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    An Oblivious O(1)-Approximation for Single Source Buy-at-Bulk

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    Conference Paper
    Authors
    Goel, Ashish
    Post, Ian
    Date
    2009-10
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10754/597539
    
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    Abstract
    We consider the single-source (or single-sink) buy-at-bulk problem with an unknown concave cost function. We want to route a set of demands along a graph to or from a designated root node, and the cost of routing x units of flow along an edge is proportional to some concave, non-decreasing function f such that f(0) = 0. We present a polynomial time algorithm that finds a distribution over trees such that the expected cost of a tree for any f is within an O(1)-factor of the optimum cost for that f. The previous best simultaneous approximation for this problem, even ignoring computation time, was O(log |D|), where D is the multi-set of demand nodes. We design a simple algorithmic framework using the ellipsoid method that finds an O(1)-approximation if one exists, and then construct a separation oracle using a novel adaptation of the Guha, Meyerson, and Munagala [10] algorithm for the single-sink buy-at-bulk problem that proves an O(1) approximation is possible for all f. The number of trees in the support of the distribution constructed by our algorithm is at most 1 + log |D|. © 2009 IEEE.
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    Goel A, Post I (2009) An Oblivious O(1)-Approximation for Single Source Buy-at-Bulk. 2009 50th Annual IEEE Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/FOCS.2009.41.
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    Research supported by an NSF ITR grant and the Stanford-KAUSTalliance for academic excellence.
    Publisher
    Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
    Journal
    2009 50th Annual IEEE Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science
    DOI
    10.1109/FOCS.2009.41
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.1109/FOCS.2009.41
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