Faster algorithms for the geometric transportation problem
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Conference Paper
© Pankaj K. Agarwal, Kyle Fox, Debmalya Panigrahi, Kasturi R. Varadarajan, and Allen Xiao. Let R, B C Rd for constant d, be two point sets with |R| + |B| = n, and let λ: R∪B → ℕ such that Σr∈Rλ(r) = Σb∈B λ (b) be demand functions over R and B. Let d(·, ·) be a suitable distance function such as the Lp distance. The transportation problem asks to find a map τ: R × B → ℕ such that Σb∈B τ(r, b) = λ(r), Σr∈Rτ(r, b) = λ(b), and σr∈Rb∈B τ(r, b)d(r, b) is minimized. We present three new results for the transportation problem when d(·, ·) is any Lp metric: • For any constant ϵ > 0, an O(n1+ϵ) expected time randomized algorithm that returns a transportation map with expected cost O(log2(1/ϵ)) times the optimal cost. • For any ϵ > 0, a (1 + ϵ)-approximation in O(n3/2 ϵ-d polylog(U) polylog(n)) time, where U = maxp∈Rcup;B λ (p). •An exact strongly polynomial O(n2 polylogn) time algorithm, for d = 2.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Agarwal, PK; Fox, K; Panigrahi, D; Varadarajan, KR; Xiao, A
Published Date
- June 1, 2017
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 77 /
Start / End Page
- 71 - 716
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 1868-8969
International Standard Book Number 13 (ISBN-13)
- 9783959770385
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.4230/LIPIcs.SoCG.2017.7
Citation Source
- Scopus