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An O(log k log^2 n)-competitive Randomized Algorithm for the k-Sever Problem

Data Structures and Algorithms 2015-10-28 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we show that there is an O(log k log^2 n)-competitive randomized algorithm for the k-sever problem on any metric space with n points, which improved the previous best competitive ratio O(log^2 k log^3 n log log n) by Nikhil Bansal et al. (FOCS 2011, pages 267-276).

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@article{arxiv.1510.07773,
  title  = {An O(log k log^2 n)-competitive Randomized Algorithm for the k-Sever Problem},
  author = {Wenbin Chen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1510.07773},
  year   = {2015}
}

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arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1410.4955

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