On the complexity of the edge-disjoint min-min problem in undirected graphs

Longkun Guo, Hong Shen

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Abstract

The min-min problem of finding a disjoint-path pair with the length of the shorter path minimized is known to be NP-complete and admits no K-approximation for any K > 1 in the general case [1]. In this paper, we show that Bhatia et al [2]'s NP-complete proof, a claim of correction to Xu et al's proof [1], for the edge-disjoint min-min problem in undirected graphs is incorrect by giving a counter example that is an unsatisfiable 3SAT instance but classified as a satisfiable 3SAT instance in Bhatia et al's proof [2]. We then give a correct proof of NP-completeness of this problem in undirected graphs.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationICCRD2011 - 2011 3rd International Conference on Computer Research and Development
Pages150-154
Number of pages5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes
Event2011 3rd International Conference on Computer Research and Development, ICCRD 2011 - Shanghai, China
Duration: 11 Mar 201115 Mar 2011

Publication series

NameICCRD2011 - 2011 3rd International Conference on Computer Research and Development
Volume2

Conference

Conference2011 3rd International Conference on Computer Research and Development, ICCRD 2011
Country/TerritoryChina
CityShanghai
Period11/03/1115/03/11

Keywords

  • MAX-2SAT
  • Min-min problem
  • NP-completeness
  • disjoint path pair
  • strongly NP-completeness

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