Relaxed spanners for directed disk graphs

David Peleg, Liam Roditty

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Abstract

Let (V, δ) be a finite metric space, where V is a set of n points and δ is a distance function defined for these points. Assume that (V, δ) has a constant doubling dimension d and assume that each point p ∈ V has a disk of radius r(p) around it. The disk graph that corresponds to V and r(·) is a directed graph I(V,E,r), whose vertices are the points of V and whose edge set includes a directed edge from p to q if δ(p, q) ≤ r(p). In [8] we presented an algorithm for constructing a (1 + ∈)-spanner of size O(n/∈d log M), where M is the maximal radius r(p). The current paper presents two results. The first shows that the spanner of [8] is essentially optimal, i.e., for metrics of constant doubling dimension it is not possible to guarantee a spanner whose size is independent of M. The second result shows that by slightly relaxing the requirements and allowing a small perturbation of the radius assignment, considerably better spanners can be constructed. In particular, we show that if it is allowed to use edges of the disk graph I(V,E,r1+∈), where r1+∈(p) = (1 + ∈) ·r(p) for every p ∈ V, then it is possible to get a (1 + ∈)-spanner of size O(n/∈d) for I(V,E,r). Our algorithm is simple and can be implemented efficiently.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSTACS 2010 - 27th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science
Pages609-620
Number of pages12
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Event27th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science, STACS 2010 - Nancy, France
Duration: 4 Mar 20106 Mar 2010

Publication series

NameLeibniz International Proceedings in Informatics, LIPIcs
Volume5
ISSN (Print)1868-8969

Conference

Conference27th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science, STACS 2010
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityNancy
Period4/03/106/03/10

Keywords

  • Directed graphs
  • Spanners

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