We give the first non-trivial approximation algorithms for the Steiner tree problem and the generalized Steiner network problem on general directed graphs. These problems have several applications in network design and multicast routing.
Approximation Algorithms for Dispersion Problems
✍ Scribed by Barun Chandra; Magnús M Halldórsson
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 182 KB
- Volume
- 38
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0196-6774
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