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Two New Bounds for the Random-Edge Simplex Algorithm

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  • We prove that the Random-Edge simplex algorithm requires an expected number of at most $13n/sqrt(d)$ pivot steps on any simple d-polytope with n vertices. This is the first nontrivial upper bound for general polytopes. We also describe a refined analysis that potentially yields much better bounds for specific classes of polytopes. As one application, we show that for combinatorial d-cubes, the trivial upper bound of $2^d$ on the performance of Random-Edge can asymptotically be improved by any desired polynomial factor in d.

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Author:Bernd Gärtner, Volker Kaibel
Document Type:ZIB-Report
Date of first Publication:2005/02/04
Series (Serial Number):ZIB-Report (05-14)
ZIB-Reportnumber:05-14
Published in:Appeared in: SIAM J. Discr. Mathematics 21 (2007) 178-190
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