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LATIN
2010
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
Prize-Collecting Steiner Networks via Iterative Rounding
In this paper we design an iterative rounding approach for the classic prize-collecting Steiner forest problem and more generally the prize-collecting survivable Steiner network de...
MohammadTaghi Hajiaghayi, Arefeh A. Nasri
LATIN
2010
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
Euclidean Prize-Collecting Steiner Forest
In this paper, we consider Steiner forest and its generalizations, prize-collecting Steiner forest and k-Steiner forest, when the vertices of the input graph are points in the Euc...
MohammadHossein Bateni, MohammadTaghi Hajiaghayi
LATIN
2010
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
The Power of Fair Pricing Mechanisms
We explore the revenue capabilities of truthful, monotone (“fair”) allocation and pricing functions for resource-constrained auction mechanisms within a general framework that ...
Christine Chung, Katrina Ligett, Kirk Pruhs, Aaron...
LATIN
2010
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
The I/O Complexity of Sparse Matrix Dense Matrix Multiplication
We consider the multiplication of a sparse N × N matrix A with a dense N × N matrix B in the I/O model. We determine the worst-case non-uniform complexity of this task up to a c...
Gero Greiner, Riko Jacob
LATIN
2010
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
Minimum-Perimeter Intersecting Polygons
Given a set S of segments in the plane, a polygon P is an intersecting polygon of S if every segment in S intersects the interior or the boundary of P. The problem MPIP of computi...
Adrian Dumitrescu, Minghui Jiang
LATIN
2010
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
Optimal Polygonal Representation of Planar Graphs
In this paper, we consider the problem of representing graphs by polygons whose sides touch. We show that at least six sides per polygon are necessary by constructing a class of pl...
Emden R. Gansner, Yifan Hu, Michael Kaufmann, Step...
LATIN
2010
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
Visiting a Sequence of Points with a Bevel-Tip Needle
Abstract. Many surgical procedures could benefit from guiding a bevel-tip needle along circular arcs to multiple treatment points in a patient. At each treatment point, the needle...
Steven Bitner, Yam Ki Cheung, Atlas F. Cook, Ovidi...
LATIN
2010
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
Some Observations on Holographic Algorithms
Abstract. We define the notion of diversity for families of finite functions, and express the limitations of a simple class of holographic algorithms in terms of limitations on d...
Leslie G. Valiant
LATIN
2010
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
Time Complexity of Distributed Topological Self-stabilization: The Case of Graph Linearization
Topological self-stabilization is an important concept to build robust open distributed systems (such as peer-to-peer systems) where nodes can organize themselves into meaningful n...
Dominik Gall, Riko Jacob, Andréa W. Richa, ...