Minimizing the effective graph resistance by adding links is NP-hard

Journal Article (2023)
Author(s)

Robert E. Kooij (TNO, TU Delft - Quantum & Computer Engineering)

Massimo A. Achterberg (TU Delft - Network Architectures and Services)

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orl.2023.10.002 Final published version
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Publication Year
2023
Language
English
Journal title
Operations Research Letters
Issue number
6
Volume number
51
Pages (from-to)
601-604
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Abstract

The effective graph resistance, also known as the Kirchhoff index, is metric that is used to quantify the robustness of a network. We show that the optimisation problem of minimizing the effective graph resistance of a graph by adding a fixed number of links, is NP-hard.