PACE 2021

Challenge description

The challenge for this year is Cluster Editing:

Input: An undirected graph $G = (V, E)$.
Output: A set of edge modifications (addition or deletion) of minimum size that transforms $G$ into a cluster graph.

You can find more details on Cluster Editing here.

Tracks

As in PACE 2020, we will have one track for Exact algorithms and another for Heuristic algorithms. In addition, we will have another track for Data Reduction algorithms:

Exact: Your task is to find an optimal solution of each Cluster Editing instance within the time limit of 30 minutes. You will be ranked by the number of solved instances.

Heuristic: Your task is to find the best solution of each Cluster Editing instance within the time limit of 10 minutes. You will be ranked by the quality of the solution.

Kernelization: Your task is to find an equivalent instance of each Cluster Editing instance within the time limit of 5 minutes. You will be ranked by the size of the returned instance.

You can find more details on the ranking methods here.

Submission

You submit your solver to optil.io and its description to EasyChair. See submission requirements for details.

Timeline

Program Committee