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An optimal bifactor approximation algorithm for the metric uncapacitated facility location problem
We obtain a 1.5-approximation algorithm for the metric uncapacitated facility
location problem (UFL), which improves on the previously best known
1.52-approximation algorithm by Mahdian, Ye and Zhang. Note, that the
approximability lower bound by Guha and Khuller is 1.463.
An algorithm is a {\em (,)-approximation algorithm} if
the solution it produces has total cost at most , where and are the facility and the connection
cost of an optimal solution. Our new algorithm, which is a modification of the
-approximation algorithm of Chudak and Shmoys, is a
(1.6774,1.3738)-approximation algorithm for the UFL problem and is the first
one that touches the approximability limit curve
established by Jain, Mahdian and Saberi. As a consequence, we obtain the first
optimal approximation algorithm for instances dominated by connection costs.
When combined with a (1.11,1.7764)-approximation algorithm proposed by Jain et
al., and later analyzed by Mahdian et al., we obtain the overall approximation
guarantee of 1.5 for the metric UFL problem. We also describe how to use our
algorithm to improve the approximation ratio for the 3-level version of UFL.Comment: A journal versio
Lattice based extended formulations for integer linear equality systems
We study different extended formulations for the set in order to tackle the feasibility problem for the set . Here the goal is not to find an improved polyhedral
relaxation of conv, but rather to reformulate in such a way that the new
variables introduced provide good branching directions, and in certain
circumstances permit one to deduce rapidly that the instance is infeasible. For
the case that has one row we analyze the reformulations in more detail.
In particular, we determine the integer width of the extended formulations in
the direction of the last coordinate, and derive a lower bound on the Frobenius
number of . We also suggest how a decomposition of the vector can be
obtained that will provide a useful extended formulation. Our theoretical
results are accompanied by a small computational study.Comment: uses packages amsmath and amssym
Capacitated facility location: Valid inequalities and facets
Location Theory;Optimization;Capacity;econometrics
The Dielectric Properties of Some Crystals at Radio Frequencies
An attempt has been made to study the dielectric properties of a few crystals at radio frequencies ranging between 50 and 3000 kilo-cycles per second. The properties studied are phase difference, dielectric constant, capacity, resistance, and power factor. It is found that the dielectric constant, the electrical capacity and resistance decreases with the increase in frequencies of electrical oscillation, and that the phase difference and power factor increase with increase in frequencies
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