Suppose T=<V,E,W> is an acyclic, connected, undirected graph(or we can call it unrooted tree), each edge has a positive weigh, we call this graph Tree Network. (V is the vertex set, E is edge set, and W is weigh set).
In the Tree Network, each pair of vertex u, v has a simple path, then the distance from u to v, written as d(u,v), is the length of a u,v-path.
Another definition is d(V,x), d(V,x)=min{d(v,x)|v∈V}.
Suppose any connected subgraph of T is T'=(V',E',W'), We called ECC(T',T)=max{d(V',u)|u∈(V-V')} is the eccentricity of T'.
Now is your turn, give you a Tree Network T and a non-negative integer S, you must find a connected subgraph of T —— T', which satisfy the sum all of the edges weigh in T' is not bigger than S and the eccentricity of T' is the least than other subgraph of T. We called the T' “Core of Tree Network”
Notice: Sometimes, T' only contains one vertex, and you may find there are many cores. But we only want to know the minimal eccentricity of T', and that is determinately.