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STOC
2006
ACM
14 years 8 months ago
2006
ACM
Many approximation algorithms have been presented in the last decades for hard search problems. The focus of this paper is on cryptographic applications, where it is desired to de...
APPROX
2008
Springer
13 years 9 months ago
2008
Springer
Abstract. We give a (ln n + 1)-approximation for the decision tree (DT) problem. An instance of DT is a set of m binary tests T = (T1, . . . , Tm) and a set of n items X = (X1, . ....
WAOA
2005
Springer
14 years 1 months ago
2005
Springer
Abstract. Many online problems encountered in real-life involve a twostage decision process: upon arrival of a new request, an irrevocable firststage decision (the assignment of a...
COCOON
1998
Springer
13 years 12 months ago
1998
Springer
In this paper, we generalize the Ski-Rental Problem to the Bahncard Problem which is an online problem of practical relevance for all travelers. The Bahncard is a railway pass of t...
SAT
2010
Springer
13 years 6 months ago
2010
Springer
This paper presents a detailed empirical study of local search for Boolean satisfiability (SAT), highlighting several interesting properties, some of which were previously unknown...