ON BETTER HEURISTICS FOR STEINER MINIMUM TREES

	ON BETTER HEURISTICS FOR STEINER MINIMUM TREES
	DU, DZ ; ZHANG, YJ
刊名	MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING
	1992-11-02
卷号	57 期号:2 页码:193-202
关键词	STEINER TREES APPROXIMATION PERFORMANCE RATIO
ISSN号	0025-5610
英文摘要	Finding a shortest network interconnecting a given set of points in a metric space is called the Steiner minimum tree problem. The Steiner ratio is the largest lower bound for the ratio between lengths of a Steiner minimum tree and a minimum spanning tree for the same set of points. In this paper, we show that in a metric space, if the Steiner ratio is less than one and finding a Steiner minimum tree for a set of size bounded by a fixed number can be performed in polynomial time, then there exists a polynomial-time heuristic for the Steiner minimum tree problem with performance ratio bigger than the Steiner ratio. It follows that in the Euclidean plane, there exists a polynomial-time heuristic for Steiner minimum trees with performance ratio bigger than 1/2 square-root 3. This solves a long-standing open problem.
WOS研究方向	Computer Science ; Operations Research & Management Science ; Mathematics
语种	英语
出版者	ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
WOS记录号	WOS:A1992KE27800004
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.amss.ac.cn/handle/2S8OKBNM/27691]
专题	中国科学院数学与系统科学研究院
通讯作者	DU, DZ
作者单位	1.CHINESE ACAD SCI,INST APPL MATH,BEIJING,PEOPLES R CHINA 2.SO METHODIST UNIV,DEPT COMP SCI,DALLAS,TX 75275
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	DU, DZ,ZHANG, YJ. ON BETTER HEURISTICS FOR STEINER MINIMUM TREES[J]. MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING,1992,57(2):193-202.
APA	DU, DZ,&ZHANG, YJ.(1992).ON BETTER HEURISTICS FOR STEINER MINIMUM TREES.MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING,57(2),193-202.
MLA	DU, DZ,et al."ON BETTER HEURISTICS FOR STEINER MINIMUM TREES".MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING 57.2(1992):193-202.