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A lower bound for metric 1-median selection

Data Structures and Algorithms 2014-01-13 v1

Abstract

Consider the problem of finding a point in an n-point metric space with the minimum average distance to all points. We show that this problem has no deterministic o(n2)o(n^2)-query (4Ω(1))(4-\Omega(1))-approximation algorithms.

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@article{arxiv.1401.2195,
  title  = {A lower bound for metric 1-median selection},
  author = {Ching-Lueh Chang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1401.2195},
  year   = {2014}
}
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