Abstract:This work addresses the minimum subgraph diameter problem (MSDP) by answering an open question with respect to its approximability. Given a graph with lengths and costs associated to its edges, the MSDP consists in finding a spanning subgraph with total cost limited by a given budget, such that its diameter is minimum. We prove that there is no -approximation algorithm for the MSDP, for any constant , unless P = NP. Our proof is grounded on the non-approximability of the minimum spanning tree diameter problem,… Show more
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