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The Steiner Tree Problem by Angelika Steger, Hans Jürgen Prömel

At the end of his famous treatise "Minima and Maxima" he raised the question to find for three given points in the plane a fourth one in such a way that the sum of its distances to the given points is minimized - that is, to solve the problem mentioned above in its mathematical abstraction.

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In recent years, algorithmic graph theory has become increasingly important since it serves as a link between discrete mathematics and theoretical computer science. This textbook introduces students of mathematics and computer science to the interrelated fields of graph theory, algorithms and complexity. No specific previous knowledge is assumed. The central theme of the book is a geometrical problem dating back to Jakob Steiner. This problem, now called the Steiner tree problem, was initially of importance only within the context of land surveying. Recent applications, as diverse as VLSI-layout and the study of phylogenetic trees, have, however, lead to significant interest in the problem. The resulting progress has uncovered fascinating connections to and among graph theory, the study of algorithms and complexity. The single problem thus serves to bind and motivate these areas. The book's topics include: exact algorithms; computational complexity; approximation algorithms; limits of approximability; randomness helps; the Manhattan Steiner problem; heuristics; packing of Steiner trees; and applications.A fundamental feature of the book is that each chapter ends with an "excursion" into some related area. These excursions reinforce the concepts and methods introduced for the Steiner tree problem by putting them in a broader context.

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Die algorithmische Graphentheorie hat in den letzten Jahren als Bindeglied zwischen Diskreter Mathematik und Theoretischer Informatik mehr und mehr an Bedeutung gewonnen. Dieses Lehrbuch bietet interessierten Mathematik- und Informatikstudenten eine mathematisch orientierte Führung durch die beteiligten Gebiete Graphentheorie, Algorithmen und Komplexität. Spezifische Vorkenntnisse sind nicht Vorgehensweise ist dabei eher unkonventionell: Als roter Faden zieht sich ein auf Jakob Steiner zurückgehendes geometrisches Problem durch das Buch. Zunächst nur bei Vermessungsfragen von Interesse, hat in den letzten Jahren das sogenannte Steinerbaum-Problem durch seine vielfältigen Anwendungen (bsw. im VLSI-Layout oder bei der Untersuchung phylogenetischer Bäume) große Aufmerksamkeit erfahren, und es sind zahlreiche interessante Resultate in seinem Umkreis bewiesen worden. Diese Ergebnisse ermöglichen es, an Hand des einen Problems neuere Entwicklungen in der Komplexitätstheorie, bei effizienten Algorithmen, sowie in der Graphentheorie nachzuzeichnen und ihre Wechselwirkungen transparent zu machen..Ein wesentliches Charakteristikum dieses Buches ist, dass die einzelnen Kapitel mit Exkursen enden, in denen die zuvor für Steinerbäume dargestellten Konzepte und Methoden in einen breiteren Kontext gestellt und vertieft werden.

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In recent years, algorithmic graph theory has become increasingly important as a link between discrete mathematics and theoretical computer science. This textbook introduces students of mathematics and computer science to the interrelated fields of graphs theory, algorithms and complexity. No specific previous knowledge is assumed. The central theme of the book is a geometrical problem dating back to Jakob Steiner. This problem, now called the Steiner problem, was initially of importance only within the context of land surveying. In the last decade, however, applications as diverse as VLSI-layout and the study of phylogenetic trees led to a rapid rise of interest in this problem. The resulting progress has uncovered fascinating connections between and within graph theory, the study of algorithms, and complexity theory. This single problem thus serves to bind and motivate these areas. The book's topics include: exact algorithms, computational complexity, approximation algorithms, the use of randomness, limits of approximability. A special feature of the book is that each chapter ends with an "excursion" into some related area. These excursions reinforce the concepts and methods introduced for the Steiner problem by placing them in a broader context.

Table of Contents

1 Basics I: Graphs.- 1.1 Introduction to graph theory.- 1.2 Excursion: Random graphs.- 2 Basics II: Algorithms.- 2.1 Introduction to algorithms.- 2.2 Excursion: Fibonacci heaps and amortized time.- 3 Basics III: Complexity.- 3.1 Introduction to complexity theory.- 3.2 Excursion: More NP-complete problems.- 4 Special Terminal Sets.- 4.1 The shortest path problem.- 4.2 The minimum spanning tree problem.- 4.3 Excursion: Matroids and the greedy algorithm.- 5 Exact Algorithms.- 5.1 The enumeration algorithm.- 5.2 The Dreyfus-Wagner algorithm.- 5.3 Excursion: Dynamic programming.- 6 Approximation Algorithms.- 6.1 A simple algorithm with performance ratio 2.- 6.2 Improving the time complexity.- 6.3 Excursion: Machine scheduling.- 7 More on Approximation Algorithms.- 7.1 Minimum spanning trees in hypergraphs.- 7.2 Improving the performance ratio I.- 7.3 Excursion: The complexity of optimization problems.- 8 Randomness Helps.- 8.1 Probabilistic complexity classes.- 8.2 Improving the performance ratio II.- 8.3 An almost always optimal algorithm.- 8.4 Excursion: Primality and cryptography.- 9 Limits of Approximability.- 9.1 Reducing optimization problems.- 9.2 APX-completeness.- 9.3 Excursion: Probabilistically checkable proofs.- 10 Geometric Steiner Problems.- 10.1 A characterization of rectilinear Steiner minimum trees.- 10.2 The Steiner ratios.- 10.3 An almost linear time approximation scheme.- 10.4 Excursion: The Euclidean Steiner problem.- Symbol Index.

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"The book is a very good introduction to discrete mathematics in relation to computer science, and a useful reference for those who are interested in network optimization problems." Zentralblatt MATH, Nr. 17/02

"This book is an excellent introduction to the Steiner tree problems, which starts with network Steiner trees an ends with geometric Steiner trees." Mathematical Reviews, Nr. 11/02

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"A very simple but instructive problem was treated by Jacob Steiner, the famous representative of geometry at the University of Berlin in the early nineteenth century. Three villages A,B ,C are to be joined by a system of roads of minimum length. " Due to this remark of Courant and Robbins (1941), a problem received its name that actually reaches two hundred years further back and should more appropriately be attributed to the French mathematician Pierre Fermat. At the end of his famous treatise "Minima and Maxima" he raised the question to find for three given points in the plane a fourth one in such a way that the sum of its distances to the given points is minimized - that is, to solve the problem mentioned above in its mathematical abstraction. It is known that Evangelista Torricelli had found a geometrical solution for this problem already before 1640. During the last centuries this problem was rediscovered and generalized by many mathematicians, including Jacob Steiner. Nowadays the term "Steiner prob

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"The book is a very good introduction to discrete mathematics in relation to computer science, and a useful reference for those who are interested in network optimization problems." Zentralblatt MATH, Nr. 17/02"This book is an excellent introduction to the Steiner tree problems, which starts with network Steiner trees an ends with geometric Steiner trees." Mathematical Reviews, Nr. 11/02

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Die algorithmische Graphentheorie hat in den letzten Jahren als Bindeglied zwischen Diskreter Mathematik und Theoretischer Informatik mehr und mehr an Bedeutung gewonnen. Dieses Lehrbuch bietet interessierten Mathematik- und Informatikstudenten eine mathematisch orientierte F

Details ISBN3528067624 Author Hans Jürgen Prömel ISBN-10 3528067624 ISBN-13 9783528067625 Format Paperback Series Advanced Lectures in Mathematics Language German Subtitle A Tour through Graphs, Algorithms, and Complexity Short Title STEINER TREE PROBLEM SOFTCOVER Media Book Country of Publication Germany Translated from German DOI 10.1007/978-3-322-80291-0 Edited by Aigner, Martin Pages 241 Edition Description Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002 DEWEY 511.5 Audience Undergraduate Year 2002 Publication Date 2002-02-25 Country of Origin US Product Class Description Science & Mathematics: Textbooks & Study Guides Publisher Friedrich Vieweg & Sohn Verlagsgesellschaft mbH Imprint Friedrich Vieweg & Sohn Verlagsgesellschaft mbH Place of Publication Wiesbaden Alternative 9783322802910 Illustrations 2 Illustrations, black and white
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