ABSTRACT
Consider the following problem in network design: given an undirected graph with nonnegative delays on the edges, the goal is to find a spanning tree such that the average delay of communicating between any pair using the tree is minimized. The delay between a pair of vertices is the sum of the delays of the edges in the path between them in the tree. Minimizing the average delay is equivalent to minimizing the total delay between all pairs of vertices using the tree.
