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FOCS
2002
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
2002
IEEE
We present the first constant-factor approximation algorithm for network design with multiple commodities and economies of scale. We consider the rent-or-buy problem, a type of m...
ESA
2006
Springer
14 years 4 days ago
2006
Springer
The objective of this paper is to characterize classes of problems for which a greedy algorithm finds solutions provably close to optimum. To that end, we introduce the notion of k...
APPROX
2009
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
2009
Springer
An important research thread in algorithmic game theory studies the design of efficient truthful mechanisms that approximate the optimal social welfare. A fundamental question is ...
PPAM
2007
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
2007
Springer
Abstract. We consider the problem of computing a weighted edge matching in a large graph using a parallel algorithm. This problem has application in several areas of combinatorial ...
FOCS
2005
IEEE
14 years 2 months ago
2005
IEEE
At the core of the seminal Graph Minor Theory of Robertson and Seymour is a powerful structural theorem capturing the structure of graphs excluding a fixed minor. This result is ...