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APPROX
2004
Springer
116views Algorithms» more  APPROX 2004»
14 years 22 days ago
Randomized Approximation Algorithms for Set Multicover Problems with Applications to Reverse Engineering of Protein and Gene Net
In this paper we investigate the computational complexity of a combinatorial problem that arises in the reverse engineering of protein and gene networks. Our contributions are as ...
Piotr Berman, Bhaskar DasGupta, Eduardo D. Sontag
CORR
2010
Springer
144views Education» more  CORR 2010»
13 years 4 months ago
Fast Approximation Algorithms for Cut-based Problems in Undirected Graphs
We present a general method of designing fast approximation algorithms for cut-based minimization problems in undirected graphs. In particular, we develop a technique that given a...
Aleksander Madry
ICCAD
2008
IEEE
170views Hardware» more  ICCAD 2008»
14 years 4 months ago
A polynomial time approximation scheme for timing constrained minimum cost layer assignment
Abstract— As VLSI technology enters the nanoscale regime, interconnect delay becomes the bottleneck of circuit performance. Compared to gate delays, wires are becoming increasing...
Shiyan Hu, Zhuo Li, Charles J. Alpert
ESA
2003
Springer
189views Algorithms» more  ESA 2003»
14 years 16 days ago
On the Complexity of Approximating TSP with Neighborhoods and Related Problems
We prove that various geometric covering problems, related to the Travelling Salesman Problem cannot be efficiently approximated to within any constant factor unless P = NP. This ...
Shmuel Safra, Oded Schwartz
DAC
2009
ACM
14 years 8 months ago
A fully polynomial time approximation scheme for timing driven minimum cost buffer insertion
As VLSI technology enters the nanoscale regime, interconnect delay has become the bottleneck of the circuit timing. As one of the most powerful techniques for interconnect optimiz...
Shiyan Hu, Zhuo Li, Charles J. Alpert