Abstract: | This paper deals with downgrading the 1-median, i.e., changing values of parameters within certain bounds such that the optimal
objective value of the location problem with respect to the new values is maximized. We suggest a game-theoretic view at this
problem which leads to a characterization of an optimal solution. This approach is demonstrated by means of the Downgrading
1-median problem in the plane with Manhattan metric and implies an O(nlog2n)\mathcal {O}(n\log^{2}n) time algorithm for this problem. |