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An Improved Approximation Algorithm for the Hard Uniform Capacitated k-median Problem

Authors: Shanfei Li

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 28, Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2014)


Abstract
In the k-median problem, given a set of locations, the goal is to select a subset of at most k centers so as to minimize the total cost of connecting each location to its nearest center. We study the uniform hard capacitated version of the k-median problem, in which each selected center can only serve a limited number of locations. Inspired by the algorithm of Charikar, Guha, Tardos and Shmoys, we give an improved approximation algorithm for this problem with increasing the capacities by a constant factor, which improves the previous best approximation algorithm proposed by Byrka, Fleszar, Rybicki and Spoerhase.

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Shanfei Li. An Improved Approximation Algorithm for the Hard Uniform Capacitated k-median Problem. In Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2014). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 28, pp. 325-338, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2014)


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@InProceedings{li:LIPIcs.APPROX-RANDOM.2014.325,
  author =	{Li, Shanfei},
  title =	{{An Improved Approximation Algorithm for the Hard Uniform Capacitated k-median Problem}},
  booktitle =	{Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2014)},
  pages =	{325--338},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-939897-74-3},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2014},
  volume =	{28},
  editor =	{Jansen, Klaus and Rolim, Jos\'{e} and Devanur, Nikhil R. and Moore, Cristopher},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX-RANDOM.2014.325},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-47062},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX-RANDOM.2014.325},
  annote =	{Keywords: Approximation algorithm; k-median problem; LP-rounding; Hard capacities}
}
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