Simplified and Space-Optimal Semi-Streaming for $(2+ε)$-Approximate Matching
(1701.03730)Abstract
In a recent breakthrough, Paz and Schwartzman (SODA'17) presented a single-pass ($2+\epsilon$)-approximation algorithm for the maximum weight matching problem in the semi-streaming model. Their algorithm uses $O(n\log2 n)$ bits of space, for any constant $\epsilon>0$. We present two simplified and more intuitive analyses, for essentially the same algorithm, which also improve the space complexity to the optimal bound of $O(n\log n)$ bits this is optimal as the output matching requires $\Omega(n\log n)$ bits. Our analyses rely on a simple use of the primal-dual method and a simple accounting method.
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