Maximizing Weighted Dominance in the Plane
<|reference_start|>Maximizing Weighted Dominance in the Plane: Let P be a set of n weighted points, Q be a set of m unweighted points in the plane, and k a non-negative integer. We consider the problem of computing a subset $Q'\subseteq Q$ with size at most k such that the sum of the weights of the points of P dominated by at least one point in the set Q' is maximized. A point q in the plane dominates another point p if and only if $x(q)\ge x(p)$ and $y(q)\ge y(p)$, and at least one inequality is strict.   We present a solution to the problem that takes O(n + m)-space and $O(k \min\{n+m, \frac{n}{k}+m^2\}\log m)$-time. We (conditionally) improve upon the existing result (the bounds of our solution are interesting when $m= o(\sqrt{n}))$.   Moreover, we also present a simple algorithm solving the problem in $O(km^2+n\log m)$-time and $O(n+m)$-space. The bounds of the algorithm are interesting when $m= o(\sqrt{n})$.<|reference_end|>
@article{akram2024maximizing,
    title={Maximizing Weighted Dominance in the Plane},
    author={Waseem Akram and Sanjeev Saxena},
    journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.15811},
    year={2024},
    archivePrefix={arXiv},
    eprint={2405.15811},
    primaryClass={cs.DS cs.CG}
}