arrow
Return

A fast local search algorithm for minimum sum coloring problem on massive graphs

delete2024-12-01
delete0
PRE
AI
Y
Yan Li
M
Mengyu Zhao
X
Xindi Zhang
Y
Yiyuan Wang *
DOI:10.1016/j.cor.2024.106794delete
deleteOriginal
deleteOriginal request for help
deleteShare
deleteSave
Abstract

Abstract

En 中文
The minimum sum coloring problem (MSCP) is an important extension of the graph coloring problem with wide real-world applications. Compared to the classic graph coloring problem, where lots of methods have been developed and even massive graphs with millions of vertices can be solved well, few works have been done for the MSCP, and no specialized MSCP algorithms are available for solving massive graphs. This paper explores how to solve MSCP on massive graphs, and then proposes a fast local search algorithm for the MSCP based on three main ideas including a coarse-grained reduction method, two kinds of scoring functions and selection rules as well as a novel local search framework. Experiments are conducted to compare our algorithm with several state-of-the-art algorithms on massive graphs. The proposed algorithm outperforms previous algorithms in almost all the massive graphs and also improves the best-known solutions for some conventional instances, which demonstrates the performance and robustness of the proposed algorithm.
Keywords:
Optimization
Minimum sum coloring problem
Local search
Massive graph

Journal

C
Computers and Operations Research
IF:
4.3
Papers:
6.5K
Citations:
1.8W

Organization

I
institute of software, cas
Scholars:
445
Papers: 387
Citations: 0
C
chinese academy of sciences
Scholars:
56.2W
Papers: 44.8W
Citations: 704