A polylogarithmic approximation for computing non-metric terminal Steiner trees

Iftah Gamzu*, Danny Segev

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Abstract

The main contribution of this short note is to provide improved bounds on the approximability of constructing terminal Steiner trees in arbitrary undirected graphs. Technically speaking, our results are obtained by relating this computational task to that of computing group Steiner trees. As a secondary objective, we make a concentrated effort to distinguish between the factor by which constructed trees exceed the optimal backbone cost and between the deviation from the optimal terminal linking cost.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)826-829
Number of pages4
JournalInformation Processing Letters
Volume110
Issue number18-19
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Sep 2010
Externally publishedYes

Funding

FundersFunder number
European Research Council
Wolfson Family Charitable Trust
Israel Science Foundation
European Commission206978, 015848

    Keywords

    • Approximation algorithms
    • Group Steiner tree
    • Terminal Steiner tree

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