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MFCS
2004
Springer
15 years 3 months ago
The Bidimensional Theory of Bounded-Genus Graphs
Abstract. Bidimensionality provides a tool for developing subexponential fixed-parameter algorithms for combinatorial optimization problems on graph families that exclude a minor....
Erik D. Demaine, Mohammad Taghi Hajiaghayi, Dimitr...
ISIPTA
2003
IEEE
110views Mathematics» more  ISIPTA 2003»
15 years 3 months ago
Extensions of Expected Utility Theory and Some Limitations of Pairwise Comparisons
We contrast three decision rules that extend Expected Utility to contexts where a convex set of probabilities is used to depict uncertainty: Γ-Maximin, Maximality, and E-admissib...
Mark J. Schervish, Teddy Seidenfeld, Joseph B. Kad...
ACM
1995
15 years 1 months ago
Rough Sets
We study properties of rough sets, that is, approximations to sets of records in a database or, more formally, to subsets of the universe of an information system. A rough set is a...
Zdzislaw Pawlak
CIAC
2010
Springer
263views Algorithms» more  CIAC 2010»
15 years 7 months ago
The Complexity of Computing Minimal Unidirectional Covering Sets
Abstract. Given a binary dominance relation on a set of alternatives, a common thread in the social sciences is to identify subsets of alternatives that satisfy certain notions of ...
Dorothea Baumeister, Felix Brandt, Felix Fischer, ...
FOCS
1999
IEEE
15 years 2 months ago
Boosting and Hard-Core Sets
This paper connects two fundamental ideas from theoretical computer science: hard-core set construction, a type of hardness amplification from computational complexity, and boosti...
Adam Klivans, Rocco A. Servedio