{"title":"Computing minimal solutions to the ring loading problem","authors":"Nikolas Klug","doi":"10.1016/j.ipl.2023.106466","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Given a cycle graph of <em>n</em> nodes and a non-negative demand <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>d</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>i</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>j</mi></mrow></msub></math></span> for each pair of nodes <span><math><mi>i</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>j</mi></math></span>, the <em>ring loading problem with demand splitting</em> (RLPW) asks to determine a routing of these demands such that the maximum load on any edge is minimal. In this work, we present an algorithm for computing <em>minimal</em> solutions to RLPW in <span><math><mi>O</mi><mo>(</mo><msup><mrow><mi>n</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msup><mo>)</mo></math></span> time. This algorithm, when employed as a subroutine, also improves the runtimes for several other ring loading algorithms by a factor of up to <span><math><mi>O</mi><mo>(</mo><msup><mrow><mi>n</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msup><mo>)</mo></math></span>.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56290,"journal":{"name":"Information Processing Letters","volume":"185 ","pages":"Article 106466"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7000,"publicationDate":"2023-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Information Processing Letters","FirstCategoryId":"94","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0020019023001096","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Given a cycle graph of n nodes and a non-negative demand for each pair of nodes , the ring loading problem with demand splitting (RLPW) asks to determine a routing of these demands such that the maximum load on any edge is minimal. In this work, we present an algorithm for computing minimal solutions to RLPW in time. This algorithm, when employed as a subroutine, also improves the runtimes for several other ring loading algorithms by a factor of up to .
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