Title
On Computing Ad-hoc Selective Families
Abstract
We study the problem of computing ad-hoc selective families: Given a collection F of subsets of [n] = {1, 2, . . ., n}, a selective family for F is a collection S of subsets of [n] such that for any F ? F there exists S ∈ S such that |F ∩ S| = 1. We first provide a polynomialtime algorithm that, for any instance F, returns a selective family of size O((1 + log(Δmax/Δmin)) ċ log |F|) where Δmax and Δmin denote the maximal and the minimal size of a subset in F, respectively. This result is applied to the problem of broadcasting in radio networks with known topology. We indeed develop a broadcasting protocol which completes any broadcast operation within O(DlogΔlog n/D) time-slots, where n, D and Δ denote the number of nodes, the maximal eccentricity, and the maximal in-degree of the network, respectively. Finally, we consider the combinatorial optimization problem of computing broadcasting protocols with minimal completion time and we prove some hardness results regarding the approximability of this problem.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2001
RANDOM-APPROX
combinatorial optimization problem,ad-hoc selective family,broadcasting protocol,minimal completion time,computing ad-hoc selective families,maximal in-degree,selective family,instance f,maximal eccentricity,log n,collection f,col
Field
DocType
Volume
Broadcasting,Discrete mathematics,Combinatorics,Radio networks,Combinatorial optimization problem,Combinatorial optimization,Transmission protocol,Time complexity,Mathematics,Distributed computing
Conference
2129
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
0302-9743
3-540-42470-9
15
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.90
13
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Andrea E. F. Clementi1116885.30
Pierluigi Crescenzi2100295.31
Angelo Monti367146.93
Paolo Penna420617.77
Riccardo Silvestri5132490.84