In an online k-server routing problem, a crew of k servers has to visit points in a metric space as they arrive in real time. Possible objective functions include minimizing the makespan (k-Traveling Salesman Problem) and minimizing the average completion time (k-Traveling Repairman Problem). We give competitive algorithms, resource augmentation results and lower bounds for k-server routing problems on several classes of metric spaces. Surprisingly, in some cases the competitive ratio is dramatically better than that of the corresponding single server problem. Namely, we give a 1 + O((log k)/k)-competitive algorithm for the k-Traveling Salesman Problem and the k-Traveling Repairman Problem when the underlying metric space is the real line. We also prove that similar results cannot hold for the Euclidean plane. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2006.
Bonifaci, V., & Stougie, L. (2007). Online k-server routing problems. In Proc. 4th Int. Workshop on Approximation and Online Algorithms (pp.83-94). Berlin : Springer Verlag.
Titolo: | Online k-server routing problems |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2007 |
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Citazione: | Bonifaci, V., & Stougie, L. (2007). Online k-server routing problems. In Proc. 4th Int. Workshop on Approximation and Online Algorithms (pp.83-94). Berlin : Springer Verlag. |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11590/379866 |
ISBN: | 978-3-540-69513-4 |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 4.1 Contributo in Atti di convegno |