Tail bound for the minimal spanning tree of a complete graph

Jeong Han Kim; Sung chul Lee

doi:10.1016/S0167-7152(03)00208-6

Tail bound for the minimal spanning tree of a complete graph

Jeong Han Kim, Sung chul Lee

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Suppose each edge of the complete graph K_n is assigned a random weight chosen independently and uniformly from the unit interval [0,1]. A minimal spanning tree is a spanning tree of K_n with the minimum weight. It is easy to show that such a tree is unique almost surely. This paper concerns the number N_n(α) of vertices of degree α in the minimal spanning tree of K_n. For a positive integer α, Aldous (Random Struct. Algorithms 1 (1990) 383) proved that the expectation of N_n(α) is asymptotically γ(α)n, where γ(α) is a function of α given by explicit integrations. We develop an algorithm to generate the minimal spanning tree and Chernoff-type tail bound for N_n(α).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	425-430
Number of pages	6
Journal	Statistics and Probability Letters
Volume	64
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-7152(03)00208-6
Publication status	Published - 2003 Oct 1

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Statistics and Probability
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty

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Kim, J. H., & Lee, S. C. (2003). Tail bound for the minimal spanning tree of a complete graph. Statistics and Probability Letters, 64(4), 425-430. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-7152(03)00208-6

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