Patrolling on dynamic ring networks

Shantanu Das, Giuseppe A. Di Luna, Leszek A. Gasieniec

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Abstract

We study the problem of patrolling the nodes of a network collaboratively by a team of mobile agents, such that each node of the network is visited by at least one agent once in every I(n) time units, with the objective of minimizing the idle time I(n). While patrolling has been studied previously for static networks, we investigate the problem on dynamic networks with a fixed set of nodes, but dynamic edges. In particular, we consider 1-interval-connected ring networks and provide various patrolling algorithms for such networks, for k=2 or k>l2 agents. We also show almost matching lower bounds that hold even for the best starting configurations. Thus, our algorithms achieve close to optimal idle time. Further, we show a clear separation in terms of idle time, for agents that have prior knowledge of the dynamic networks compared to agents that do not have such knowledge. This paper provides the first known results for collaborative patrolling on dynamic graphs.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationSOFSEM 2019
Subtitle of host publicationTheory and Practice of Computer Science - 45th International Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Computer Science, Proceedings
EditorsRastislav Královič, Jerzy Nawrocki, Barbara Catania, Giovanni Pighizzini
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages150-163
Number of pages14
ISBN (Print)9783030108007
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019
Externally publishedYes
Event45th International Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Computer Science, SOFSEM 2018 - Nový Smokovec, Slovakia
Duration: Jan 27 2019Jan 30 2019

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume11376 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference45th International Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Computer Science, SOFSEM 2018
Country/TerritorySlovakia
CityNový Smokovec
Period1/27/191/30/19

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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