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# Approximation Schemes for Broadcasting in Heterogenous Networks.

• ##### Gerhard J. Woeginger
DOI: 10.1007/b99805 Conference: Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization, Algorithms and Techniques, 7th International Workshop on Approximation Algorithms for Combinatorial Optimization Problems, APPROX 2004, and 8th International Workshop on Randomization and Computation, RANDOM 2004, Cambridge, MA, USA, August 22-24, 2004, Proceedings
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ABSTRACT We study the problem of minimizing the broadcast time for a set of processors in a cluster, where processor p i has transmission time t i , which is the time taken to send a message to any other processor in the cluster. Previously, it was shown that the Fastest Node First method (FNF) gives a 1.5 approximate solution. In this paper we show that there is a polynomial time approximation scheme for the problems of broadcasting and multicasting in such a heterogeneous cluster.

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