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New approximations for minimum-weighted dominating sets and minimum-weighted connected dominating sets on unit disk graphs

  • Feng Zou*
  • , Yuexuan Wang
  • , Xiao Hua Xu
  • , Xianyue Li
  • , Hongwei Du
  • , Pengjun Wan
  • , Weili Wu
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • University of Texas at Dallas
  • Tsinghua University
  • Illinois Institute of Technology
  • Lanzhou University

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Abstract

Given a node-weighted graph, the minimum-weighted dominating set (MWDS) problem is to find a minimum-weighted vertex subset such that, for any vertex, it is contained in this subset or it has a neighbor contained in this set. And the minimum-weighted connected dominating set (MWCDS) problem is to find a MWDS such that the graph induced by this subset is connected. In this paper, we study these two problems on a unit disk graph. A (4 +ε)-approximation algorithm for an MWDS based on a dynamic programming algorithm for a Min-Weight Chromatic Disk Cover is presented. Meanwhile, we also propose a (1 +ε)-approximation algorithm for the connecting part by showing a polynomial-time approximation scheme for a Node-Weighted Steiner Tree problem when the given terminal set is c-local and thus obtain a (5 +ε)-approximation algorithm for an MWCDS.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)198-208
Number of pages11
JournalTheoretical Computer Science
Volume412
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 21 Jan 2011
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Approximation algorithm
  • Minimum-weighted chromatic disk cover
  • Minimum-weighted connected dominating set
  • Minimum-weighted dominating set
  • Node-weighted Steiner tree
  • Polynomial-time approximation scheme

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