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IPCO
1993
138views Optimization» more  IPCO 1993»
15 years 5 months ago
An efficient approximation algorithm for the survivable network design problem
The survivable network design problem (SNDP) is to construct a minimum-cost subgraph satisfying certain given edge-connectivity requirements. The first polynomial-time approximati...
Harold N. Gabow, Michel X. Goemans, David P. Willi...
STACS
2005
Springer
15 years 10 months ago
Sampling Sub-problems of Heterogeneous Max-cut Problems and Approximation Algorithms
Abstract Abstract. Recent work in the analysis of randomized approximation algorithms for NP-hard optimization problems has involved approximating the solution to a problem by the ...
Petros Drineas, Ravi Kannan, Michael W. Mahoney
EUROCAST
2009
Springer
179views Hardware» more  EUROCAST 2009»
15 years 11 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...
ICRA
2008
IEEE
125views Robotics» more  ICRA 2008»
15 years 11 months ago
An approximation algorithm for the least overlapping p-Frame problem with non-partial coverage for networked robotic cameras
Abstract— We report our algorithmic development of the pframe problem that addresses the need of coordinating a set of p networked robotic pan-tilt-zoom cameras for n, (n > p)...
Yiliang Xu, Dezhen Song, Jingang Yi, A. Frank van ...
TCBB
2008
73views more  TCBB 2008»
15 years 4 months ago
Nature Reserve Selection Problem: A Tight Approximation Algorithm
The Nature Reserve Selection Problem is a problem that arises in the context of studying biodiversity conservation. Subject to budgetary constraints, the problem is to select a set...
Magnus Bordewich, Charles Semple