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In computer science, the minimum total distance spanning tree of a weighted graph is a spanning tree minimizing the sum of pairwise distances between vertices in the tree. It is also called the minimum average distance spanning tree or minimum routing cost spanning tree. It is NP-hard to construct it.[1] However, it has a polynomial-time approximation scheme.[2]

References

  1. ^ Michael R. Garey and David S. Johnson (1979). Computers and Intractability: A Guide to the Theory of NP-Completeness. W.H. Freeman. ISBN 0-7167-1045-5. A2.1: ND3, pg.206.
  2. ^ Wu, Bang Ye; Lancia, Giuseppe; Bafna, Vineet; Chao, Kun-Mao; Ravi, R.; Tang, Chuan Yi (2000). "A polynomial-time approximation scheme for minimum routing cost spanning trees". SIAM Journal on Computing. 29 (3): 761–778. doi:10.1137/S009753979732253X. MR 1740574.