A provably good approximation algorithm for rectangle escape problem with application to PCB routing

Qiang Ma; Hui Kong; Martin D. F. Wong; Evangeline F. Y. Young

doi:10.1109/ASPDAC.2011.5722308

A provably good approximation algorithm for rectangle escape problem with application to PCB routing

Qiang Ma, Hui Kong, Martin D. F. Wong, Evangeline F. Y. Young

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Abstract

In this paper, we introduce and study the Rectangle Escape Problem (REP), which is motivated by PCB bus escape routing. Given a rectangular region R and a set S of rectangles within R, the REP is to choose a direction for each rectangle to escape to the boundary of R, such that the resultant maximum density over R is minimized. We prove that the REP is NP-Complete, and show that it can be formulated as an Integer Linear Program (ILP). A provably good approximation algorithm for the REP is developed by applying Linear Programming (LP) relaxation and a special rounding technique to the ILP. This approximation algorithm is also shown to work for a more general version of REP with weights (weighted REP). In addition, an iterative refinement procedure is proposed as a postprocessing step to further improve the results. Our approach is tested on a set of industrial PCB bus escape routing problems. Experimental results show that the optimal solution can be obtained within 3 seconds for each of the test cases.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of The 16th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference, ASP-DAC 2011
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	843-848
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	9781424475155
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ASPDAC.2011.5722308
Publication status	Published - 28 Jan 2011
Event	16th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference, ASP-DAC 2011 - Pacifico Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan Duration: 25 Jan 2011 → 28 Jan 2011 https://www.aspdac.com/aspdac2011/ (Conference website) https://www.aspdac.com/aspdac2011/archive/program/ (Conference programme) https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/5716646/proceeding (Conference proceedings)

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Name	Proceedings of the Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference, ASP-DAC
ISSN (Print)	2153-6961
ISSN (Electronic)	2153-697X

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Conference	16th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference, ASP-DAC 2011
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Yokohama
Period	25/01/11 → 28/01/11
Internet address	https://www.aspdac.com/aspdac2011/ (Conference website) https://www.aspdac.com/aspdac2011/archive/program/ (Conference programme) https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/5716646/proceeding (Conference proceedings)

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Computer Science Applications
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Ma, Q., Kong, H., Wong, M. D. F., & Young, E. F. Y. (2011). A provably good approximation algorithm for rectangle escape problem with application to PCB routing. In Proceedings of The 16th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference, ASP-DAC 2011 (pp. 843-848). (Proceedings of the Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference, ASP-DAC). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ASPDAC.2011.5722308

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Ma, Q, Kong, H, Wong, MDF & Young, EFY 2011, A provably good approximation algorithm for rectangle escape problem with application to PCB routing. in Proceedings of The 16th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference, ASP-DAC 2011. Proceedings of the Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference, ASP-DAC, IEEE, pp. 843-848, 16th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference, ASP-DAC 2011, Yokohama, Japan, 25/01/11. https://doi.org/10.1109/ASPDAC.2011.5722308

A provably good approximation algorithm for rectangle escape problem with application to PCB routing. / Ma, Qiang; Kong, Hui; Wong, Martin D. F. et al.
Proceedings of The 16th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference, ASP-DAC 2011. IEEE, 2011. p. 843-848 (Proceedings of the Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference, ASP-DAC).

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Ma Q, Kong H, Wong MDF, Young EFY. A provably good approximation algorithm for rectangle escape problem with application to PCB routing. In Proceedings of The 16th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference, ASP-DAC 2011. IEEE. 2011. p. 843-848. (Proceedings of the Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference, ASP-DAC). doi: 10.1109/ASPDAC.2011.5722308

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