Approximation Algorithms for Clustering to Minimize the Sum of Diameters

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Summary

It is shown that, unless P = NP, for any rho ge 1, there is no polynomial time approximation algorithm that can provide a performance guarantee of rho even when the number of clusters is fixed at 3.

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2000-02-01
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Approximation algorithm, Triangle inequality, Mathematics, Combinatorics, Cluster analysis

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