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A two-level graph partitioning problem arising in mobile wireless communications

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  • Jamie Fairbrother

    (Lancaster University)

  • Adam N. Letchford

    (Lancaster University)

  • Keith Briggs

    (BT Technology, Service & Operations)

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In the k -partition problem (k-PP), one is given an edge-weighted undirected graph, and one must partition the node set into at most k subsets, in order to minimise (or maximise) the total weight of the edges that have their end-nodes in the same subset. Various hierarchical variants of this problem have been studied in the context of data mining. We consider a ‘two-level’ variant that arises in mobile wireless communications. We show that an exact algorithm based on intelligent preprocessing, cutting planes and symmetry-breaking is capable of solving small- and medium-size instances to proven optimality, and providing strong lower bounds for larger instances.

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  • Jamie Fairbrother & Adam N. Letchford & Keith Briggs, 2018. "A two-level graph partitioning problem arising in mobile wireless communications," Computational Optimization and Applications, Springer, vol. 69(3), pages 653-676, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:coopap:v:69:y:2018:i:3:d:10.1007_s10589-017-9967-9
    DOI: 10.1007/s10589-017-9967-9
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