Las Vegas algorithms for linear and integer programming when the dimension is small

KL Clarkson - Journal of the ACM (JACM), 1995 - dl.acm.org
Journal of the ACM (JACM), 1995dl.acm.org
This paper gives an algorithm for solving linear programming problems. For a problem with
n constraints and d variables, the algorithm requires an expected O (d2n)+(log n) O (d) d/2+
O (1)+ O (d4√ nlog n) arithmetic operations, as n→∞. The constant factors do not depend
on d. Also, an algorithm is given for integer linear programming. Let φ bound the number of
bits required to specify the rational numbers defining an input constraint or the objective
function vector. Let n and d be as before. Then, the algorithm requires expected O (2d dn+ …
This paper gives an algorithm for solving linear programming problems. For a problem with n constraints and d variables, the algorithm requires an expected O(d2n) + (log n)O(d)d/2+O(1) + O(d4√nlog n) arithmetic operations, as n→∞. The constant factors do not depend on d. Also, an algorithm is given for integer linear programming. Let φ bound the number of bits required to specify the rational numbers defining an input constraint or the objective function vector. Let n and d be as before. Then, the algorithm requires expected O(2d dn + 8dd√n ln ln n) + dO(d)φ ln n operations on numbers with dO(1)φ bits, as n→∞, where the constant factors do not depend on d or φ to other convex programming problems. For example, an algorithm for finding the smallest sphere enclosing a set of n points in Ed has the same time bound.
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