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2006
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Note on MAX 2SAT
In this note we present an approximation algorithm for MAX 2SAT that given a (1 - ) satisfiable instance finds an assignment of variables satisfying a 1 - O( ) fraction of all co...
Moses Charikar, Konstantin Makarychev, Yury Makary...
ECCC
2006
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A Note on Adaptivity in Testing Properties of Bounded Degree Graphs
We show that in the bounded degree model for graph property testing, adaptivity is essential. An algorithm is non-adaptive if it makes all queries to the input before receiving an...
Sofya Raskhodnikova, Adam Smith
ECCC
2006
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On the Deduction Theorem and Complete Disjoint NP-Pairs
In this paper we ask the question whether the extended Frege proof system EF satisfies a weak version of the deduction theorem. We prove that if this is the case, then complete dis...
Olaf Beyersdorff
ECCC
2006
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Cryptographic Hardness Results for Learning Intersections of Halfspaces
We give the first representation-independent hardness results for PAC learning intersections of halfspaces, a central concept class in computational learning theory. Our hardness ...
Adam R. Klivans, Alexander A. Sherstov
ECCC
2006
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How to rank with few errors: A PTAS for Weighted Feedback Arc Set on Tournaments
Suppose you ran a chess tournament, everybody played everybody, and you wanted to use the results to rank everybody. Unless you were really lucky, the results would not be acyclic...
Claire Kenyon-Mathieu, Warren Schudy