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An approximation algorithm for the squared metric dynamic facility location problem

JIANG YanjunXU DachuanZHANG Dongmei2,*   

  1. 1. College of Applied Sciences, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124,  China; 2. School of Computer Science and Technology, Shandong Jianzhu University, Jinan 250101, China
  • Received:2017-11-02 Online:2018-09-15 Published:2018-09-15

Abstract:

We consider a generalization of the classic single-period metric facility location problem, which is  the squared metric dynamic facility location problem. We utilize the primal-dual scheme to design a 9-approximation algorithm. Then the approximation ratio is improved to 2.606 by the greedy improvement technique. We also give some discussion for several  variants of the squared metric dynamic facility location problem in  future work.

Key words: facility location problem, approximation algorithm, NP-hard