Treffer: On-line stream merging, max span, and min coverage

Title:
On-line stream merging, max span, and min coverage
Source:
Algorithms and complexity (Rome, 28-30 May 2003)Lecture notes in computer science. :70-82
Publisher Information:
Berlin: Springer, 2003.
Publication Year:
2003
Physical Description:
print, 16 ref
Original Material:
INIST-CNRS
Document Type:
Konferenz Conference Paper
File Description:
text
Language:
English
Author Affiliations:
Department of Computing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong-Kong
Department of Computer Science, University of Hong Kong, Hong-Kong
ISSN:
0302-9743
Rights:
Copyright 2004 INIST-CNRS
CC BY 4.0
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Notes:
Computer science; theoretical automation; systems
Accession Number:
edscal.15692252
Database:
PASCAL Archive

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This paper introduces the notions of span and coverage for analyzing the performance of on-line algorithms for stream merging. We show that these two notions can solely determine the competitive ratio of any such algorithm. Furthermore, we devise a simple greedy algorithm that can attain the ideal span and coverage, thus giving a better performance guarantee than existing algorithms with respect to either the maximum bandwidth or the total bandwidth. The new notions also allow us to obtain a tighter analysis of existing algorithms.