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Discrete Applied Mathematics
Volume 47, Issue 3, 21 December 1993, Pages 275-283
 
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A unifying location model on tree graphs based on submodularity properties

Arie TamirCorresponding Author Contact Information

Department of Statistics, Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Ramat-Aviv, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel

Received 17 January 1990; 
revised 27 June 1991. 
Available online 22 March 2002.

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Abstract

Let Image be the collection of nonempty subtrees of a given tree T. Each subtree is viewed as a potential facility. Let ƒ be a real objective function defined on Image . The facility location model we consider is to select a subtree minimizing f. This model unifies and generalizes several facility location problems discussed in the literature. We prove that the most common objective functions used in facility location theory possess the submodularity property. In particular, the ellipsoid approach provides a unified framework for polynomial solvability.

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Discrete Applied Mathematics
Volume 47, Issue 3, 21 December 1993, Pages 275-283
 
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