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EUROCAST
2009
Springer
179views Hardware» more  EUROCAST 2009»
15 years 7 months ago
New Approximation-Based Local Search Algorithms for the Probabilistic Traveling Salesman Problem
In this paper we present new local search algorithms for the Probabilistic Traveling Salesman Problem (PTSP) using sampling and ad-hoc approximation. These algorithms improve both...
Dennis Weyland, Leonora Bianchi, Luca Maria Gambar...
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OL
2008
82views more  OL 2008»
15 years 2 days ago
An approximation algorithm for network design problems with downwards-monotone demand functions
Building on an existing 2-approximate algorithm for the class of network design problems with downwards-monotone demand functions, many of which are NP-hard, we present an algorith...
Michael Laszlo, Sumitra Mukherjee
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ACSC
2006
IEEE
15 years 6 months ago
Improvements of TLAESA nearest neighbour search algorithm and extension to approximation search
Nearest neighbour (NN) searches and k nearest neighbour (k-NN) searches are widely used in pattern recognition and image retrieval. An NN (k-NN) search finds the closest object (...
Ken Tokoro, Kazuaki Yamaguchi, Sumio Masuda
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SIGECOM
2006
ACM
106views ECommerce» more  SIGECOM 2006»
15 years 6 months ago
Approximation algorithms and online mechanisms for item pricing
We present approximation and online algorithms for a number of problems of pricing items for sale so as to maximize seller’s revenue in an unlimited supply setting. Our first r...
Maria-Florina Balcan, Avrim Blum
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PODS
2007
ACM
203views Database» more  PODS 2007»
16 years 22 days ago
Decision trees for entity identification: approximation algorithms and hardness results
We consider the problem of constructing decision trees for entity identification from a given relational table. The input is a table containing information about a set of entities...
Venkatesan T. Chakaravarthy, Vinayaka Pandit, Samb...