ar X iv : c s . C G / 0 31 00 27 v 1 1 5 O ct 2 00 3 On the Continuous Fermat - Weber Problem ∗

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  • Sándor P. Fekete
  • Joseph S. B. Mitchell
  • Karin Beurer
چکیده

We give the first exact algorithmic study of facility location problems that deal with finding a median for a continuum of demand points. In particular, we consider versions of the “continuous k-median (Fermat-Weber) problem” where the goal is to select one or more center points that minimize the average distance to a set of points in a demand region. In such problems, the average is computed as an integral over the relevant region, versus the usual discrete sum of distances. The resulting facility location problems are inherently geometric, requiring analysis techniques of computational geometry. We provide polynomial-time algorithms for various versions of the L1 1-median (Fermat-Weber) problem. We also consider the multiple-center version of the L1 k-median problem, which we prove is NP-hard for large k. MSC Classification: 90B85, 68U05 ACM Classification: F.2.2

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تاریخ انتشار 2006