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FCT
2005
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
A Faster and Simpler 2-Approximation Algorithm for Block Sorting
Block sorting is used in connection with optical character recognition (OCR). Recent work has focused on finding good strategies which perform well in practice. Block sorting is N...
Wolfgang W. Bein, Lawrence L. Larmore, Linda Moral...
ESA
2005
Springer
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Improved Approximation Algorithms for Metric Max TSP
We present two polynomial-time approximation algorithms for the metric case of the maximum traveling salesman problem. One of them is for directed graphs and its approximation rat...
Zhi-Zhong Chen, Takayuki Nagoya
FOCS
2006
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
Approximation algorithms for allocation problems: Improving the factor of 1 - 1/e
Combinatorial allocation problems require allocating items to players in a way that maximizes the total utility. Two such problems received attention recently, and were addressed ...
Uriel Feige, Jan Vondrák
WEA
2007
Springer
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Vertex Cover Approximations on Random Graphs
Abstract. The vertex cover problem is a classical NP-complete problem for which the best worst-case approximation ratio is 2− o(1). In this paper, we use a collection of simple g...
Eyjolfur Asgeirsson, Clifford Stein
TAMC
2007
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
Approximation Algorithms for 3D Orthogonal Knapsack
We study non-overlapping axis-parallel packings of 3D boxes with profits into a dedicated bigger box where rotation is either forbidden or permitted; we wish to maximize the total...
Florian Diedrich, Rolf Harren, Klaus Jansen, Ralf ...
AAIM
2007
Springer
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An Almost Linear Time 2.8334-Approximation Algorithm for the Disc Covering Problem
The disc covering problem asks to cover a set of points on the plane with a minimum number of fix-sized discs. We develop an O(n(log n)2 (log log n)2 ) deterministic time 2.8334-a...
Bin Fu, Zhixiang Chen, Mahdi Abdelguerfi
AAIM
2007
Springer
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An Improved Approximation Algorithm for Maximum Edge 2-Coloring in Simple Graphs
We present a polynomial-time approximation algorithm for legally coloring as many edges of a given simple graph as possible using two colors. It achieves an approximation ratio of...
Zhi-Zhong Chen, Ruka Tanahashi
AAIM
2008
Springer
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Approximating Maximum Edge 2-Coloring in Simple Graphs Via Local Improvement
We present a polynomial-time approximation algorithm for legally coloring as many edges of a given simple graph as possible using two colors. It achieves an approximation ratio of ...
Zhi-Zhong Chen, Ruka Tanahashi
ICDCS
2008
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
Two-Phased Approximation Algorithms for Minimum CDS in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks
— Connected dominating set (CDS) has a wide range of applications in wireless ad hoc networks. A number of distributed algorithms for constructing a small CDS in wireless ad hoc ...
Peng-Jun Wan, Lixin Wang, F. Frances Yao
GECCO
2009
Springer
148views Optimization» more  GECCO 2009»
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Multiplicative approximations and the hypervolume indicator
Indicator-based algorithms have become a very popular approach to solve multi-objective optimization problems. In this paper, we contribute to the theoretical understanding of alg...
Tobias Friedrich, Christian Horoba, Frank Neumann