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AAIM
2006
Springer
222views Algorithms» more  AAIM 2006»
15 years 9 months ago
Connected Set Cover Problem and Its Applications
Abstract. We study an extension of the set cover problem, the connected set cover problem, the problem is to find a set cover of minimal size that satisfies some connectivity con...
Tianping Shuai, Xiao-Dong Hu
SODA
2001
ACM
150views Algorithms» more  SODA 2001»
15 years 4 months ago
A faster implementation of the Goemans-Williamson clustering algorithm
We give an implementation of the Goemans-Williamson clustering procedure which is at the core of several approximation algorithms including those for Generalized Steiner Trees, Pr...
Richard Cole, Ramesh Hariharan, Moshe Lewenstein, ...
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ESA
2001
Springer
132views Algorithms» more  ESA 2001»
15 years 7 months ago
Greedy Algorithms for Minimisation Problems in Random Regular Graphs
In this paper we introduce a general strategy for approximating the solution to minimisation problems in random regular graphs. We describe how the approach can be applied to the m...
Michele Zito
ATAL
2005
Springer
15 years 8 months ago
Improving reinforcement learning function approximators via neuroevolution
Reinforcement learning problems are commonly tackled with temporal difference methods, which use dynamic programming and statistical sampling to estimate the long-term value of ta...
Shimon Whiteson
ISAAC
2005
Springer
127views Algorithms» more  ISAAC 2005»
15 years 8 months ago
Decision Making Based on Approximate and Smoothed Pareto Curves
Abstract. We consider bicriteria optimization problems and investigate the relationship between two standard approaches to solving them: (i) computing the Pareto curve and (ii) the...
Heiner Ackermann, Alantha Newman, Heiko Rögli...