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SODA
2012
ACM
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11 years 6 months ago
Approximating rooted Steiner networks
The Directed Steiner Tree (DST) problem is a cornerstone problem in network design. We focus on the generalization of the problem with higher connectivity requirements. The proble...
Joseph Cheriyan, Bundit Laekhanukit, Guyslain Nave...
COR
2011
12 years 11 months ago
MIP models for connected facility location: A theoretical and computational study
This article comprises the first theoretical and computational study on mixed integer programming (MIP) models for the connected facility location problem (ConFL). ConFL combines...
Stefan Gollowitzer, Ivana Ljubic
TCBB
2010
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13 years 2 months ago
Approximate Maximum Parsimony and Ancestral Maximum Likelihood
— We explore the maximum parsimony (MP) and ancestral maximum likelihood (AML) criteria in phylogenetic tree reconstruction. Both problems are NP hard, so we seek approximate sol...
Noga Alon, Benny Chor, Fabio Pardi, Anat Rapoport
ALGORITHMICA
2005
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13 years 4 months ago
Improved Approximation Algorithms for the Quality of Service Multicast Tree Problem
Abstract. The Quality of Service Multicast Tree Problem is a generalization of the Steiner tree problem which appears in the context of multimedia multicast and network design. In ...
Marek Karpinski, Ion I. Mandoiu, Alexander Olshevs...
CORR
2007
Springer
134views Education» more  CORR 2007»
13 years 4 months ago
A Partition-Based Relaxation For Steiner Trees
The Steiner tree problem is a classical NP-hard optimization problem with a wide range of practical applications. In an instance of this problem, we are given an undirected graph ...
Jochen Könemann, David Pritchard, Kunlun Tan
SODA
2008
ACM
97views Algorithms» more  SODA 2008»
13 years 5 months ago
Stochastic analyses for online combinatorial optimization problems
In this paper, we study online algorithms when the input is not chosen adversarially, but consists of draws from some given probability distribution. While this model has been stu...
Naveen Garg, Anupam Gupta, Stefano Leonardi, Piotr...
IPCO
2007
94views Optimization» more  IPCO 2007»
13 years 5 months ago
Infrastructure Leasing Problems
Consider the following Steiner Tree leasing problem. Given a graph G = (V, E) with root r, and a sequence of terminal sets Dt ⊆ V for each day t ∈ [T]. A feasible solution to t...
Barbara M. Anthony, Anupam Gupta
CCCG
2007
13 years 5 months ago
Terminal Steiner Tree with Bounded Edge Length
In this paper, we study a Steiner tree related problem called “Terminal Steiner Tree with Bounded Edge Length”: given a set of terminal points P in a plane, one is asked to ...
Zhiyong Lin
ESA
2008
Springer
108views Algorithms» more  ESA 2008»
13 years 6 months ago
Two-Stage Robust Network Design with Exponential Scenarios
Abstract. We study two-stage robust variants of combinatorial optimization problems like Steiner tree, Steiner forest, and uncapacitated facility location. The robust optimization ...
Rohit Khandekar, Guy Kortsarz, Vahab S. Mirrokni, ...
DAC
1995
ACM
13 years 8 months ago
New Performance-Driven FPGA Routing Algorithms
—Motivated by the goal of increasing the performance of FPGA-based designs, we propose new Steiner and arborescence FPGA routing algorithms. Our Steiner tree constructions signi...
Michael J. Alexander, Gabriel Robins