Approximation hardness of min-max tree covers

Zhou Xu; Qi Wen

doi:10.1016/j.orl.2010.02.004

Approximation hardness of min-max tree covers

Zhou Xu, Qi Wen

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Abstract

We prove the first inapproximability bounds to study approximation hardness for a min-max k-tree cover problem and its variants. The problem is to find a set of k trees to cover vertices of a given graph with metric edge weights, so as to minimize the maximum total edge weight of any of the k trees. Our technique can also be applied to improve inapproximability bounds for min-max problems that use other covering objectives, such as stars, paths, and tours.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	169-173
Number of pages	5
Journal	Operations Research Letters
Volume	38
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orl.2010.02.004
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2010

Keywords

Inapproximability bound
Min-max
Tree covers
Vehicle routing

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Software
Management Science and Operations Research
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Applied Mathematics

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