Approximation algorithms for metric facility location and <i>k</i> -Median problems using the primal-dual schema and Lagrangian relaxation 论文

2001Journal of the ACM引用 813
Facility Location and Emergency ManagementComplexity and Algorithms in GraphsVehicle Routing Optimization Methods

详细信息

发表期刊/会议
Journal of the ACM
发表日期
2001-03-01
发表年份
2001

关键词

Facility Location and Emergency ManagementComplexity and Algorithms in GraphsVehicle Routing Optimization Methods

摘要

We present approximation algorithms for the metric uncapacitated facility location problem and the metric k -median problem achieving guarantees of 3 and 6 respectively. The distinguishing feature of our algorithms is their low running time: O(m log m ) and O(m log m(L + log ( n ))) respectively, where n and m are the total number of vertices and edges in the underlying complete bipartite graph on cities and facilities. The main algorithmic ideas are a new extension of the primal-dual schema and the use of Lagrangian relaxation to derive approximation algorithms.