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MPI-I-97-1-025

Faster and simpler algorithms for multicommodity flow and other fractional packing problems

Garg, Naveen and Könemann, Jochen

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Abstract in LaTeX format:
This paper considers the problem of designing fast, approximate,
combinatorial algorithms for multicommodity flows and other fractional
packing problems. We provide a different approach to these problems
which yields faster and much simpler algorithms. In particular we
provide the first polynomial-time, combinatorial approximation algorithm
for
the fractional packing problem; in fact the running time of our
algorithm is
strongly polynomial. Our approach also allows us to substitute
shortest path computations for min-cost flow computations in computing
maximum concurrent flow and min-cost multicommodity flow; this yields
much
faster algorithms when the number of commodities is large.

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@TECHREPORT{GargKoenemann97,
  AUTHOR = {Garg, Naveen and K{\"o}nemann, Jochen},
  TITLE = {Faster and simpler algorithms for multicommodity flow and other fractional packing problems},
  TYPE = {Research Report},
  INSTITUTION = {Max-Planck-Institut f{\"u}r Informatik},
  ADDRESS = {Im Stadtwald, D-66123 Saarbr{\"u}cken, Germany},
  NUMBER = {MPI-I-97-1-025},
  MONTH = {November},
  YEAR = {1997},
  ISSN = {0946-011X},
}