A 9/7-Approximation Algorithm for Graphic TSP in Cubic Bipartite Graphs
Data Structures and Algorithms
2014-11-04 v2 Combinatorics
Abstract
We prove new results for approximating Graphic TSP. Specifically, we provide a polynomial-time \frac{9}{7}-approximation algorithm for cubic bipartite graphs and a (\frac{9}{7}+\frac{1}{21(k-2)})-approximation algorithm for k-regular bipartite graphs, both of which are improved approximation factors compared to previous results. Our approach involves finding a cycle cover with relatively few cycles, which we are able to do by leveraging the fact that all cycles in bipartite graphs are of even length along with our knowledge of the structure of cubic graphs.
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@article{arxiv.1311.3640,
title = {A 9/7-Approximation Algorithm for Graphic TSP in Cubic Bipartite Graphs},
author = {Jeremy Karp and R. Ravi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1311.3640},
year = {2014}
}