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Computing a diameter-constrained minimum spanning tree
| Title: | Computing a diameter-constrained minimum spanning tree. |
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| Name(s): |
Abdalla, Ayman Mahmoud, Author Deo, Narsingh, Committee Chair Engineering and Computer Science, Degree Grantor |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Date Issued: | 2001 | |
| Publisher: | University of Central Florida | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Abstract/Description: | University of Central Florida College of Engineering Thesis; In numerous practical applications, it is necessary to find the smallest possible tree with a bounded diameter. A diameter-constrained minimum spanning tree (DCMST) of a given undirected, edge-weighted graph, G, is the smallest-weight spanning tree of all spanning trees of G which contain no path with more than k edges, where k is a given positive integer. The problem of finding a DCMST is NP-complete for all values of k; 4 <= k <= (n - 2), except when all edge-weights are identical. A DCMST is essential for the efficiency of various distributed mutual exclusion algorithms, where it can minimize the number of messages communicated among processors per critical section. It is also useful in linear lightwave networks, where it can minimize interference in the network by limiting the traffic in the network lines. Another practical application requiring a DCMST arises in data compression, where some algorithms compress a file utilizing a data-structure, and decompress a path in the tree to access a record A DCMST helps such algorithm to be fast without sacrificing a lot of storage storage space. | |
| Identifier: | CFR0002215 (IID), ucf:52914 (fedora) | |
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2001-05-01 Ph.D. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Doctorate This record was generated from author submitted information. Electronically reproduced by the University of Central Florida from a book held in the John C. Hitt Library at the University of Central Florida, Orlando. |
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| Subject(s): |
Algorithms Dissertations Academic -- Engineering Engineering -- Dissertations Academic Graph theory Trees (Graph theory) |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFR0002215 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | public | |
| Host Institution: | UCF |
