The Parallel approximability of the false and true gates problems for nor circuits

We present a parallel algorithm to sample matchings from an almost uniform distribution on the set of matchings of all sizes in a graph. The technique used is based on the definition of a genetic system that converges to the uniform distribution. The system evolves according to a non-linear equation...

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Autores: Serna Iglesias, María José|||0000-0001-9729-8648, Xhafa Xhafa, Fatos|||0000-0001-6569-5497
Tipo de recurso: informe técnico
Fecha de publicación:1998
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/96511
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/96511
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Parallel algorithm
Uniform distribution
Match sampling
Non-linear equation
False and true gates problems
Nor circuits
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Sumario:We present a parallel algorithm to sample matchings from an almost uniform distribution on the set of matchings of all sizes in a graph. The technique used is based on the definition of a genetic system that converges to the uniform distribution. The system evolves according to a non-linear equation. Little is known about the convergence of these systems. We can define a non-linear system which converges to a stationary distribution under quite natural conditions. We prove convergence for the system corresponding to the almost uniform sampling of matchings in a graph (up to know the only known convergence for non-linear systems for matchings was matchings on a tree). We give empirical evidence that the system converges fast.