A 7/3-Approximation for Feedback Vertex Sets in Tournaments

Matthias Mnich, Virginia Vassilevska Williams, Lászlo A. Végh

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    Abstract

    We consider the minimum-weight feedback vertex set problem in tournaments: given a tournament with non-negative vertex weights, remove a minimum-weight set of vertices that intersects all cycles. This problem is NP-hard to solve exactly, and Unique Games-hard to approximate by a factor better than 2. We present the first 7/3 approximation algorithm for this problem, improving on the previously best known ratio 5/2 given by Cai et al. [FOCS 1998, SICOMP 2001].
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publication24th Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2016)
    EditorsPiotr Sankowski, Christos Zaroliagis
    Place of PublicationDagstuhl
    PublisherSchloss Dagstuhl
    Pages67:1-67:14
    Number of pages14
    Volume57
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2016

    Publication series

    SeriesLeibniz International Proceedings in Informatics
    ISSN1868-8969

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