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Augmented intuition: a bridge between theory and practice

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  • Pablo Moscato

    (The University of Newcastle)

  • Luke Mathieson

    (University of Technology Sydney)

  • Mohammad Nazmul Haque

    (The University of Newcastle)

Abstract

Motivated by the celebrated paper of Hooker (J Heuristics 1(1): 33–42, 1995) published in the first issue of this journal, and by the relative lack of progress of both approximation algorithms and fixed-parameter algorithms for the classical decision and optimization problems related to covering edges by vertices, we aimed at developing an approach centered in augmenting our intuition about what is indeed needed. We present a case study of a novel design methodology by which algorithm weaknesses will be identified by computer-based and fixed-parameter tractable algorithmic challenges on their performance. Comprehensive benchmarkings on all instances of small size then become an integral part of the design process. Subsequent analyses of cases where human intuition “fails”, supported by computational testing, will then lead to the development of new methods by avoiding the traps of relying only on human perspicacity and ultimately will improve the quality of the results. Consequently, the computer-aided design process is seen as a tool to augment human intuition. It aims at accelerating and foster theory development in areas such as graph theory and combinatorial optimization since some safe reduction rules for pre-processing can be mathematically proved via theorems. This approach can also lead to the generation of new interesting heuristics. We test our ideas with a fundamental problem in graph theory that has attracted the attention of many researchers over decades, but for which seems it seems to be that a certain stagnation has occurred. The lessons learned are certainly beneficial, suggesting that we can bridge the increasing gap between theory and practice by a more concerted approach that would fuel human imagination from a data-driven discovery perspective.

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  • Pablo Moscato & Luke Mathieson & Mohammad Nazmul Haque, 2021. "Augmented intuition: a bridge between theory and practice," Journal of Heuristics, Springer, vol. 27(4), pages 497-547, August.
  • Handle: RePEc:spr:joheur:v:27:y:2021:i:4:d:10.1007_s10732-020-09465-7
    DOI: 10.1007/s10732-020-09465-7
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    1. J. N. Hooker, 1994. "Needed: An Empirical Science of Algorithms," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 42(2), pages 201-212, April.
    2. Pablo Moscato & Michael G. Norman, 1998. "On the Performance of Heuristics on Finite and Infinite Fractal Instances of the Euclidean Traveling Salesman Problem," INFORMS Journal on Computing, INFORMS, vol. 10(2), pages 121-132, May.
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