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FAW
2008
Springer
104views Algorithms» more  FAW 2008»
15 years 1 months ago
The Parameterized Complexity of the Rectangle Stabbing Problem and Its Variants
We study the parameterized complexity of an NP-complete geometric covering problem called d-dimensional Rectangle Stabbing where we are given a set of axis-parallel d-dimensional h...
Michael Dom, Somnath Sikdar
COCOON
2008
Springer
15 years 1 months ago
Approximating the Generalized Capacitated Tree-Routing Problem
In this paper, we introduce the generalized capacitated tree-routing problem (GCTR), which is described as follows. Given a connected graph G = (V, E) with a sink s V and a set M...
Ehab Morsy, Hiroshi Nagamochi
SODA
2010
ACM
164views Algorithms» more  SODA 2010»
15 years 9 months ago
Differentially Private Approximation Algorithms
Consider the following problem: given a metric space, some of whose points are "clients," select a set of at most k facility locations to minimize the average distance f...
Anupam Gupta, Katrina Ligett, Frank McSherry, Aaro...
FOCM
2008
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14 years 12 months ago
On Smale's 17th Problem: A Probabilistic Positive Solution
Smale's 17th Problem asks "Can a zero of n complex polynomial equations in n unknowns be found approximately, on the average [for a suitable probability measure on the s...
Carlos Beltrán, Luis Miguel Pardo
IPCO
2007
108views Optimization» more  IPCO 2007»
15 years 1 months ago
Robust Combinatorial Optimization with Exponential Scenarios
Following the well-studied two-stage optimization framework for stochastic optimization [15, 18], we study approximation algorithms for robust two-stage optimization problems with ...
Uriel Feige, Kamal Jain, Mohammad Mahdian, Vahab S...