On the competitive ratio of the work function algorithm for the k-server problem

Yair Bartal; Elias Koutsoupias

doi:10.1007/3-540-46541-3_50

On the competitive ratio of the work function algorithm for the k-server problem

Yair Bartal, Elias Koutsoupias

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Abstract

The k-server problem is one of the most fundamental on- line problems. The problem is to schedule k mobile servers to serve a sequence of service points in a metric space to mimize the total mileage. The k-server conjecture [11] that states that there exists an optimal k- competitive on-line algorithm has been open for over 10 years. The top candidate on-line algorithm for settling this conjecture is the Work Function Algorithm (WFA) which was recently shown [7,9] to have competitive ratio at most 2k−1. In this paper we lend support to the conjecture that WFA is in fact k-competitive by proving that it achieves this ratio in several special metric spaces.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	STACS 2000 - 17th Annual Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science, STACS 2000, Proceedings
Editors	Horst Reichel, Sophie Tison
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	605-613
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Print)	9783540671411
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-46541-3_50
State	Published - 2000
Externally published	Yes
Event	17th Annual Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science, STACS 2000 - Lille, France Duration: 17 Feb 2000 → 19 Feb 2000

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	1770
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	17th Annual Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science, STACS 2000
Country/Territory	France
City	Lille
Period	17/02/00 → 19/02/00

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Bartal, Y., & Koutsoupias, E. (2000). On the competitive ratio of the work function algorithm for the k-server problem. In H. Reichel, & S. Tison (Eds.), STACS 2000 - 17th Annual Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science, STACS 2000, Proceedings (pp. 605-613). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 1770). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-46541-3_50

Bartal, Yair ; Koutsoupias, Elias. / On the competitive ratio of the work function algorithm for the k-server problem. STACS 2000 - 17th Annual Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science, STACS 2000, Proceedings. editor / Horst Reichel ; Sophie Tison. Springer Verlag, 2000. pp. 605-613 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Bartal, Y & Koutsoupias, E 2000, On the competitive ratio of the work function algorithm for the k-server problem. in H Reichel & S Tison (eds), STACS 2000 - 17th Annual Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science, STACS 2000, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 1770, Springer Verlag, pp. 605-613, 17th Annual Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science, STACS 2000, Lille, France, 17/02/00. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-46541-3_50

On the competitive ratio of the work function algorithm for the k-server problem. / Bartal, Yair; Koutsoupias, Elias.
STACS 2000 - 17th Annual Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science, STACS 2000, Proceedings. ed. / Horst Reichel; Sophie Tison. Springer Verlag, 2000. p. 605-613 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 1770).

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Bartal Y, Koutsoupias E. On the competitive ratio of the work function algorithm for the k-server problem. In Reichel H, Tison S, editors, STACS 2000 - 17th Annual Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science, STACS 2000, Proceedings. Springer Verlag. 2000. p. 605-613. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/3-540-46541-3_50

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