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APPROX
2007
Springer
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Coarse Differentiation and Multi-flows in Planar Graphs
We show that the multi-commodity max-flow/min-cut gap for series-parallel graphs can be as bad as 2, matching a recent upper bound [8] for this class, and resolving one side of a ...
James R. Lee, Prasad Raghavendra
APPROX
2007
Springer
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Lower Bounds for Swapping Arthur and Merlin
We prove a lower bound for swapping the order of Arthur and Merlin in two-round MerlinArthur games using black-box techniques. Namely, we show that any AM-game requires time (t2 )...
Scott Diehl
APPROX
2007
Springer
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Stochastic Steiner Tree with Non-uniform Inflation
We study the Steiner Tree problem in the model of two-stage stochastic optimization with non-uniform inflation factors, and give a poly-logarithmic approximation factor for this pr...
Anupam Gupta, MohammadTaghi Hajiaghayi, Amit Kumar
APPROX
2007
Springer
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On Approximating the Average Distance Between Points
Abstract. We consider the problem of approximating the average distance between pairs of points in a high-dimensional Euclidean space, and more generally in any metric space. We co...
Kfir Barhum, Oded Goldreich, Adi Shraibman
APPROX
2007
Springer
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Hardness of Embedding Metric Spaces of Equal Size
Abstract. We study the problem embedding an n-point metric space into another n-point metric space while minimizing distortion. We show that there is no polynomial time algorithm t...
Subhash Khot, Rishi Saket
APPROX
2007
Springer
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Small Approximate Pareto Sets for Bi-objective Shortest Paths and Other Problems
We investigate the problem of computing a minimum set of solutions that approximates within a specified accuracy the Pareto curve of a multiobjective optimization problem. We show...
Ilias Diakonikolas, Mihalis Yannakakis
APPROX
2007
Springer
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Encouraging Cooperation in Sharing Supermodular Costs
Abstract Consider a situation where a group of agents wishes to share the costs of their joint actions, and needs to determine how to distribute the costs amongst themselves in a f...
Andreas S. Schulz, Nelson A. Uhan