Approximating the Weight of the Euclidean Minimum Spanning Tree in Sublinear Time

  • Authors:
  • Artur Czumaj;Funda Ergün;Lance Fortnow;Avner Magen;Ilan Newman;Ronitt Rubinfeld;Christian Sohler

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-;-;-;-;-

  • Venue:
  • SIAM Journal on Computing
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

We consider the problem of computing the weight of a Euclidean minimum spanning tree for a set of n points in $\mathbb R^d$. We focus on the setting where the input point set is supported by certain basic (and commonly used) geometric data structures that can provide efficient access to the input in a structured way. We present an algorithm that estimates with high probability the weight of a Euclidean minimum spanning tree of a set of points to within $1 + \eps$ using only $\widetilde{\O}(\sqrt{n} \, \text{poly} (1/\eps))$ queries for constant d. The algorithm assumes that the input is supported by a minimal bounding cube enclosing it, by orthogonal range queries, and by cone approximate nearest neighbor queries.