A Convergence Proof for the Softassign Quadratic Assignment Algorithm

Abstract

The softassign quadratic assignment algorithm has recently emerged as an effective strategy for a variety of optimization prob(cid:173) lems in pattern recognition and combinatorial optimization. While the effectiveness of the algorithm was demonstrated in thousands of simulations, there was no known proof of convergence. Here, we provide a proof of convergence for the most general form of the algorithm.

Cite

Text

Rangarajan et al. "A Convergence Proof for the Softassign Quadratic Assignment Algorithm." Neural Information Processing Systems, 1996.

Markdown

[Rangarajan et al. "A Convergence Proof for the Softassign Quadratic Assignment Algorithm." Neural Information Processing Systems, 1996.](https://mlanthology.org/neurips/1996/rangarajan1996neurips-convergence/)

BibTeX

@inproceedings{rangarajan1996neurips-convergence,
  title     = {{A Convergence Proof for the Softassign Quadratic Assignment Algorithm}},
  author    = {Rangarajan, Anand and Yuille, Alan L. and Gold, Steven and Mjolsness, Eric},
  booktitle = {Neural Information Processing Systems},
  year      = {1996},
  pages     = {620-626},
  url       = {https://mlanthology.org/neurips/1996/rangarajan1996neurips-convergence/}
}