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FAW
2008
Springer
104views Algorithms» more  FAW 2008»
14 years 11 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
14 years 11 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 7 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 9 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»
14 years 11 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...