Given a connected graph G and a terminal set R ⊆ V (G), Steiner tree asks for a tree that includes all of R with at most r edges for some integer r ≥ 0. It is known from [ND12,Garey et. al [1]] that Steiner tree is NP-complete in general graphs. Split graph is a graph which can be partitioned into a clique and an independent set. K. White et. al [2] has established that Steiner tree in split gr...

Recently a new graph convexity was introduced, arising from Steiner intervals in graphs that are a natural generalization of geodesic intervals. The Steiner tree of a set W on k vertices in a connected graph G is a tree with the smallest number of edges in G that contains all vertices of W . The Steiner interval I(W ) of W consists of all vertices in G that lie on some Steiner tree with respect...

We study a bottleneck Steiner tree problem: given a set P = {p1,p2, . . . , pn} of n terminals in the Euclidean plane and a positive integer k, find a Steiner tree with at most k Steiner points such that the length of the longest edges in the tree is minimized. The problem has applications in the design of wireless communication networks. We give a ratio-1.866 approximation algorithm for the pr...

Transformations of Steiner tree problem variants have been frequently discussed in the literature. Besides allowing to easily transfer complexity results, they constitute a central pillar of exact state-of-the-art solvers for well-known variants such as the Steiner tree problem in graphs. In this paper transformations for both the prize-collecting Steiner tree problem and the maximum-weight con...

A minimum Steiner tree for a given set X of points is a network interconnecting the points of X having minimum possible total length. The Steiner ratio for a metric space is the largest lower bound for the ratio of lengths between a minimum Steiner tree and a minimum spanning tree on the same set of points in the ,metric space. In this note, we show that for any Minkowski plane, the Steiner rat...

The global routing problem decomposes the large, complex routing problem into a set of more manageable subproblems. The high correlation between the output of the global router and the detailed router enables the designer to efficiently use the global route to refine the design quickly before running the full detailed route. Hence, routability of the global routing solution is the key factor. T...

Let G = (V; E) be a graph and T V be a node set. We call an edge set S a Steiner tree with respect to T if S connects all pairs of nodes in T. In this paper we address the following problem, which we call the weighted Steiner tree packing problem. Given a graph G = (V; E) with edge weights w e , edge capacities a Steiner tree with respect to T k , at most c e of these edge sets use edge e for e...

Let G = (V, E) be an undirected simple graph and w : E 7→ IR+ be a non-negative weighting of the edges of G. Assume V is partitioned as R ∪ X . A Steiner tree is any tree T of G such that every node in R is incident with at least one edge of T . The metric Steiner tree problem asks for a Steiner tree of minimum weight, given that w is a metric. When X is a stable set of G, then (G, R, X) is cal...

We investigate the cost allocation strategy associated with the problem of providing some service of common interest from some source to a number of network users, via the minimum cost directed Steiner tree (ST) network that spans the source and all the receivers. The cost of such ST is distributed among its receivers who may be individuals or organizations with possibly conflicting interests. ...