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An inverse approach to convex ordered median problems in trees

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  • Elisabeth Gassner

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The convex ordered median problem is a generalization of the median, the k-centrum or the center problem. The task of the associated inverse problem is to change edge lengths at minimum cost such that a given vertex becomes an optimal solution of the location problem, i.e., an ordered median. It is shown that the problem is NP-hard even if the underlying network is a tree and the ordered median problem is convex and either the vertex weights are all equal to 1 or the underlying problem is the k-centrum problem. For the special case of the inverse unit weight k-centrum problem a polynomial time algorithm is developed.

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  • Elisabeth Gassner, 2012. "An inverse approach to convex ordered median problems in trees," Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, Springer, vol. 23(2), pages 261-273, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:jcomop:v:23:y:2012:i:2:d:10.1007_s10878-010-9353-3
    DOI: 10.1007/s10878-010-9353-3
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