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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2015.316
URN: urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-49236
URL: http://dagstuhl.sunsite.rwth-aachen.de/volltexte/2015/4923/
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Fukunaga, Takuro

Approximating the Generalized Terminal Backup Problem via Half-integral Multiflow Relaxation

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Abstract

We consider a network design problem called the generalized terminal backup problem. Whereas earlier work investigated the edge-connectivity constraints only, we consider both edge- and node-connectivity constraints for this problem. A major contribution of this paper is
the development of a strongly polynomial-time 4/3-approximation algorithm for the problem. Specifically, we show that a linear programming relaxation of the problem is half-integral, and that the half-integral optimal solution can be rounded to a 4/3-approximate solution. We also prove that the linear programming relaxation of the problem with the edge-connectivity constraints is equivalent to minimizing the cost of half-integral multiflows that satisfy flow demands given from terminals. This observation implies a strongly polynomial-time algorithm for computing a minimum cost half-integral multiflow under flow demand constraints.

BibTeX - Entry

@InProceedings{fukunaga:LIPIcs:2015:4923,
  author =	{Takuro Fukunaga},
  title =	{{Approximating the Generalized Terminal Backup Problem via Half-integral Multiflow Relaxation}},
  booktitle =	{32nd International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2015)},
  pages =	{316--328},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-939897-78-1},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2015},
  volume =	{30},
  editor =	{Ernst W. Mayr and Nicolas Ollinger},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl--Leibniz-Zentrum fuer Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{http://drops.dagstuhl.de/opus/volltexte/2015/4923},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-49236},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2015.316},
  annote =	{Keywords: survivable network design, multiflow, LP rounding}
}

Keywords: survivable network design, multiflow, LP rounding
Collection: 32nd International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2015)
Issue Date: 2015
Date of publication: 26.02.2015

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