Title: A Parallel Approximation Algorithm for Maximizing Submodular <i>b</i>-Matching
Abstract: Previous chapter Next chapter Full AccessProceedings Proceedings of the 2021 SIAM Conference on Applied and Computational Discrete Algorithms (ACDA21)A Parallel Approximation Algorithm for Maximizing Submodular b-MatchingS M Ferdous, Alex Pothen, Arif Khan, Ajay Panyala, and Mahantesh HalappanavarS M Ferdous, Alex Pothen, Arif Khan, Ajay Panyala, and Mahantesh Halappanavarpp.45 - 56Chapter DOI:https://doi.org/10.1137/1.9781611976830.5PDFBibTexSections ToolsAdd to favoritesExport CitationTrack CitationsEmail SectionsAboutAbstract We design new serial and parallel approximation algorithms for computing a maximum weight b-matching in an edge-weighted graph with a submodular objective function. This problem is NP-hard; the new algorithms have approximation ratio 1/3, and are relaxations of the Greedy algorithm that rely only on local information in the graph, making them parallelizable. We have designed and implemented Local Lazy Greedy algorithms for both serial and parallel computers. We have applied the approximate submodular b-matching algorithm to assign tasks to processors in the computation of Fock matrices in quantum chemistry on parallel computers. The assignment seeks to reduce the run time by balancing the computational load on the processors and bounding the number of messages that each processor sends. We show that the new assignment of tasks to processors provides a four fold speedup over the currently used assignment in the NWChemEx software on 8000 processors on the Summit supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Lab. Previous chapter Next chapter RelatedDetails Published:2021eISBN:978-1-61197-683-0 https://doi.org/10.1137/1.9781611976830Book Series Name:ProceedingsBook Code:PRACDA21Book Pages:1-239