Relay nodes are introduced to the next generation cellular networks to enhance coverage and improve system capacity, leading to a new radio network planning paradigm. In this paper, we study two planning problems for ...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781467359399;9781467359382
Relay nodes are introduced to the next generation cellular networks to enhance coverage and improve system capacity, leading to a new radio network planning paradigm. In this paper, we study two planning problems for cellular networks with relay nodes: Minimum cost cell planning and budgeted cell planning. The former is to minimize the total installation cost for opening base stations (BSs), including macro BSs and relay nodes, while satisfying all users' traffic demands. The latter is to maximize the number of users with predefined traffic demands under a given budget. Both of the problems are NP-hard. We present approximation algorithms to work out promising solutions to these problems. For the minimum cost cell planning, we develop an O(log W)-approximation algorithm, where W is the maximum capacity of macro BSs. For the budgeted cell planning, we prove that the problem is NP-hard to approximate and give an e-1/3e-1-approximation algorithm for a special case of the problem, which is general enough to meet practical requirements.
Multicommodity flow (MF) problems have a wide variety of applications in areas such as VLSI circuit design, network design, etc., and are therefore very well studied. The fractional MF problems are polynomial time sol...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781424402212
Multicommodity flow (MF) problems have a wide variety of applications in areas such as VLSI circuit design, network design, etc., and are therefore very well studied. The fractional MF problems are polynomial time solvable while integer versions are NP-complete. However, exact algorithms to solve the fractional MF problems have high computational complexity. Therefore approximation algorithms to solve the fractional MF problems have been explored in the literature to reduce their computational complexity. Using these approximation algorithms and the randomized rounding technique, polynomial time approximation algorithms have been explored in the literature. In the design of high-speed networks, such as optical wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) networks, providing survivability carries great significance. Survivability is the ability of the network to recover from failures. It further increases the complexity of network design and presents network designers with more formidable challenges. In this work we formulate the survivable versions of the MF problems. We build approximation algorithms for the survivable multicommodity How (SMF) problems based on the framework of the approximation algorithms for the MF problems presented in [1] and [2]. We discuss applications of the SMF problems to solve survivable routing in capacitated networks.
作者:
Tan, XHTokai Univ
Sch High Technol Human Welfare Numazu 4100395 Japan
Given a simple polygon P with n vertices and a starting point s on its boundary, the watchman route problem asks for a shortest route in P through s such that each point in the interior of the polygon can be seen from...
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Given a simple polygon P with n vertices and a starting point s on its boundary, the watchman route problem asks for a shortest route in P through s such that each point in the interior of the polygon can be seen from at least one point along the route. In this paper, we present a simple, linear-time algorithm for computing a watchman route of length at most root2 times that of the shortest watchman route. The best known algorithm for computing the shortest watchman route through s takes 0(n 4) time. In addition, it is too complicated to be suitable in practice. Moreover, our approximation scheme can be applied to the zookeeper's problem, which is a variant of the watchman route problem. (C) 2003 Published by Elsevier B.V.
In this paper, we consider the restless bandit problem, which is one of the most well-studied generalizations of the celebrated stochastic multi-armed bandit problem in decision theory. In its ultimate generality, the...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9780898716801
In this paper, we consider the restless bandit problem, which is one of the most well-studied generalizations of the celebrated stochastic multi-armed bandit problem in decision theory. In its ultimate generality, the restless bandit problem is known to be PSPACE-Hard to approximate to any non-trivial factor, and little progress has been made on this problem despite its significance in modeling activity allocation under uncertainty. We make progress on this problem by showing that for an interesting and general subclass that we term MONOTONE bandits, a surprisingly simple and intuitive greedy policy yields a factor 2 approximation. Such greedy policies are termed index policies, and are popular due to their simplicity and their optimality for the stochastic multi-armed bandit problem. The MONOTONE bandit problem strictly generalizes the stochastic multi-armed bandit problem, and naturally models multi-project scheduling where the state of a project becomes increasingly uncertain when the project is not scheduled. We develop several novel techniques in the design and analysis of the index policy. Our algorithm proceeds by introducing a novel "balance" constraint to the dual of a well-known LP relaxation to the restless bandit problem. This is followed by a structural characterization of the optimal solution by using both the exact primal as well as dual complementary slackness conditions. This yields an interpretation of the dual variables as potential functions from which we derive the index policy and the associated analysis.
In an ideal point-to-point network, any node would simply choose a path of minimum latency to send packets to any other node;however, the distributed nature and the increasing size of modern communication networks may...
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ISBN:
(纸本)3540438661
In an ideal point-to-point network, any node would simply choose a path of minimum latency to send packets to any other node;however, the distributed nature and the increasing size of modern communication networks may render such a solution infeasible, as it requires each node to store global information concerning the network. Thus it may be desirable to endow only a small subset of the nodes with global routing capabilites, which gives rise to the following graph-theoretic problem. Given an undirected graph G = (V, E), a metric iota on the edges, and an integer k, a k-center is a set Pi subset of or equal to V of size k and an assignment pi(v), that maps each node to a unique element in Pi. We let d(pi) (u, v) denote the length of the shortest path from u to v passing through pi(u), and pi(v), and let diota (u, v) be the length of the shortest u, v-path in G. We then refer to dpi (u, v)/diota (u, v) as the stretch of the pair (u, v). We let the stretch of a k-center solution 17 be the maximum stretch of any pair of nodes u, v is an element of V. The minimum edge-dilation k-center problem is that of finding a k-center of minimum stretch. We obtain combinatorial approximation algorithms with constant factor performance guarantees for this problem and variants in which the centers are capacitated or nodes may be assigned to more than one center. We also show that there can be no 5/4 - is an element of approximation for any is an element of > 0 unless P = NP.
Rearrangements are mutations that affect large portions of a genome. When comparing two genomes, one wants to find a sequence of rearrangements that transforms one into another. When we use permutations to represent t...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9783319919386;9783319919379
Rearrangements are mutations that affect large portions of a genome. When comparing two genomes, one wants to find a sequence of rearrangements that transforms one into another. When we use permutations to represent the genomes, this reduces to the problem of sorting a permutation using some sequence of rearrangements. The traditional approach is to find a sequence of minimum length. However, some studies show that some rearrangements are more likely to disturb an individual, and so a weighted approach is closer to the real evolutionary process. Most weighted approaches consider that the cost of a rearrangement can be related to its type or to the number of elements affected by it. This work introduces a new type of cost function, which is related to the amount of fragmentation caused by a rearrangement. We present some results about lower and upper bounds for the fragmentation-weighted problems and the relation between the unweighted and the fragmentation-weighted approach. Our main results are 2-approximation algorithms for 5 versions of the fragmentation-weighted problem involving reversals and transpositions events.
We study algorithms for the SUBMODULAR MULTIWAY PARTITION problem (SUB-MP). An instance of SUB-MP consists of a finite ground set V, a subset S = {s(1,) s(2,) ..., s(k)} subset of V of k elements called terminals, and...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9780769545714
We study algorithms for the SUBMODULAR MULTIWAY PARTITION problem (SUB-MP). An instance of SUB-MP consists of a finite ground set V, a subset S = {s(1,) s(2,) ..., s(k)} subset of V of k elements called terminals, and a non-negative submodular set function f : 2(V) -> R+ on V provided as a value oracle. T P he goal is to partition V into k sets A(1), ...., A(k) to minimize Sigma(k)(i=1) f(A(i)) such that for 1 <= i <= k, s(i) is an element of A(i). SUB-MP generalizes some well-known problems such as the MULTIWAY CUT problem in graphs and hypergraphs, and the NODE-WEIGHED MULTIWAY CUT problem in graphs. SUB-MP for arbitrary submodular functions (instead of just symmetric functions) was considered by Zhao, Nagamochi and Ibaraki [29]. Previous algorithms were based on greedy splitting and divide and conquer strategies. In recent work [5] we proposed a convex-programming relaxation for SUB-MP based on the Lovasz-extension of a submodular function and showed its applicability for some special cases. In this paper we obtain the following results for arbitrary submodular functions via this relaxation. A 2-approximation for SUB-MP. This improves the (k - 1)-approximation from [29]. A (1.5-1/k)-approximation for SUB-MP when f is symmetric. This improves the 2(1 - 1/k)-approximation from [23], [29].
In this paper we study a team orienteering problem, which is to find service paths for multiple vehicles in a network such that the profit sum of serving the nodes in the paths is maximized, subject to the cost budget...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781728164120
In this paper we study a team orienteering problem, which is to find service paths for multiple vehicles in a network such that the profit sum of serving the nodes in the paths is maximized, subject to the cost budget of each vehicle. This problem has many potential applications in IoT and smart cities, such as dispatching energy-constrained mobile chargers to charge as many energy-critical sensors as possible to prolong the network lifetime. In this paper, we first formulate the team orienteering problem, where different vehicles are different types, each node can be served by multiple vehicles, and the profit of serving the node is a submodular function of the number of vehicles serving it. We then propose a novel (1 - (1/e)1/2+epsilon)-approximation algorithm for the problem, where epsilon is a given constant with 0 < epsilon <= 1 and e is the base of the natural logarithm. In particular, the approximation ratio is no less than 0.32 when epsilon = 0.5. In addition, for a special team orienteering problem with the same type of vehicles and the profits of serving a node once and multiple times being the same, we devise an improved approximation algorithm. Finally, we evaluate the proposed algorithms with simulation experiments, and the results of which are very promising. Precisely, the profit sums delivered by the proposed algorithms are approximately 12.5% to 17.5% higher than those by existing algorithms.
Consider the following online version of the submodular maximization problem under a matroid constraint. We are given a set of elements over which a matroid is defined. The goal is to incrementally choose a subset tha...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9783642315947
Consider the following online version of the submodular maximization problem under a matroid constraint. We are given a set of elements over which a matroid is defined. The goal is to incrementally choose a subset that remains independent in the matroid over time. At each time, a new weighted rank function of a different matroid (one per time) over the same elements is presented;the algorithm can add a few elements to the incrementally constructed set, and reaps a reward equal to the value of the new weighted rank function on the current set. The goal of the algorithm as it builds this independent set online is to maximize the sum of these (weighted rank) rewards. As in regular online analysis, we compare the rewards of our online algorithm to that of an offline optimum, namely a single independent set of the matroid that maximizes the sum of the weighted rank rewards that arrive over time. This problem is a natural extension of two well-studied streams of earlier work: the first is on online set cover algorithms (in particular for the max coverage version) while the second is on approximately maximizing submodular functions under a matroid constraint. In this paper, we present the first randomized online algorithms for this problem with poly-logarithmic competitive ratio. To do this, we employ the LP formulation of a scaled reward version of the problem. Then we extend a weighted-majority type update rule along with uncrossing properties of tight sets in the matroid polytope to find an approximately optimal fractional LP solution. We use the fractional solution values as probabilities for a online randomized rounding algorithm. To show that our rounding produces a sufficiently large reward independent set, we prove and use new covering properties for randomly rounded fractional solutions in the matroid polytope that may be of independent interest.
Uncertainty about data appears in many real world applications and an important issue is how to manage, analyze and solve optimization problems over such data. An important tool for data analysis is clustering. When t...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781728183169
Uncertainty about data appears in many real world applications and an important issue is how to manage, analyze and solve optimization problems over such data. An important tool for data analysis is clustering. When the data set is uncertain, we can model them as a set of probabilistic points each formalized as a probability distribution function which describes the possible locations of the points. In this paper, we study k-center problem for probabilistic points in a general metric space. First we present a fast greedy approximation algorithm that builds k centers using a farthest-first traversal in k iterations. This algorithm improves the previous approximation factor of the unrestricted assigned k center problem from 10 (see III) to 6. Next we restrict the centers to be selected from all the probabilistic locations of the given points and we show that an optimal solution for this restricted setting is a 2-approximation factor solution for an optimal solution of the assigned k-center problem with expected distance assignment. Using this idea, we improve the approximation factor of the unrestricted assigned k-center problem to 4 by increasing the running time. The algorithm also runs in polynomial time when k is a constant. Additionally, we implement our algorithms on three real data sets. The experimental results show that in practice the approximation factors of our algorithms are better than in theory for these data sets. Also we compare the results of our algorithm with the previous works and discuss about the achieved results.
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