Algorithmic random duality theory -- large scale CLuP (2011.11516v1)

Abstract: Based on our \bl{\textbf{Random Duality Theory (RDT)}}, in a sequence of our papers \cite{Stojnicclupint19,Stojnicclupcmpl19,Stojnicclupplt19}, we introduced a powerful algorithmic mechanism (called \bl{\textbf{CLuP}}) that can be utilized to solve \textbf{\emph{exactly}} NP hard optimization problems in polynomial time. Here we move things further and utilize another of remarkable RDT features that we established in a long line of work in \cite{StojnicCSetam09,StojnicCSetamBlock09,StojnicISIT2010binary,StojnicDiscPercp13,StojnicUpper10,StojnicGenLasso10,StojnicGenSocp10,StojnicPrDepSocp10,StojnicRegRndDlt10,Stojnicbinary16fin,Stojnicbinary16asym}. Namely, besides being stunningly precise in characterizing the performance of various random structures and optimization problems, RDT simultaneously also provided an almost unparallel way for creating computationally efficient optimization algorithms that achieve such performance. One of the keys to our success was our ability to transform the initial \textbf{\emph{constrained}} optimization into an \textbf{\emph{unconstrained}} one and in doing so greatly simplify things both conceptually and computationally. That ultimately enabled us to solve a large set of classical optimization problems on a very large scale level. Here, we demonstrate how such a thinking can be applied to CLuP as well and eventually utilized to solve pretty much any problem that the basic CLuP from \cite{Stojnicclupint19,Stojnicclupcmpl19,Stojnicclupplt19} can solve.