In this paper,we consider a class of quadratic maximization problems.For a subclass of the problems,we show that the SDP relaxation approach yields an approximation solution with the worst-case performance ratio at le...In this paper,we consider a class of quadratic maximization problems.For a subclass of the problems,we show that the SDP relaxation approach yields an approximation solution with the worst-case performance ratio at leastα=0.87856….In fact,the estimated worst-case performance ratio is dependent on the data of the problem withαbeing a uniform lower bound.In light of this new bound,we show that the actual worst-case performance ratio of the SDP relaxation approach (with the triangle inequalities added) is at leastα+δ_d if every weight is strictly positive,whereδ_d>0 is a constant depending on the problem dimension and data.展开更多
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.10401038)Startup Grant for Doctoral Research of Beijing University of Technology and Hong Kong RGC Earmarked Grant CUHK4242/04E
文摘In this paper,we consider a class of quadratic maximization problems.For a subclass of the problems,we show that the SDP relaxation approach yields an approximation solution with the worst-case performance ratio at leastα=0.87856….In fact,the estimated worst-case performance ratio is dependent on the data of the problem withαbeing a uniform lower bound.In light of this new bound,we show that the actual worst-case performance ratio of the SDP relaxation approach (with the triangle inequalities added) is at leastα+δ_d if every weight is strictly positive,whereδ_d>0 is a constant depending on the problem dimension and data.
