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Approximation to the Minimum Cost Edge Installation Problem

Ehab MORSY, Hiroshi NAGAMOCHI

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We consider the minimum cost edge installation problem (MCEI) in a graph G=(V,E) with edge weight w(e)≥ 0, eE. We are given a vertex sV designated as a sink, an edge capacity λ>0, and a source set SV with demand q(v)∈ [0,λ], vS. For each edge eE, we are allowed to install an integer number h(e) of copies of e. MCEI asks to send demand q(v) from each source vS along a single path Pv to the sink s without splitting the demand of any source vS. For each edge eE, a set of such paths can pass through a single copy of e in G as long as the total demand along the paths does not exceed the edge capacity λ. The objective is to find a set P={Pv| vS∈ of paths of G that minimizes the installing cost ∑eE h(e)w(e). In this paper, we propose a (15/8+ρST)-approximation algorithm to MCEI, where ρST is any approximation ratio achievable for the Steiner tree problem.

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IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Fundamentals Vol.E93-A No.4 pp.778-786
Publication Date
2010/04/01
Publicized
Online ISSN
1745-1337
DOI
10.1587/transfun.E93.A.778
Type of Manuscript
PAPER
Category
Algorithms and Data Structures

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