• DocumentCode
    28129
  • Title

    On the Set Cover Problem for Broadcasting in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks

  • Author

    Agathos, Spiros ; Papapetrou, Evangelos

  • Volume
    17
  • Issue
    11
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    Nov-13
  • Firstpage
    2192
  • Lastpage
    2195
  • Abstract
    The set cover problem has been extensively used in broadcast algorithms to model the process of selecting the nodes that should forward a message. Surprisingly, none of the research efforts focuses on solving the set cover problem. Instead, virtually every broadcast scheme uses the well known and generic purpose Greedy Set Cover (GSC) algorithm to tackle the problem. We focus on solving the set cover problem in the context of wireless ad hoc networks and show that providing an efficient solution has a significant performance impact on broadcast algorithms.
  • Keywords
    ad hoc networks; broadcasting; greedy algorithms; set theory; GSC algorithm; broadcast algorithms; broadcasting; greedy set cover algorithm; set cover problem; virtually every broadcast scheme; wireless ad hoc networks; Broadcasting; Context; Heuristic algorithms; Mobile ad hoc networks; Mobile communication; Wireless communication; Broadcasting; dominant pruning; multipoint relay; set cover; wireless ad hoc networks;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Communications Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1089-7798
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LCOMM.2013.091913.131765
  • Filename
    6612768