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We present the Minimum Cut with Bounded Size problem and two efficient algorithms for its solution. In this problem we want to partition the n vertices of a edge-weighted graph into two sets S and T, with S including a given source s, T a given sink t, and with |S| bounded by a given threshold B, so as to minimize the weight δ(S) of the edges crossing the cut (S,T). If B is equal to n − 1 the problem is well-known to be solvable in polynomial time, but for general B it becomes NP-hard. The first algorithm is randomized and, for each ε > 0, it returns, with high probability, a solution S having a weight within ratio \((1+\frac{\varepsilon B}{\log n})\) of the optimum. The second algorithm is a deterministic bi-criteria algorithm which can return a solution violating the cardinality constraint within a specified ratio; precisely, for each 0 < γ < 1, it returns a set S having either (1) a weight within ratio \(\frac{1}{1-\gamma }\) of the optimum or (2) optimum weight but cardinality \(\ |S|\leq \frac{B}{\gamma }\), and hence it violates the constraint by a factor at most \(\frac{1}{\gamma}\).
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Galbiati, G. (2011). Approximating Minimum Cut with Bounded Size. In: Pahl, J., Reiners, T., Voß, S. (eds) Network Optimization. INOC 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6701. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21527-8_26
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