Abstract
We present a deterministic strongly polynomial algorithm that computes the permanent of a nonnegative n×n matrix to within a multiplicative factor of en. To this end we develop the first strongly polynomial time algorithm for matrix scaling - an important nonlinear optimization problem with many applications. Our work suggests a (slow) decision algorithm for bipartite perfect matching, conceptually different from known approaches.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 644-652 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Conference Proceedings of the Annual ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing |
State | Published - 1998 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | Proceedings of the 1998 30th Annual ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing - Dallas, TX, USA Duration: 23 May 1998 → 26 May 1998 |