Multilevel graph partitioning: an evolutionary approach

S Küçükpetek, F Polat () and H Oğuztüzün
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S Küçükpetek: Middle East Technical University
F Polat: Middle East Technical University
H Oğuztüzün: Middle East Technical University

Journal of the Operational Research Society, 2005, vol. 56, issue 5, 549-562

Abstract: Abstract The graph partitioning problem is defined as that of dividing the vertices of an undirected graph into a set of balanced parts through the removal of a set of edges, whose size is to be minimized. A number of researchers have investigated multilevel schemes, which coarsen the graph by collapsing vertices and edges, partition the smaller graph, and then uncoarsen it to construct a partitioning of the original graph. In this paper, a genetic algorithm for the coarsening phase of a multilevel scheme for graph partitioning is presented. The proposed approach has been demonstrated to improve the solution quality at the expense of running time.

Keywords: graph partitioning problem; multilevel graph partitioning; genetic algorithms (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601837

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