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均匀分布下广义k-服务器的竞争算法

Competitive Algorithms for Generalized k-Server in Uniform Metrics

Nikhil Bansal, Marek Elias, Grigorios Koumoutsos, Jesper Nederlof

摘要:

广义k-服务器问题是k-服务器问题的一个广泛的扩展,有几个应用。这里,每个服务器$s_i$位于其自己的度量空间$M_i$中。一个请求是一个k元组$r = (r_1,r_2,\dotsc,r_k)$,为了服务它,我们需要将一些服务器$s_i$移动到点$r_i \in M_i$,目标是最小化服务器移动的总距离。尽管做了很多工作,但对于k > 2服务器的问题,没有f(k)-竞争算法,即使是对于特殊情况,如统一度量和线。在这里,我们考虑在一致度量的问题,并给出了第一个f(k)-竞争算法一般k。特别地,我们分别得到了具有竞争比$O(k 2^k)$和$O(k^3 \log k)$的确定性算法和随机化算法.我们的确定性界限是基于一个新的应用程序的多项式方法在线算法,并基本上匹配长期已知的下限$2^k-1$。我们还给出了一个$2^{2^{O(k)}}$ -竞争的确定性算法加权均匀度量,这也基本上符合最近的双指数下界的问题。

英文摘要:

The generalized k-server problem is a far-reaching extension of the k-server problem with several applications. Here, each server $s_i$ lies in its own metric space $M_i$. A request is a k-tuple $r = (r_1,r_2,\dotsc,r_k)$ and to serve it, we need to move some server $s_i$ to the point $r_i \in M_i$, and the goal is to minimize the total distance traveled by the servers. Despite much work, no f(k)-competitive algorithm is known for the problem for k > 2 servers, even for special cases such as uniform metrics and lines. Here, we consider the problem in uniform metrics and give the first f(k)-competitive algorithms for general k. In particular, we obtain deterministic and randomized algorithms with competitive ratio $O(k 2^k)$ and $O(k^3 \log k)$ respectively. Our deterministic bound is based on a novel application of the polynomial method to online algorithms, and essentially matches the long-known lower bound of $2^k-1$. We also give a $2^{2^{O(k)}}$-competitive deterministic algorithm for weighted uniform metrics, which also essentially matches the recent doubly exponential lower bound for the problem.

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