Abstract
We show that generating all negative cycles of a weighted graph is a hard enumeration problem, in both the directed and undirected cases. More precisely, given a family of negative (directed) cycles, it is an NP-complete problem to decide whether this family can be extended or there are no other negative (directed) cycles in the graph, implying that (directed) negative cycles cannot be generated in polynomial output time, unless P=NP. As a corollary, we solve in the negative two well-known generating problems from linear programming: (i) Given an infeasible system of linear inequalities, generating all minimal infeasible subsystems is hard. Yet, for generating maximal feasible subsystems the complexity remains open, (ii) Given a feasible system of linear inequalities, generating all vertices of the corresponding polyhedron is hard. Yet, in the case of bounded polyhedra the complexity remains open.
Original language | British English |
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Pages | 758-765 |
Number of pages | 8 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2006 |
Event | Seventeenth Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms - Miami, FL, United States Duration: 22 Jan 2006 → 24 Jan 2006 |
Conference
Conference | Seventeenth Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | Miami, FL |
Period | 22/01/06 → 24/01/06 |
Keywords
- Cycle
- Enumeration problem
- Face
- Facet
- Facet enumeration
- Feasible system
- Graph
- Linear inequalities
- Negative cycle
- Polyhedron
- Polytope
- Polytope-polyhedron problem
- Vertex
- Vertex enumeration