Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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418531 | Discrete Applied Mathematics | 2011 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Given a graph GG and a bipartition of its vertices, the edge-ratio is the minimum for both classes so defined of their number of internal edges divided by their number of cut edges. We prove that maximizing edge-ratio is NP-complete.
► We consider edge-ratio, a relatively new measure of clustering quality. ► We show that maximizing edge-ratio is NP-complete. ► Our reduction is from MAX CUT and establishes hardness of related problems.
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Authors
Steven D. Noble, Pierre Hansen, Nenad Mladenović,