An2√k̅ -approximation algorithm for minimum powerkedge disjointst-paths

In minimum power network design problems we are given an undirected graph$G=(V,E)$with edge costs$\{c_e:e \in E\}$ . The goal is to find an edge set$F\subseteq E$that satisfies a prescribed property of minimum power$p_c(F)=\sum_{v \in V} \max \{c_e: e \in F \mbox{ is incident to } v\}$ . In the Min-...

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Main Author Nutov, Zeev
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 19.08.2022
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DOI10.48550/arxiv.2208.09373

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Summary:In minimum power network design problems we are given an undirected graph$G=(V,E)$with edge costs$\{c_e:e \in E\}$ . The goal is to find an edge set$F\subseteq E$that satisfies a prescribed property of minimum power$p_c(F)=\sum_{v \in V} \max \{c_e: e \in F \mbox{ is incident to } v\}$ . In the Min-Power$k$Edge Disjoint$st$ -Paths problem$F$should contains$k$edge disjoint$st$ -paths. The problem admits a$k$ -approximation algorithm, and it was an open question whether it admits approximation ratio sublinear in$k$even for unit costs. We give a$2\sqrt{2k}$ -approximation algorithm for general costs.
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.2208.09373