On the Inapproximability of Finding Minimum Monitoring Edge-Geodetic Sets

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Main Authors: Bilò, Davide, Colli, Giordano, Forlizzi, Luca, Leucci, Stefano
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Published: 2024
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author Bilò, Davide
Colli, Giordano
Forlizzi, Luca
Leucci, Stefano
author_facet Bilò, Davide
Colli, Giordano
Forlizzi, Luca
Leucci, Stefano
contents Given an undirected connected graph $G = (V(G), E(G))$ on $n$ vertices, the minimum Monitoring Edge-Geodetic Set (MEG-set) problem asks to find a subset $M \subseteq V(G)$ of minimum cardinality such that, for every edge $e \in E(G)$, there exist $x,y \in M$ for which all shortest paths between $x$ and $y$ in $G$ traverse $e$. We show that, for any constant $c < \frac{1}{2}$, no polynomial-time $(c \log n)$-approximation algorithm for the minimum MEG-set problem exists, unless $\mathsf{P} = \mathsf{NP}$.
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spellingShingle On the Inapproximability of Finding Minimum Monitoring Edge-Geodetic Sets
Bilò, Davide
Colli, Giordano
Forlizzi, Luca
Leucci, Stefano
Computational Complexity
Data Structures and Algorithms
Given an undirected connected graph $G = (V(G), E(G))$ on $n$ vertices, the minimum Monitoring Edge-Geodetic Set (MEG-set) problem asks to find a subset $M \subseteq V(G)$ of minimum cardinality such that, for every edge $e \in E(G)$, there exist $x,y \in M$ for which all shortest paths between $x$ and $y$ in $G$ traverse $e$. We show that, for any constant $c < \frac{1}{2}$, no polynomial-time $(c \log n)$-approximation algorithm for the minimum MEG-set problem exists, unless $\mathsf{P} = \mathsf{NP}$.
title On the Inapproximability of Finding Minimum Monitoring Edge-Geodetic Sets
topic Computational Complexity
Data Structures and Algorithms
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.13875