CMU-CS-03-115
Computer Science Department
School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University



CMU-CS-03-115

Online Algorithms for Network Design

Adam Meyerson

February 2003

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Keywords: Online algorithms, network design, approximation algorithms, concave-cost flow


We give the first polylogarithmic-competitive online algorithms for two-metric network design problems. These problems are very general, including as special cases such problems as steiner tree, facility location, and concave-cost single commodity flow.

12 pages


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