Markov chains and phase transitions for TotP-complete problems.

Institute
Corelab, ECE NTUA
Speaker
Ελένη Μπακάλη
Date
05-11-2018, 17:00
Place
1.1.31, Σχολή Ηλεκτρολόγων Μηχανικών και Μηχανικών Υπολογιστών, ΕΜΠ (παλιό κτίριο)
Abstract

We consider weighted versions of TotP-complete problems. We study the complexity of computing these weighted sums and show the existence of phase transition from NP-hard to approximate to approximable with FPRAS. We also study Markov chains for these problems and show the existence of phase transitions from exponential to polynomial mixing time.