The p-maxian problem on a tree

  • Authors:
  • Rainer E. Burkard;Jafar Fathali;Hossein Taghizadeh Kakhki

  • Affiliations:
  • Graz University of Technology, Institute of Optimization and Discrete Mathematics, Steyrergasse 30, A-8010 Graz, Austria;Department of Mathematics, Shahrood University of Technology, University Blvd., Shahrood, Iran;Department of Mathematics, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Vakil Abad Blvd., Mashhad, 91775-1159, Iran

  • Venue:
  • Operations Research Letters
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

It is shown that the leaves of a longest path provide an optimal solution for the 2-maxian problem (and the p-maxian problem, p=3) on a tree. In a second model for obnoxious p-median problems on trees it turns out that the p-median may not contain any leaves at all.