The p-Center Problem in Tree Networks Revisited
Aritra Banik, Binay Kumar Bhattacharya, Sandip Das, Tsunehiko Kameda, Zhao Song · DROPS (Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz Center for Informatics) · 2016
We present two improved algorithms for weighted discrete p-center problem for tree networks with n vertices. One of our proposed algorithms runs in O(n*log(n) + p*log^2(n) * log(n/p)) time. For all values of p, our algorithm thus runs as fast as or faster than the most efficient O(n*log^2(n)) time algorithm obtained by applying Cole's [1987] speed-up technique to the algorithm due to Megiddo and Tamir [1983], which has remained unchallenged for nearly 30 years. Our other algorithm, which is more practical, runs in O(n*log(n) + p^2*log^2(n/p)) time, and when p=O(sqrt(n)) it is faster than Megiddo and Tamir's O(n*log^2(n) * log(log(n))) time algorithm [1983].