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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.ESA.2024.74
Improved Approximations for Flexible Network Design

Authors: Dylan Hyatt-Denesik, Afrouz Jabal-Ameli, and Laura Sanità

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 308, 32nd Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2024)

Abstract
Flexible network design deals with building a network that guarantees some connectivity requirements between its vertices, even when some of its elements (like vertices or edges) fail. In particular, the set of edges (resp. vertices) of a given graph are here partitioned into safe and unsafe. The goal is to identify a minimum size subgraph that is 2-edge-connected (resp. 2-vertex-connected), and stay so whenever any of the unsafe elements gets removed. In this paper, we provide improved approximation algorithms for flexible network design problems, considering both edge-connectivity and vertex-connectivity, as well as connectivity values higher than 2. For the vertex-connectivity variant, in particular, our algorithm is the first with approximation factor strictly better than 2.
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Dylan Hyatt-Denesik, Afrouz Jabal-Ameli, and Laura Sanità. Improved Approximations for Flexible Network Design. In 32nd Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2024). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 308, pp. 74:1-74:14, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2024)

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@InProceedings{hyattdenesik_et_al:LIPIcs.ESA.2024.74,
  author =	{Hyatt-Denesik, Dylan and Jabal-Ameli, Afrouz and Sanit\`{a}, Laura},
  title =	{{Improved Approximations for Flexible Network Design}},
  booktitle =	{32nd Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2024)},
  pages =	{74:1--74:14},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-338-6},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2024},
  volume =	{308},
  editor =	{Chan, Timothy and Fischer, Johannes and Iacono, John and Herman, Grzegorz},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ESA.2024.74},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-211456},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ESA.2024.74},
  annote =	{Keywords: Approximation Algorithms, Network Design, Flexible Connectivity}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/DagRep.13.10.76
Graph Algorithms: Cuts, Flows, and Network Design (Dagstuhl Seminar 23422)

Authors: Jason Li, Debmalya Panigrahi, Laura Sanita, and Thatchaphol Saranurak

Published in: Dagstuhl Reports, Volume 13, Issue 10 (2024)

Abstract
This report documents the program and the outcomes of Dagstuhl Seminar 23422 "Graph Algorithms: Cuts, Flows, and Network Design". This seminar brought 25 leading researchers in graph algorithms together for a discussion of the recent progress and challenges in two areas: the design of fast algorithm for fundamental flow/cut problems and the design of approximation algorithms for basic network design problems. The seminar included several talks of varying lengths, a panel discussion, and an open problem session. In addition, sufficient time was set aside for research discussions and collaborations.
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Jason Li, Debmalya Panigrahi, Laura Sanita, and Thatchaphol Saranurak. Graph Algorithms: Cuts, Flows, and Network Design (Dagstuhl Seminar 23422). In Dagstuhl Reports, Volume 13, Issue 10, pp. 76-89, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2024)

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@Article{li_et_al:DagRep.13.10.76,
  author =	{Li, Jason and Panigrahi, Debmalya and Sanita, Laura and Saranurak, Thatchaphol},
  title =	{{Graph Algorithms: Cuts, Flows, and Network Design (Dagstuhl Seminar 23422)}},
  pages =	{76--89},
  journal =	{Dagstuhl Reports},
  ISSN =	{2192-5283},
  year =	{2024},
  volume =	{13},
  number =	{10},
  editor =	{Li, Jason and Panigrahi, Debmalya and Sanita, Laura and Saranurak, Thatchaphol},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/DagRep.13.10.76},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-198357},
  doi =		{10.4230/DagRep.13.10.76},
  annote =	{Keywords: approximation, graph algorithm, maximum flow, minimum cut, network design}
}
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Track A: Algorithms, Complexity and Games
DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2023.79
Finding Almost Tight Witness Trees

Authors: Dylan Hyatt-Denesik, Afrouz Jabal Ameli, and Laura Sanità

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 261, 50th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2023)

Abstract
This paper addresses a graph optimization problem, called the Witness Tree problem, which seeks a spanning tree of a graph minimizing a certain non-linear objective function. This problem is of interest because it plays a crucial role in the analysis of the best approximation algorithms for two fundamental network design problems: Steiner Tree and Node-Tree Augmentation. We will show how a wiser choice of witness trees leads to an improved approximation for Node-Tree Augmentation, and for Steiner Tree in special classes of graphs.
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Dylan Hyatt-Denesik, Afrouz Jabal Ameli, and Laura Sanità. Finding Almost Tight Witness Trees. In 50th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2023). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 261, pp. 79:1-79:16, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2023)

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@InProceedings{hyattdenesik_et_al:LIPIcs.ICALP.2023.79,
  author =	{Hyatt-Denesik, Dylan and Jabal Ameli, Afrouz and Sanit\`{a}, Laura},
  title =	{{Finding Almost Tight Witness Trees}},
  booktitle =	{50th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2023)},
  pages =	{79:1--79:16},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-278-5},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2023},
  volume =	{261},
  editor =	{Etessami, Kousha and Feige, Uriel and Puppis, Gabriele},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2023.79},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-181314},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2023.79},
  annote =	{Keywords: Algorithms, Network Design, Approximation}
}
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Complete Volume
DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX/RANDOM.2021
LIPIcs, Volume 207, APPROX/RANDOM 2021, Complete Volume

Authors: Mary Wootters and Laura Sanità

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 207, Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2021)

Abstract
LIPIcs, Volume 207, APPROX/RANDOM 2021, Complete Volume
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Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2021). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 207, pp. 1-1240, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2021)

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@Proceedings{wootters_et_al:LIPIcs.APPROX/RANDOM.2021,
  title =	{{LIPIcs, Volume 207, APPROX/RANDOM 2021, Complete Volume}},
  booktitle =	{Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2021)},
  pages =	{1--1240},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-207-5},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2021},
  volume =	{207},
  editor =	{Wootters, Mary and Sanit\`{a}, Laura},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX/RANDOM.2021},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-146929},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX/RANDOM.2021},
  annote =	{Keywords: LIPIcs, Volume 207, APPROX/RANDOM 2021, Complete Volume}
}
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Front Matter
DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX/RANDOM.2021.0
Front Matter, Table of Contents, Preface, Conference Organization

Authors: Mary Wootters and Laura Sanità

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 207, Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2021)

Abstract
Front Matter, Table of Contents, Preface, Conference Organization
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Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2021). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 207, pp. 0:i-0:x, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2021)

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@InProceedings{wootters_et_al:LIPIcs.APPROX/RANDOM.2021.0,
  author =	{Wootters, Mary and Sanit\`{a}, Laura},
  title =	{{Front Matter, Table of Contents, Preface, Conference Organization}},
  booktitle =	{Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2021)},
  pages =	{0:i--0:x},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-207-5},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2021},
  volume =	{207},
  editor =	{Wootters, Mary and Sanit\`{a}, Laura},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX/RANDOM.2021.0},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-146933},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX/RANDOM.2021.0},
  annote =	{Keywords: Front Matter, Table of Contents, Preface, Conference Organization}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.ESA.2018.1
Algorithms for Inverse Optimization Problems

Authors: Sara Ahmadian, Umang Bhaskar, Laura Sanità, and Chaitanya Swamy

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 112, 26th Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2018)

Abstract
We study inverse optimization problems, wherein the goal is to map given solutions to an underlying optimization problem to a cost vector for which the given solutions are the (unique) optimal solutions. Inverse optimization problems find diverse applications and have been widely studied. A prominent problem in this field is the inverse shortest path (ISP) problem [D. Burton and Ph.L. Toint, 1992; W. Ben-Ameur and E. Gourdin, 2004; A. Bley, 2007], which finds applications in shortest-path routing protocols used in telecommunications. Here we seek a cost vector that is positive, integral, induces a set of given paths as the unique shortest paths, and has minimum l_infty norm. Despite being extensively studied, very few algorithmic results are known for inverse optimization problems involving integrality constraints on the desired cost vector whose norm has to be minimized. Motivated by ISP, we initiate a systematic study of such integral inverse optimization problems from the perspective of designing polynomial time approximation algorithms. For ISP, our main result is an additive 1-approximation algorithm for multicommodity ISP with node-disjoint commodities, which we show is tight assuming P!=NP. We then consider the integral-cost inverse versions of various other fundamental combinatorial optimization problems, including min-cost flow, max/min-cost bipartite matching, and max/min-cost basis in a matroid, and obtain tight or nearly-tight approximation guarantees for these. Our guarantees for the first two problems are based on results for a broad generalization, namely integral inverse polyhedral optimization, for which we also give approximation guarantees. Our techniques also give similar results for variants, including l_p-norm minimization of the integral cost vector, and distance-minimization from an initial cost vector.
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Sara Ahmadian, Umang Bhaskar, Laura Sanità, and Chaitanya Swamy. Algorithms for Inverse Optimization Problems. In 26th Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2018). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 112, pp. 1:1-1:14, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2018)

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@InProceedings{ahmadian_et_al:LIPIcs.ESA.2018.1,
  author =	{Ahmadian, Sara and Bhaskar, Umang and Sanit\`{a}, Laura and Swamy, Chaitanya},
  title =	{{Algorithms for Inverse Optimization Problems}},
  booktitle =	{26th Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2018)},
  pages =	{1:1--1:14},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-081-1},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2018},
  volume =	{112},
  editor =	{Azar, Yossi and Bast, Hannah and Herman, Grzegorz},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ESA.2018.1},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-94646},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ESA.2018.1},
  annote =	{Keywords: Inverse optimization, Shortest paths, Approximation algorithms, Linear programming, Polyhedral theory, Combinatorial optimization}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2018.83
Stabilizing Weighted Graphs

Authors: Zhuan Khye Koh and Laura Sanità

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 107, 45th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2018)

Abstract
An edge-weighted graph G=(V,E) is called stable if the value of a maximum-weight matching equals the value of a maximum-weight fractional matching. Stable graphs play an important role in some interesting game theory problems, such as network bargaining games and cooperative matching games, because they characterize instances which admit stable outcomes. Motivated by this, in the last few years many researchers have investigated the algorithmic problem of turning a given graph into a stable one, via edge- and vertex-removal operations. However, all the algorithmic results developed in the literature so far only hold for unweighted instances, i.e., assuming unit weights on the edges of G. We give the first polynomial-time algorithm to find a minimum cardinality subset of vertices whose removal from G yields a stable graph, for any weighted graph G. The algorithm is combinatorial and exploits new structural properties of basic fractional matchings, which are of independent interest. In particular, one of the main ingredients of our result is the development of a polynomial-time algorithm to compute a basic maximum-weight fractional matching with minimum number of odd cycles in its support. This generalizes a fundamental and classical result on unweighted matchings given by Balas more than 30 years ago, which we expect to prove useful beyond this particular application. In contrast, we show that the problem of finding a minimum cardinality subset of edges whose removal from a weighted graph G yields a stable graph, does not admit any constant-factor approximation algorithm, unless P=NP. In this setting, we develop an O(Delta)-approximation algorithm for the problem, where Delta is the maximum degree of a node in G.
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Zhuan Khye Koh and Laura Sanità. Stabilizing Weighted Graphs. In 45th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2018). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 107, pp. 83:1-83:13, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2018)

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@InProceedings{koh_et_al:LIPIcs.ICALP.2018.83,
  author =	{Koh, Zhuan Khye and Sanit\`{a}, Laura},
  title =	{{Stabilizing Weighted Graphs}},
  booktitle =	{45th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2018)},
  pages =	{83:1--83:13},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-076-7},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2018},
  volume =	{107},
  editor =	{Chatzigiannakis, Ioannis and Kaklamanis, Christos and Marx, D\'{a}niel and Sannella, Donald},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2018.83},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-90877},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2018.83},
  annote =	{Keywords: combinatorial optimization, network bargaining, cooperative game}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.ESA.2017.46
Single-Sink Fractionally Subadditive Network Design

Authors: Guru Guruganesh, Jennifer Iglesias, R. Ravi, and Laura Sanita

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 87, 25th Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2017)

Abstract
We study a generalization of the Steiner tree problem, where we are given a weighted network G together with a collection of k subsets of its vertices and a root r. We wish to construct a minimum cost network such that the network supports one unit of flow to the root from every node in a subset simultaneously. The network constructed does not need to support flows from all the subsets simultaneously. We settle an open question regarding the complexity of this problem for k=2, and give a 3/2-approximation algorithm that improves over a (trivial) known 2-approximation. Furthermore, we prove some structural results that prevent many well-known techniques from doing better than the known O(log n)-approximation. Despite these obstacles, we conjecture that this problem should have an O(1)-approximation. We also give an approximation result for a variant of the problem where the solution is required to be a path.
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Guru Guruganesh, Jennifer Iglesias, R. Ravi, and Laura Sanita. Single-Sink Fractionally Subadditive Network Design. In 25th Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2017). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 87, pp. 46:1-46:13, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2017)

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@InProceedings{guruganesh_et_al:LIPIcs.ESA.2017.46,
  author =	{Guruganesh, Guru and Iglesias, Jennifer and Ravi, R. and Sanita, Laura},
  title =	{{Single-Sink Fractionally Subadditive Network Design}},
  booktitle =	{25th Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2017)},
  pages =	{46:1--46:13},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-049-1},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2017},
  volume =	{87},
  editor =	{Pruhs, Kirk and Sohler, Christian},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ESA.2017.46},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-78581},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ESA.2017.46},
  annote =	{Keywords: Network design, single-commodity flow, approximation algorithms, Steiner tree}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2016.33
Fast Approximation Algorithms for the Generalized Survivable Network Design Problem

Authors: Andreas Emil Feldmann, Jochen Könemann, Kanstantsin Pashkovich, and Laura Sanità

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 64, 27th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2016)

Abstract
In a standard f-connectivity network design problem, we are given an undirected graph G = (V, E), a cut-requirement function f : 2^V to N, and non-negative costs c(e) for all e in E. We are then asked to find a minimum-cost vector x in N^E such that x(delta(S)) geq f (S) for all S subseteq V. We focus on the class of such problems where f is a proper function. This encodes many well-studied NP-hard problems such as the generalized survivable network design problem. In this paper we present the first strongly polynomial time FPTAS for solving the LP relaxation of the standard IP formulation of the f-connectivity problem with general proper functions f. Implementing Jain’s algorithm, this yields a strongly polynomial time (2 + epsilon)-approximation for the generalized survivable network design problem (where we consider rounding up of rationals an arithmetic operation).
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Andreas Emil Feldmann, Jochen Könemann, Kanstantsin Pashkovich, and Laura Sanità. Fast Approximation Algorithms for the Generalized Survivable Network Design Problem. In 27th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2016). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 64, pp. 33:1-33:12, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2016)

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@InProceedings{feldmann_et_al:LIPIcs.ISAAC.2016.33,
  author =	{Feldmann, Andreas Emil and K\"{o}nemann, Jochen and Pashkovich, Kanstantsin and Sanit\`{a}, Laura},
  title =	{{Fast Approximation Algorithms for the Generalized Survivable Network Design Problem}},
  booktitle =	{27th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2016)},
  pages =	{33:1--33:12},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-026-2},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2016},
  volume =	{64},
  editor =	{Hong, Seok-Hee},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2016.33},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-68035},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2016.33},
  annote =	{Keywords: strongly polynomial runtime, generalized survivable network design, primal-dual method}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX-RANDOM.2014.176
On the Equivalence of the Bidirected and Hypergraphic Relaxations for Steiner Tree

Authors: Andreas Emil Feldmann, Jochen Könemann, Neil Olver, and Laura Sanità

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

Abstract
The bottleneck of the currently best (ln(4) + epsilon)-approximation algorithm for the NP-hard Steiner tree problem is the solution of its large, so called hypergraphic, linear programming relaxation (HYP). Hypergraphic LPs are NP-hard to solve exactly, and it is a formidable computational task to even approximate them sufficiently well. We focus on another well-studied but poorly understood LP relaxation of the problem: the bidirected cut relaxation (BCR). This LP is compact, and can therefore be solved efficiently. Its integrality gap is known to be greater than 1.16, and while this is widely conjectured to be close to the real answer, only a (trivial) upper bound of 2 is known. In this paper, we give an efficient constructive proof that BCR and HYP are polyhedrally equivalent in instances that do not have an (edge-induced) claw on Steiner vertices, i.e., they do not contain a Steiner vertex with 3 Steiner neighbors. This implies faster ln(4)-approximations for these graphs, and is a significant step forward from the previously known equivalence for (so called quasi-bipartite) instances in which Steiner vertices form an independent set. We complement our results by showing that even restricting to instances where Steiner vertices induce one single star, determining whether the two relaxations are equivalent is NP-hard.
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Andreas Emil Feldmann, Jochen Könemann, Neil Olver, and Laura Sanità. On the Equivalence of the Bidirected and Hypergraphic Relaxations for Steiner Tree. In Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2014). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 28, pp. 176-191, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2014)

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@InProceedings{feldmann_et_al:LIPIcs.APPROX-RANDOM.2014.176,
  author =	{Feldmann, Andreas Emil and K\"{o}nemann, Jochen and Olver, Neil and Sanit\`{a}, Laura},
  title =	{{On the Equivalence of the Bidirected and Hypergraphic Relaxations for Steiner Tree}},
  booktitle =	{Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2014)},
  pages =	{176--191},
  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.2014.176},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-46962},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX-RANDOM.2014.176},
  annote =	{Keywords: Steiner tree, bidirected cut relaxation, hypergraphic relaxation, polyhedral equivalence, approximation algorithms}
}

Sanita, Laura

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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.ESA.2024.74
Improved Approximations for Flexible Network Design

Authors: Dylan Hyatt-Denesik, Afrouz Jabal-Ameli, and Laura Sanità

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 308, 32nd Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2024)

Abstract
Flexible network design deals with building a network that guarantees some connectivity requirements between its vertices, even when some of its elements (like vertices or edges) fail. In particular, the set of edges (resp. vertices) of a given graph are here partitioned into safe and unsafe. The goal is to identify a minimum size subgraph that is 2-edge-connected (resp. 2-vertex-connected), and stay so whenever any of the unsafe elements gets removed. In this paper, we provide improved approximation algorithms for flexible network design problems, considering both edge-connectivity and vertex-connectivity, as well as connectivity values higher than 2. For the vertex-connectivity variant, in particular, our algorithm is the first with approximation factor strictly better than 2.
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Dylan Hyatt-Denesik, Afrouz Jabal-Ameli, and Laura Sanità. Improved Approximations for Flexible Network Design. In 32nd Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2024). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 308, pp. 74:1-74:14, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2024)

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@InProceedings{hyattdenesik_et_al:LIPIcs.ESA.2024.74,
  author =	{Hyatt-Denesik, Dylan and Jabal-Ameli, Afrouz and Sanit\`{a}, Laura},
  title =	{{Improved Approximations for Flexible Network Design}},
  booktitle =	{32nd Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2024)},
  pages =	{74:1--74:14},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-338-6},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2024},
  volume =	{308},
  editor =	{Chan, Timothy and Fischer, Johannes and Iacono, John and Herman, Grzegorz},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ESA.2024.74},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-211456},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ESA.2024.74},
  annote =	{Keywords: Approximation Algorithms, Network Design, Flexible Connectivity}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/DagRep.13.10.76
Graph Algorithms: Cuts, Flows, and Network Design (Dagstuhl Seminar 23422)

Authors: Jason Li, Debmalya Panigrahi, Laura Sanita, and Thatchaphol Saranurak

Published in: Dagstuhl Reports, Volume 13, Issue 10 (2024)

Abstract
This report documents the program and the outcomes of Dagstuhl Seminar 23422 "Graph Algorithms: Cuts, Flows, and Network Design". This seminar brought 25 leading researchers in graph algorithms together for a discussion of the recent progress and challenges in two areas: the design of fast algorithm for fundamental flow/cut problems and the design of approximation algorithms for basic network design problems. The seminar included several talks of varying lengths, a panel discussion, and an open problem session. In addition, sufficient time was set aside for research discussions and collaborations.
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Jason Li, Debmalya Panigrahi, Laura Sanita, and Thatchaphol Saranurak. Graph Algorithms: Cuts, Flows, and Network Design (Dagstuhl Seminar 23422). In Dagstuhl Reports, Volume 13, Issue 10, pp. 76-89, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2024)

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@Article{li_et_al:DagRep.13.10.76,
  author =	{Li, Jason and Panigrahi, Debmalya and Sanita, Laura and Saranurak, Thatchaphol},
  title =	{{Graph Algorithms: Cuts, Flows, and Network Design (Dagstuhl Seminar 23422)}},
  pages =	{76--89},
  journal =	{Dagstuhl Reports},
  ISSN =	{2192-5283},
  year =	{2024},
  volume =	{13},
  number =	{10},
  editor =	{Li, Jason and Panigrahi, Debmalya and Sanita, Laura and Saranurak, Thatchaphol},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/DagRep.13.10.76},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-198357},
  doi =		{10.4230/DagRep.13.10.76},
  annote =	{Keywords: approximation, graph algorithm, maximum flow, minimum cut, network design}
}
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Track A: Algorithms, Complexity and Games
DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2023.79
Finding Almost Tight Witness Trees

Authors: Dylan Hyatt-Denesik, Afrouz Jabal Ameli, and Laura Sanità

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 261, 50th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2023)

Abstract
This paper addresses a graph optimization problem, called the Witness Tree problem, which seeks a spanning tree of a graph minimizing a certain non-linear objective function. This problem is of interest because it plays a crucial role in the analysis of the best approximation algorithms for two fundamental network design problems: Steiner Tree and Node-Tree Augmentation. We will show how a wiser choice of witness trees leads to an improved approximation for Node-Tree Augmentation, and for Steiner Tree in special classes of graphs.
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Dylan Hyatt-Denesik, Afrouz Jabal Ameli, and Laura Sanità. Finding Almost Tight Witness Trees. In 50th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2023). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 261, pp. 79:1-79:16, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2023)

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@InProceedings{hyattdenesik_et_al:LIPIcs.ICALP.2023.79,
  author =	{Hyatt-Denesik, Dylan and Jabal Ameli, Afrouz and Sanit\`{a}, Laura},
  title =	{{Finding Almost Tight Witness Trees}},
  booktitle =	{50th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2023)},
  pages =	{79:1--79:16},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-278-5},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2023},
  volume =	{261},
  editor =	{Etessami, Kousha and Feige, Uriel and Puppis, Gabriele},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2023.79},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-181314},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2023.79},
  annote =	{Keywords: Algorithms, Network Design, Approximation}
}
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Complete Volume
DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX/RANDOM.2021
LIPIcs, Volume 207, APPROX/RANDOM 2021, Complete Volume

Authors: Mary Wootters and Laura Sanità

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 207, Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2021)

Abstract
LIPIcs, Volume 207, APPROX/RANDOM 2021, Complete Volume
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Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2021). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 207, pp. 1-1240, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2021)

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@Proceedings{wootters_et_al:LIPIcs.APPROX/RANDOM.2021,
  title =	{{LIPIcs, Volume 207, APPROX/RANDOM 2021, Complete Volume}},
  booktitle =	{Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2021)},
  pages =	{1--1240},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-207-5},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2021},
  volume =	{207},
  editor =	{Wootters, Mary and Sanit\`{a}, Laura},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX/RANDOM.2021},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-146929},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX/RANDOM.2021},
  annote =	{Keywords: LIPIcs, Volume 207, APPROX/RANDOM 2021, Complete Volume}
}
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Front Matter
DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX/RANDOM.2021.0
Front Matter, Table of Contents, Preface, Conference Organization

Authors: Mary Wootters and Laura Sanità

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 207, Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2021)

Abstract
Front Matter, Table of Contents, Preface, Conference Organization
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Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2021). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 207, pp. 0:i-0:x, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2021)

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@InProceedings{wootters_et_al:LIPIcs.APPROX/RANDOM.2021.0,
  author =	{Wootters, Mary and Sanit\`{a}, Laura},
  title =	{{Front Matter, Table of Contents, Preface, Conference Organization}},
  booktitle =	{Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2021)},
  pages =	{0:i--0:x},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-207-5},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2021},
  volume =	{207},
  editor =	{Wootters, Mary and Sanit\`{a}, Laura},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX/RANDOM.2021.0},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-146933},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX/RANDOM.2021.0},
  annote =	{Keywords: Front Matter, Table of Contents, Preface, Conference Organization}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.ESA.2018.1
Algorithms for Inverse Optimization Problems

Authors: Sara Ahmadian, Umang Bhaskar, Laura Sanità, and Chaitanya Swamy

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 112, 26th Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2018)

Abstract
We study inverse optimization problems, wherein the goal is to map given solutions to an underlying optimization problem to a cost vector for which the given solutions are the (unique) optimal solutions. Inverse optimization problems find diverse applications and have been widely studied. A prominent problem in this field is the inverse shortest path (ISP) problem [D. Burton and Ph.L. Toint, 1992; W. Ben-Ameur and E. Gourdin, 2004; A. Bley, 2007], which finds applications in shortest-path routing protocols used in telecommunications. Here we seek a cost vector that is positive, integral, induces a set of given paths as the unique shortest paths, and has minimum l_infty norm. Despite being extensively studied, very few algorithmic results are known for inverse optimization problems involving integrality constraints on the desired cost vector whose norm has to be minimized. Motivated by ISP, we initiate a systematic study of such integral inverse optimization problems from the perspective of designing polynomial time approximation algorithms. For ISP, our main result is an additive 1-approximation algorithm for multicommodity ISP with node-disjoint commodities, which we show is tight assuming P!=NP. We then consider the integral-cost inverse versions of various other fundamental combinatorial optimization problems, including min-cost flow, max/min-cost bipartite matching, and max/min-cost basis in a matroid, and obtain tight or nearly-tight approximation guarantees for these. Our guarantees for the first two problems are based on results for a broad generalization, namely integral inverse polyhedral optimization, for which we also give approximation guarantees. Our techniques also give similar results for variants, including l_p-norm minimization of the integral cost vector, and distance-minimization from an initial cost vector.
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Sara Ahmadian, Umang Bhaskar, Laura Sanità, and Chaitanya Swamy. Algorithms for Inverse Optimization Problems. In 26th Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2018). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 112, pp. 1:1-1:14, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2018)

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@InProceedings{ahmadian_et_al:LIPIcs.ESA.2018.1,
  author =	{Ahmadian, Sara and Bhaskar, Umang and Sanit\`{a}, Laura and Swamy, Chaitanya},
  title =	{{Algorithms for Inverse Optimization Problems}},
  booktitle =	{26th Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2018)},
  pages =	{1:1--1:14},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-081-1},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2018},
  volume =	{112},
  editor =	{Azar, Yossi and Bast, Hannah and Herman, Grzegorz},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ESA.2018.1},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-94646},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ESA.2018.1},
  annote =	{Keywords: Inverse optimization, Shortest paths, Approximation algorithms, Linear programming, Polyhedral theory, Combinatorial optimization}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2018.83
Stabilizing Weighted Graphs

Authors: Zhuan Khye Koh and Laura Sanità

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 107, 45th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2018)

Abstract
An edge-weighted graph G=(V,E) is called stable if the value of a maximum-weight matching equals the value of a maximum-weight fractional matching. Stable graphs play an important role in some interesting game theory problems, such as network bargaining games and cooperative matching games, because they characterize instances which admit stable outcomes. Motivated by this, in the last few years many researchers have investigated the algorithmic problem of turning a given graph into a stable one, via edge- and vertex-removal operations. However, all the algorithmic results developed in the literature so far only hold for unweighted instances, i.e., assuming unit weights on the edges of G. We give the first polynomial-time algorithm to find a minimum cardinality subset of vertices whose removal from G yields a stable graph, for any weighted graph G. The algorithm is combinatorial and exploits new structural properties of basic fractional matchings, which are of independent interest. In particular, one of the main ingredients of our result is the development of a polynomial-time algorithm to compute a basic maximum-weight fractional matching with minimum number of odd cycles in its support. This generalizes a fundamental and classical result on unweighted matchings given by Balas more than 30 years ago, which we expect to prove useful beyond this particular application. In contrast, we show that the problem of finding a minimum cardinality subset of edges whose removal from a weighted graph G yields a stable graph, does not admit any constant-factor approximation algorithm, unless P=NP. In this setting, we develop an O(Delta)-approximation algorithm for the problem, where Delta is the maximum degree of a node in G.
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Zhuan Khye Koh and Laura Sanità. Stabilizing Weighted Graphs. In 45th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2018). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 107, pp. 83:1-83:13, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2018)

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@InProceedings{koh_et_al:LIPIcs.ICALP.2018.83,
  author =	{Koh, Zhuan Khye and Sanit\`{a}, Laura},
  title =	{{Stabilizing Weighted Graphs}},
  booktitle =	{45th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2018)},
  pages =	{83:1--83:13},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-076-7},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2018},
  volume =	{107},
  editor =	{Chatzigiannakis, Ioannis and Kaklamanis, Christos and Marx, D\'{a}niel and Sannella, Donald},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2018.83},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-90877},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2018.83},
  annote =	{Keywords: combinatorial optimization, network bargaining, cooperative game}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.ESA.2017.46
Single-Sink Fractionally Subadditive Network Design

Authors: Guru Guruganesh, Jennifer Iglesias, R. Ravi, and Laura Sanita

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 87, 25th Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2017)

Abstract
We study a generalization of the Steiner tree problem, where we are given a weighted network G together with a collection of k subsets of its vertices and a root r. We wish to construct a minimum cost network such that the network supports one unit of flow to the root from every node in a subset simultaneously. The network constructed does not need to support flows from all the subsets simultaneously. We settle an open question regarding the complexity of this problem for k=2, and give a 3/2-approximation algorithm that improves over a (trivial) known 2-approximation. Furthermore, we prove some structural results that prevent many well-known techniques from doing better than the known O(log n)-approximation. Despite these obstacles, we conjecture that this problem should have an O(1)-approximation. We also give an approximation result for a variant of the problem where the solution is required to be a path.
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Guru Guruganesh, Jennifer Iglesias, R. Ravi, and Laura Sanita. Single-Sink Fractionally Subadditive Network Design. In 25th Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2017). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 87, pp. 46:1-46:13, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2017)

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@InProceedings{guruganesh_et_al:LIPIcs.ESA.2017.46,
  author =	{Guruganesh, Guru and Iglesias, Jennifer and Ravi, R. and Sanita, Laura},
  title =	{{Single-Sink Fractionally Subadditive Network Design}},
  booktitle =	{25th Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2017)},
  pages =	{46:1--46:13},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-049-1},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2017},
  volume =	{87},
  editor =	{Pruhs, Kirk and Sohler, Christian},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ESA.2017.46},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-78581},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ESA.2017.46},
  annote =	{Keywords: Network design, single-commodity flow, approximation algorithms, Steiner tree}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2016.33
Fast Approximation Algorithms for the Generalized Survivable Network Design Problem

Authors: Andreas Emil Feldmann, Jochen Könemann, Kanstantsin Pashkovich, and Laura Sanità

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 64, 27th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2016)

Abstract
In a standard f-connectivity network design problem, we are given an undirected graph G = (V, E), a cut-requirement function f : 2^V to N, and non-negative costs c(e) for all e in E. We are then asked to find a minimum-cost vector x in N^E such that x(delta(S)) geq f (S) for all S subseteq V. We focus on the class of such problems where f is a proper function. This encodes many well-studied NP-hard problems such as the generalized survivable network design problem. In this paper we present the first strongly polynomial time FPTAS for solving the LP relaxation of the standard IP formulation of the f-connectivity problem with general proper functions f. Implementing Jain’s algorithm, this yields a strongly polynomial time (2 + epsilon)-approximation for the generalized survivable network design problem (where we consider rounding up of rationals an arithmetic operation).
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Andreas Emil Feldmann, Jochen Könemann, Kanstantsin Pashkovich, and Laura Sanità. Fast Approximation Algorithms for the Generalized Survivable Network Design Problem. In 27th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2016). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 64, pp. 33:1-33:12, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2016)

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@InProceedings{feldmann_et_al:LIPIcs.ISAAC.2016.33,
  author =	{Feldmann, Andreas Emil and K\"{o}nemann, Jochen and Pashkovich, Kanstantsin and Sanit\`{a}, Laura},
  title =	{{Fast Approximation Algorithms for the Generalized Survivable Network Design Problem}},
  booktitle =	{27th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2016)},
  pages =	{33:1--33:12},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-026-2},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2016},
  volume =	{64},
  editor =	{Hong, Seok-Hee},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2016.33},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-68035},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2016.33},
  annote =	{Keywords: strongly polynomial runtime, generalized survivable network design, primal-dual method}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX-RANDOM.2014.176
On the Equivalence of the Bidirected and Hypergraphic Relaxations for Steiner Tree

Authors: Andreas Emil Feldmann, Jochen Könemann, Neil Olver, and Laura Sanità

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

Abstract
The bottleneck of the currently best (ln(4) + epsilon)-approximation algorithm for the NP-hard Steiner tree problem is the solution of its large, so called hypergraphic, linear programming relaxation (HYP). Hypergraphic LPs are NP-hard to solve exactly, and it is a formidable computational task to even approximate them sufficiently well. We focus on another well-studied but poorly understood LP relaxation of the problem: the bidirected cut relaxation (BCR). This LP is compact, and can therefore be solved efficiently. Its integrality gap is known to be greater than 1.16, and while this is widely conjectured to be close to the real answer, only a (trivial) upper bound of 2 is known. In this paper, we give an efficient constructive proof that BCR and HYP are polyhedrally equivalent in instances that do not have an (edge-induced) claw on Steiner vertices, i.e., they do not contain a Steiner vertex with 3 Steiner neighbors. This implies faster ln(4)-approximations for these graphs, and is a significant step forward from the previously known equivalence for (so called quasi-bipartite) instances in which Steiner vertices form an independent set. We complement our results by showing that even restricting to instances where Steiner vertices induce one single star, determining whether the two relaxations are equivalent is NP-hard.
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Andreas Emil Feldmann, Jochen Könemann, Neil Olver, and Laura Sanità. On the Equivalence of the Bidirected and Hypergraphic Relaxations for Steiner Tree. In Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2014). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 28, pp. 176-191, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2014)

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@InProceedings{feldmann_et_al:LIPIcs.APPROX-RANDOM.2014.176,
  author =	{Feldmann, Andreas Emil and K\"{o}nemann, Jochen and Olver, Neil and Sanit\`{a}, Laura},
  title =	{{On the Equivalence of the Bidirected and Hypergraphic Relaxations for Steiner Tree}},
  booktitle =	{Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2014)},
  pages =	{176--191},
  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.2014.176},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-46962},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX-RANDOM.2014.176},
  annote =	{Keywords: Steiner tree, bidirected cut relaxation, hypergraphic relaxation, polyhedral equivalence, approximation algorithms}
}
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