A concentration inequality for random combinatorial optimisation problems
Combinatorics
2024-07-18 v1 Probability
Abstract
Given a finite set , i.i.d. random weights , and a family of subsets , we consider the minimum weight of an : In particular, we investigate under what conditions this random variable is sharply concentrated around its mean. We define the patchability of a family : essentially, how expensive is it to finish an almost-complete (that is, is close to in Hamming distance) if the edge weights are re-randomized? Combining the patchability of , applying the Talagrand inequality to a dual problem, and a sprinkling-type argument, we prove a concentration inequality for the random variable .
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@article{arxiv.2407.12672,
title = {A concentration inequality for random combinatorial optimisation problems},
author = {Joel Larsson Danielsson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.12672},
year = {2024}
}