Abstract:a b s t r a c tWe consider generalizations of the connected facility location problem, where clients connect to open facilities via access trees that are shared by multiple clients. For each edge of these trees, a combination of several cable types can be chosen, according to the demand carried by the edge. The task is to choose open facilities, a Steiner tree among them as a core network, and access trees with appropriate cable types on their edges to connect clients to the open facilities in such a way that … Show more
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