A general decomposition theorem for the k-server problem

  • Authors:
  • Steven S. Seiden

  • Affiliations:
  • Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, Louisiana

  • Venue:
  • Information and Computation
  • Year:
  • 2002

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Abstract

The first general decomposition theorem for the k-server problem is presented. Whereas all previous theorems are for the case of a finite metric with k+1 points, the theorem given here allows an arbitrary number of points in the underlying metric space. This theorem implies O (polylog(k))-competitive randomized algorithms for certain metric spaces consisting of a polylogarithmic number of widely separated subspaces and takes a first step toward a general O (polylog(k))-competitive algorithm. The only other cases for which polylogarithmic competitive randomized algorithms are known are the uniform metric space and the weighted cache metric space with two weights.