Sublinear Algorithms for MAXCUT and Correlation Clustering
(1802.06992)Abstract
We study sublinear algorithms for two fundamental graph problems, MAXCUT and correlation clustering. Our focus is on constructing core-sets as well as developing streaming algorithms for these problems. Constant space algorithms are known for dense graphs for these problems, while $\Omega(n)$ lower bounds exist (in the streaming setting) for sparse graphs. Our goal in this paper is to bridge the gap between these extremes. Our first result is to construct core-sets of size $\tilde{O}(n{1-\delta})$ for both the problems, on graphs with average degree $n{\delta}$ (for any $\delta >0$). This turns out to be optimal, under the exponential time hypothesis (ETH). Our core-set analysis is based on studying random-induced sub-problems of optimization problems. To the best of our knowledge, all the known results in our parameter range rely crucially on near-regularity assumptions. We avoid these by using a biased sampling approach, which we analyze using recent results on concentration of quadratic functions. We then show that our construction yields a 2-pass streaming $(1+\epsilon)$-approximation for both problems; the algorithm uses $\tilde{O}(n{1-\delta})$ space, for graphs of average degree $n\delta$.
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