The Steiner tree problem /

The Steiner problem asks for a shortest network which spans a given set of points. Minimum spanning networks have been well-studied when all connections are required to be between the given points. The novelty of the Steiner tree problem is that new auxiliary points can be introduced between the ori...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hwang, Frank
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Richards, Dana, 1955-, Winter, Pawel, 1952-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Amsterdam ; New York : North-Holland, 1992.
Series:Annals of discrete mathematics ; 53.
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; The Steiner Tree Problem; Copyright Page; Foreword; Contents; Part I: Euclidean Steiner Problem; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Exact Algorithms; Chapter 3. The Steiner Ratio; Chapter 4. Heuristics; Chapter 5. Special Terminal-Sets; Chapter 6. Generalizations; Part II: Steiner Problem in Networks; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Reductions; Chapter 3. Exact Algorithms; Chapter 4. Heuristics; Chapter 5. Polynomially Solvable Cases; Chapter 6. Generalizations; Part III: Rectilinear Steiner Problem; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Heuristic Algoritlinis.