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| Content Provider | ACM Digital Library |
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| Author | Even, Guy Kortsarz, Guy |
| Abstract | The input in the Group-Steiner Problem consists of an undirected connected graph with a cost function p(e) over the edges and a collection of subsets of vertices {gi}. Each subset gi is called a group and the vertices in ∪ gi are called terminals. The goal is to find a minimum cost tree that contains at least one terminal from every group.We give the first combinatorial polylogarithmic ratio approximation for the problem on trees. Let m denote the number of groups and S denote the number of terminals. The approximation ratio of our algorithm is O(log S · log m/log log S) = $O(log^{2}n/log$ log n). This is an improvement by a Θ(log log n) factor over the previously best known approximation ratio for the Group Steiner Problem on trees [GKR98].Our result carries over to the Group Steiner Problem on general graphs and to the Covering Steiner Problem. Garg et al. [GKR98] presented a reduction of the Group Steiner Problem on general graphs to trees. Their reduction employs Bartal's [B98] approximation of graph metrics by tree metrics. Our algorithm on trees implies an approximation algorithm of ratio O(log S · log m · log n · log log n/log log S) = $O(log^{3}n)$ for the Group Steiner Problem on general graphs. The previously best known approximation ratio for this problem on general graphs, as a function of n, is $O(log^{3}n$ · log log n) [GKR98]. Our algorithm in conjunction with ideas of [EKS01] gives an O(log S · log m · log n · log log n/log log S) = $O(log^{3}n)-approximation$ ratio for the more general Covering Steiner Problem, improving the best known approximation ratio (as a function of n) for the Covering Steiner Problem by a Θ(log log n) factor. |
| Starting Page | 49 |
| Ending Page | 58 |
| Page Count | 10 |
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| ISBN | 089871513X |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) |
| Publisher Date | 2002-01-06 |
| Access Restriction | Subscribed |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
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