# The master ring problem

Abstract : We consider the $\textit{master ring problem (MRP)}$ which often arises in optical network design. Given a network which consists of a collection of interconnected rings $R_1, \ldots, R_K$, with $n_1, \ldots, n_K$ distinct nodes, respectively, we need to find an ordering of the nodes in the network that respects the ordering of every individual ring, if one exists. Our main result is an exact algorithm for MRP whose running time approaches $Q \cdot \prod_{k=1}^K (n_k/ \sqrt{2})$ for some polynomial $Q$, as the $n_k$ values become large. For the $\textit{ring clearance problem}$, a special case of practical interest, our algorithm achieves this running time for rings of $\textit{any}$ size $n_k \geq 2$. This yields the first nontrivial improvement, by factor of $(2 \sqrt{2})^K \approx (2.82)^K$, over the running time of the naive algorithm, which exhaustively enumerates all $\prod_{k=1}^K (2n_k)$ possible solutions.
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Conrado Martìnez. 2005 International Conference on Analysis of Algorithms, 2005, Barcelona, Spain. Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, DMTCS Proceedings vol. AD, International Conference on Analysis of Algorithms, pp.287-296, 2005, DMTCS Proceedings
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Hadas Shachnai, Lisa Zhang. The master ring problem. Conrado Martìnez. 2005 International Conference on Analysis of Algorithms, 2005, Barcelona, Spain. Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, DMTCS Proceedings vol. AD, International Conference on Analysis of Algorithms, pp.287-296, 2005, DMTCS Proceedings. 〈hal-01184218〉

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