TY - GEN
T1 - Approximation algorithms for the unsplittable flow problem
AU - Chakrabarti, Amit
AU - Chekuri, Chandra
AU - Gupta, Anuptam
AU - Kumar, Amit
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - We present approximation algorithms for the unsplittable flow problem (UFP) on undirected graphs. As is standard in this line of research, we assume that the maximum demand is at most the minimum capacity. We focus on the non-uniform capacity case in which the edge capacities can vary arbitrarily over the graph. Our results are: – For undirected graphs we obtain a O(Δα−1 log2n) approximation ratio, where n is the number of vertices, Δ the maximum degree, and α the expansion of the graph. Our ratio is capacity independent and improves upon the earlier O(Δα−1(cmax/cmin) log n) bound [15] for large values of cmax/cmin. Furthermore, if we specialize to the case where all edges have the same capacity, our algorithm gives an O(Δα−1 log n) approximation, which matches the performance of the best-known algorithm [15] for this special case. – For certain strong constant-degree expanders considered by Frieze [10] we obtain an O(√log n) approximation for the uniform capacity case, improving upon the current O(log n) approximation. – For UFP on the line and the ring, we give the first constant-factor approximation algorithms. Previous results addressed only the uniform capacity case. – All of the above results improve if the maximum demand is bounded away from the minimum capacity. Our results are based on randomized rounding followed by greedy alteration and are inspired by the use of this idea in recent work [21, 9].
AB - We present approximation algorithms for the unsplittable flow problem (UFP) on undirected graphs. As is standard in this line of research, we assume that the maximum demand is at most the minimum capacity. We focus on the non-uniform capacity case in which the edge capacities can vary arbitrarily over the graph. Our results are: – For undirected graphs we obtain a O(Δα−1 log2n) approximation ratio, where n is the number of vertices, Δ the maximum degree, and α the expansion of the graph. Our ratio is capacity independent and improves upon the earlier O(Δα−1(cmax/cmin) log n) bound [15] for large values of cmax/cmin. Furthermore, if we specialize to the case where all edges have the same capacity, our algorithm gives an O(Δα−1 log n) approximation, which matches the performance of the best-known algorithm [15] for this special case. – For certain strong constant-degree expanders considered by Frieze [10] we obtain an O(√log n) approximation for the uniform capacity case, improving upon the current O(log n) approximation. – For UFP on the line and the ring, we give the first constant-factor approximation algorithms. Previous results addressed only the uniform capacity case. – All of the above results improve if the maximum demand is bounded away from the minimum capacity. Our results are based on randomized rounding followed by greedy alteration and are inspired by the use of this idea in recent work [21, 9].
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U2 - 10.1007/3-540-45753-4_7
DO - 10.1007/3-540-45753-4_7
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84957021733
SN - 3540441867
SN - 9783540441861
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 51
EP - 67
BT - Approximation Algorithms for Combinatorial Optimization - 5th International Workshop, APPROX 2002, Proceedings
A2 - Jansen, Klaus
A2 - Leonardi, Stefano
A2 - Vazirani, Vijay
PB - Springer Verlag
T2 - 5th International Workshop On Approximation Algorithms for Combinatorial Optimization Problems, APPROX 2002
Y2 - 17 September 2002 through 21 September 2002
ER -