Abstract
We study bottleneck labeled optimization problems arising in the context of graph theory. This long-established model partitions the set of edges into classes, each of which is identified by a unique color. The generic objective is to construct a subgraph of prescribed structure (such as an s-t path, a spanning tree, or a perfect matching) while trying to minimize the maximum (or, alternatively, maximize the minimum) number of edges picked from any given color.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 245-262 |
Number of pages | 18 |
Journal | Algorithmica |
Volume | 58 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 2010 |
Keywords
- Approximation algorithms
- Bottleneck labeled problems
- Hardness of approximation
- Perfect matching
- Spanning tree
- s-t cut
- s-t path