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We consider a special case of the generalized minimum spanning tree problem (GMST) and the generalized travelling salesman problem (GTSP) where we are given a set of points inside the integer grid (in Euclidean plane) where each grid cell…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2015-07-17 Binay Bhattacharya , Ante Ćustić , Akbar Rafiey , Arash Rafiey , Vladyslav Sokol

In this paper we study the Steiner tree problem over a dynamic set of terminals. We consider the model where we are given an $n$-vertex graph $G=(V,E,w)$ with positive real edge weights, and our goal is to maintain a tree which is a good…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-06-27 Jakub Łącki , Jakub Oćwieja , Marcin Pilipczuk , Piotr Sankowski , Anna Zych

We study the Steiner Tree problem on unit disk graphs. Given a $n$ vertex unit disk graph $G$, a subset $R\subseteq V(G)$ of $t$ vertices and a positive integer $k$, the objective is to decide if there exists a tree $T$ in $G$ that spans…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2020-04-21 Sujoy Bhore , Paz Carmi , Sudeshna Kolay , Meirav Zehavi

In the k-Connected Directed Steiner Tree problem (k-DST), we are given a directed graph G=(V, E) with edge (or vertex) costs, a root vertex r, a set of q terminals T, and a connectivity requirement k>0; the goal is to find a minimum-cost…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-11-22 Chun-Hsiang Chan , Bundit Laekhanukit , Hao-Ting Wei , Yuhao Zhang

Steiner Tree Packing (STP) is a notoriously hard problem in classical complexity theory, which is of practical relevance to VLSI circuit design. Previous research has approached this problem by providing heuristic or approximate algorithms.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-05-15 Niko Hastrich , Kirill Simonov

In the Steiner Tree problem we are given an undirected edge-weighted graph as input, along with a set $K$ of vertices called terminals. The task is to output a minimum-weight connected subgraph that spans all the terminals. The famous…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-07-01 Bart M. P. Jansen , Céline M. F. Swennenhuis

Given an edge-weighted directed graph $G=(V,E)$ on $n$ vertices and a set $T=\{t_1, t_2, \ldots, t_p\}$ of $p$ terminals, the objective of the \scss ($p$-SCSS) problem is to find an edge set $H\subseteq E$ of minimum weight such that $G[H]$…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-04-07 Rajesh Chitnis , Hossein Esfandiari , MohammadTaghi Hajiaghayi , Rohit Khandekar , Guy Kortsarz , Saeed Seddighin

Moss and Rabani[12] study constrained node-weighted Steiner tree problems with two independent weight values associated with each node, namely, cost and prize (or penalty). They give an O(log n)-approximation algorithm for the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2013-04-30 MohammadHossein Bateni , MohammadTaghi Hajiaghayi , Vahid Liaghat

Given a metric space on n points, an {\alpha}-approximate universal algorithm for the Steiner tree problem outputs a distribution over rooted spanning trees such that for any subset X of vertices containing the root, the expected cost of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2010-11-18 Anand Bhalgat , Deeparnab Chakrabarty , Sanjeev Khanna

The Steiner tree problem is a classical NP-hard optimization problem with a wide range of practical applications. In an instance of this problem, we are given an undirected graph G=(V,E), a set of terminals R, and non-negative costs c_e for…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2007-12-24 Jochen Konemann , David Pritchard , Kunlun Tan

The Steiner Tree Problem (STP) in graphs is an important problem with various applications in many areas such as design of integrated circuits, evolution theory, networking, etc. In this paper, we propose an algorithm to solve the STP. The…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2018-06-19 Matthieu De Laere , San Tu Pham , Patrick De Causmaecker

We propose polynomial-time algorithms that sparsify planar and bounded-genus graphs while preserving optimal or near-optimal solutions to Steiner problems. Our main contribution is a polynomial-time algorithm that, given an unweighted graph…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-07-12 Marcin Pilipczuk , Michał Pilipczuk , Piotr Sankowski , Erik Jan van Leeuwen

Given a vertex-weighted connected graph $G = (V, E)$, the maximum weight internal spanning tree (MwIST for short) problem asks for a spanning tree $T$ of $G$ such that the total weight of the internal vertices in $T$ is maximized. The…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-05-30 Zhi-Zhong Chen , Guohui Lin , Lusheng Wang , Yong Chen , Dan Wang

The Rectilinear Steiner Minimum Tree (RSMT) problem is a fundamental problem in VLSI placement and routing and is known to be NP-hard. Traditional RSMT algorithms spend a significant amount of time on finding Steiner points to reduce the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-07-02 Bugra Onal , Eren Dogan , Muhammad Hadir Khan , Matthew R. Guthaus

The Steiner tree problem is one of the classic and most fundamental $\mathcal{NP}$-hard problems: given an arbitrary weighted graph, seek a minimum-cost tree spanning a given subset of the vertices (terminals). Byrka \emph{et al}. proposed…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-11-02 Chi-Yeh Chen

We study a generalization of the Steiner tree problem, where we are given a weighted network $G$ together with a collection of $k$ subsets of its vertices and a root $r$. We wish to construct a minimum cost network such that the network…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-07-12 Guru Guruganesh , Jennifer Iglesias , R. Ravi , Laura Sanità

Given a simple connected undirected graph G = (V, E), a set X \subseteq V(G), and integers k and p, STEINER SUBGRAPH EXTENSION problem asks if there exists a set S \supseteq X with at most k vertices such that G[S] is p-edge-connected. This…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-10-07 Eduard Eiben , Diptapriyo Majumdar , M. S. Ramanujan

In this article, we study the Euclidean minimum spanning tree problem in an imprecise setup. The problem is known as the \emph{Minimum Spanning Tree Problem with Neighborhoods} in the literature. We study the problem where the neighborhoods…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2021-04-12 Sanjana Dey , Ramesh K. Jallu , Subhas C. Nandy

In length-constrained minimum spanning tree (MST) we are given an $n$-node graph $G = (V,E)$ with edge weights $w : E \to \mathbb{Z}_{\geq 0}$ and edge lengths $l: E \to \mathbb{Z}_{\geq 0}$ along with a root node $r \in V$ and a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-02-12 D Ellis Hershkowitz , Richard Z Huang

In this paper, we consider the Uniform Cost-Distance Steiner Tree Problem in metric spaces, a generalization of the well-known Steiner tree problem. Cost-distance Steiner trees minimize the sum of the total length and the weighted path…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-11-10 Stephan Held , Yannik Kyle Dustin Spitzley