Centrality of trees for capacitated k-center

We consider the capacitated k -center problem. In this problem we are given a finite set of locations in a metric space and each location has an associated non-negative integer capacity. The goal is to choose (open) k locations (called centers) and assign each location to an open center to minimize...

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Vydané v:Mathematical programming Ročník 154; číslo 1-2; s. 29 - 53
Hlavní autori: An, Hyung-Chan, Bhaskara, Aditya, Chekuri, Chandra, Gupta, Shalmoli, Madan, Vivek, Svensson, Ola
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:English
Vydavateľské údaje: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.12.2015
Predmet:
Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control; Optimization
Combinatorics
Full Length Paper
Mathematical and Computational Physics
Mathematical Methods in Physics
Mathematics
Mathematics and Statistics
Mathematics of Computing
Numerical Analysis
Theoretical
Approximation algorithms
68W25
LP-rounding algorithms
Capacitated
center problem
Capacitated network location problems
ISSN:0025-5610, 1436-4646
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Shrnutí:We consider the capacitated k -center problem. In this problem we are given a finite set of locations in a metric space and each location has an associated non-negative integer capacity. The goal is to choose (open) k locations (called centers) and assign each location to an open center to minimize the maximum, over all locations, of the distance of the location to its assigned center. The number of locations assigned to a center cannot exceed the center’s capacity. The uncapacitated k -center problem has a simple tight 2 -approximation from the 80’s. In contrast, the first constant factor approximation for the capacitated problem was obtained only recently by Cygan, Hajiaghayi and Khuller who gave an intricate LP-rounding algorithm that achieves an approximation guarantee in the hundreds. In this paper we give a simple algorithm with a clean analysis and prove an approximation guarantee of 9 . It uses the standard LP relaxation and comes close to settling the integrality gap (after necessary preprocessing), which is narrowed down to either 7 , 8 or 9 . The algorithm proceeds by first reducing to special tree instances , and then uses our best-possible algorithm to solve such instances. Our concept of tree instances is versatile and applies to natural variants of the capacitated k -center problem for which we also obtain improved algorithms. Finally, we give evidence to show that more powerful preprocessing could lead to better algorithms, by giving an approximation algorithm that beats the integrality gap for instances where all non-zero capacities are the same.
ISSN:0025-5610
1436-4646
DOI:10.1007/s10107-014-0857-y