A constant factor approximation for the single sink edge installation problem
Conference Paper
We present the first constant approximation to the single sink buy-at-bulk network design problem, where we have to design a network by buying pipes of different costs and capacities per unit length to route demands at a set of sources to a single sink. The distances in the underlying network form a metric. This result improves the previous bound of O(log |R|), where R is the set of sources. Our algorithms are combinatorial and can be derandomized easily at the cost of a constant factor loss in the approximation ratio.
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Guha, S; Meyerson, A; Munagala, K
Published Date
- September 29, 2001
Published In
Start / End Page
- 383 - 388
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0734-9025
Citation Source
- Scopus