Computing treewidth on the GPU

T.C. van der Zanden, Hans L. Bodlaender

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Abstract

We present a parallel algorithm for computing the treewidth of a graph on a GPU. We implement this algorithm in OpenCL, and experimentally evaluate its performance. Our algorithm is based on an $O^*(2^{n})$-time algorithm that explores the elimination orderings of the graph using a Held-Karp like dynamic programming approach. We use Bloom filters to detect duplicate solutions. GPU programming presents unique challenges and constraints, such as constraints on the use of memory and the need to limit branch divergence. We experiment with various optimizations to see if it is possible to work around these issues. We achieve a very large speed up (up to $77\times$) compared to running the same algorithm on the CPU.
Original languageEnglish
Article number1709.09990
Number of pages15
JournalarXiv
Publication statusPublished - 28 Sept 2017

Keywords

  • treewidth
  • GPU
  • GPGPU
  • Exact algorithms
  • Graph algorithms
  • algorithm engineering

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