Abstract

In minimum power network design problems we are given an undirected graph G=(V,E) with edge costs {ce:e∈E}. The goal is to find an edge set F⊆E that satisfies a prescribed property of minimum power pc(F)=∑v∈Vmax⁡{ce:e∈F is incident to v}. In the Min-PowerkEdge Disjointst-Paths problem F should contain k edge disjoint st-paths. The problem admits a k-approximation algorithm, and it was an open question to achieve an approximation ratio sublinear in k for simple graphs, even for unit costs. We give a 22k-approximation algorithm for general costs.

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