moreover we show that simple generalizations of Johnson´s algorithm do not improve the performance ratio bound 2/3
Keywords :
computability; computational complexity; optimisation; Johnson´s algorithm; Max-SAT; maximum satisfiability problem; performance ratio; tight bound; Algorithm design and analysis; Approximation algorithms; Computer science; Ear; Linear programming; Mathematics; Optimization methods; Performance analysis; Polynomials; USA Councils;
Conference_Titel :
Computational Complexity, 1997. Proceedings., Twelfth Annual IEEE Conference on (Formerly: Structure in Complexity Theory Conference)
Conference_Location :
Ulm
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7907-7
DOI :
10.1109/CCC.1997.612322