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The p-Center Problem in Tree Networks Revisited

Authors Aritra Banik, Binay Bhattacharya, Sandip Das, Tsunehiko Kameda, Zhao Song

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  • Facility location
  • p-center
  • parametric search
  • tree network
  • sorting network

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Abstract

We present two improved algorithms for weighted discrete p-center problem for tree networks with n vertices. One of our proposed algorithms runs in O(n*log(n) + p*log^2(n) * log(n/p)) time. For all values of p, our algorithm thus runs as fast as or faster than the most efficient O(n*log^2(n)) time algorithm obtained by applying Cole's [1987] speed-up technique  to the algorithm due to Megiddo and Tamir [1983], which has remained unchallenged for nearly 30 years.
Our other algorithm, which is more practical, runs in O(n*log(n) + p^2*log^2(n/p)) time, and when p=O(sqrt(n)) it is faster than Megiddo and Tamir's O(n*log^2(n) * log(log(n))) time algorithm [1983].

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Aritra Banik, Binay Bhattacharya, Sandip Das, Tsunehiko Kameda, and Zhao Song. The p-Center Problem in Tree Networks Revisited. In 15th Scandinavian Symposium and Workshops on Algorithm Theory (SWAT 2016). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 53, pp. 6:1-6:15, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2016) https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.SWAT.2016.6

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Aritra Banik
Binay Bhattacharya
Sandip Das
Tsunehiko Kameda
Zhao Song

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