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CPM
1999
Springer
141views Combinatorics» more  CPM 1999»
14 years 1 days ago
Approximate Periods of Strings
The study of approximately periodic strings is relevant to diverse applications such as molecular biology, data compression, and computer-assisted music analysis. Here we study di...
Jeong Seop Sim, Costas S. Iliopoulos, Kunsoo Park,...
SODA
2007
ACM
131views Algorithms» more  SODA 2007»
13 years 9 months ago
On the K-simple shortest paths problem in weighted directed graphs
We obtain the first approximation algorithm for finding the k-simple shortest paths connecting a pair of vertices in a weighted directed graph. Our algorithm is deterministic an...
Liam Roditty
STOC
2006
ACM
170views Algorithms» more  STOC 2006»
14 years 8 months ago
Hardness of approximate two-level logic minimization and PAC learning with membership queries
Producing a small DNF expression consistent with given data is a classical problem in computer science that occurs in a number of forms and has numerous applications. We consider ...
Vitaly Feldman
SODA
2008
ACM
101views Algorithms» more  SODA 2008»
13 years 9 months ago
Adaptive local ratio
Local ratio is a well-known paradigm for designing approximation algorithms for combinatorial optimization problems. At a very high level, a local-ratio algorithm first decomposes ...
Julián Mestre
ICPR
2008
IEEE
14 years 9 months ago
Time-series clustering by approximate prototypes
Clustering time-series data poses problems, which do not exist in traditional clustering in Euclidean space. Specifically, cluster prototype needs to be calculated, where common s...
Pasi Fränti, Pekka Nykänen, Ville Hautam...