We resolve the problem of small-space approximate selection in random-order streams. Specifically, we present an algorithm that reads the n elements of a set in random order and ...
Abstract. This paper considers a generalization of the capacitated spanning tree, in which some of the nodes have capacity K, and the others have capacity k < K. We prove that t...
Esther M. Arkin, Nili Guttmann-Beck, Refael Hassin
We study the problem of aggregating partial rankings. This problem is motivated by applications such as meta-searching and information retrieval, search engine spam fighting, e-c...
In this paper we consider both the maximization variant Max Rep and the minimization variant Min Rep of the famous Label Cover problem, for which, till now, the best approximation ...
Moses Charikar, MohammadTaghi Hajiaghayi, Howard J...
We study the minimum diameter color-spanning set problem which has recently drawn some attention in the database community. We show that the problem can be solved in polynomial tim...