We prove that approximating the Max Acyclic Subgraph problem within a factor better than 1/2 is Unique-Games hard. Specifically, for every constant ε > 0 the following holds:...
The search for frequent subgraphs is becoming increasingly important in many application areas including Web mining and bioinformatics. Any use of graph structures in mining, howev...
Abstract— We develop a general framework for MAP estimation in discrete and Gaussian graphical models using Lagrangian relaxation techniques. The key idea is to reformulate an in...
Jason K. Johnson, Dmitry M. Malioutov, Alan S. Wil...
Time synchronization in highly distributed wireless systems like sensor and ad hoc networks is extremely important in order to maintain a consistent notion of time throughout the ...
Murtuza Jadliwala, Qi Duan, Shambhu J. Upadhyaya, ...
Abstract. We present a parameterized approximation scheme for distributed combinatorial optimization problems based on dynamic programming. The algorithm is a utility propagation m...