# American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

January  2012, 8(1): 117-126. doi: 10.3934/jimo.2012.8.117

## An improved approximation algorithm for the $2$-catalog segmentation problem using semidefinite programming relaxation

 1 College of Science, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China 2 Department of Applied Mathematics, Beijing University of Technology, 100 Pingleyuan, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100124, China, China

Received  January 2011 Revised  July 2011 Published  November 2011

In this paper, we consider the $2$-catalog segmentation problem. For the disjoint version, we propose an approximation algorithm based on the non-uniform rotation technique using a semidefinite programming ($SDP$) relaxation. We give the performance curve depending on the ratio between the value of optimal SDP solution and the total weight. In this curve, the lowest point implies the approximation ratio is $0.7317$ which is the best ratio for the disjoint version until now. We also consider the performance curve of the joint version.
Citation: Chenchen Wu, Dachuan Xu, Xin-Yuan Zhao. An improved approximation algorithm for the $2$-catalog segmentation problem using semidefinite programming relaxation. Journal of Industrial & Management Optimization, 2012, 8 (1) : 117-126. doi: 10.3934/jimo.2012.8.117
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