Document Type
Article
Date
1994
Keywords
graph partitioning, genetic algorithms, incremental graph partitioning problems
Language
English
Disciplines
Computer Sciences
Description/Abstract
Partitioning graphs into equally large groups of nodes, minimizing the number of edges between different groups, is an extremely important problem in parallel computing. This paper presents genetic algorithms for suboptimal graph partitioning, with new crossover operators (KNUX, DKNUX) that lead to orders of magnitude improvement over traditional genetic operators in solution quality and speed. Our method can improve on good solutions previously obtained by using other algorithms or graph theoretic heuristics in minimizing the total communication cost or the worst case cost of communication for a single processor. We also extend our algorithm to Incremental Graph Partitioning problems, in which the graph structure or system properties changes with time.
Recommended Citation
Maini, Harpal; Mehrotra, Kishan; Mohan, Chilukuri K.; and Ranka, Sanjay, "Genetic Algorithms for Graph Partitioning and Incremental Graph Partitioning" (1994). College of Engineering and Computer Science - Former Departments, Centers, Institutes and Projects. 20.
https://surface.syr.edu/lcsmith_other/20
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