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IPCO
1998
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Non-approximability Results for Scheduling Problems with Minsum Criteria
We provide several non-approximability results for deterministic scheduling problems whose objective is to minimize the total job completion time. Unless P = NP, none of the probl...
Han Hoogeveen, Petra Schuurman, Gerhard J. Woeging...
SIROCCO
2000
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Cooperative computing with fragmentable and mergeable groups
ABSTRACT: This work considers the problem of performing a set of N tasks on a set of P cooperating message-passing processors (P N). The processors use a group communication servi...
Chryssis Georgiou, Alexander A. Shvartsman
SODA
2000
ACM
123views Algorithms» more  SODA 2000»
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Communication complexity of document exchange
We address the problem of minimizing the communication involved in the exchange of similar documents. We consider two users, A and B, who hold documents x and y respectively. Neit...
Graham Cormode, Mike Paterson, Süleyman Cenk ...
IPCO
1996
121views Optimization» more  IPCO 1996»
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Transitive Packing
This paper attempts to provide a better understanding of the facial structure of polyhedra previously investigated separately. It introduces the notion of transitive packing and th...
Rudolf Müller, Andreas S. Schulz
SODA
1996
ACM
101views Algorithms» more  SODA 1996»
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Randomized Robot Navigation Algorithms
We consider the problem faced by a mobile robot that has to reach a given target by traveling through an unmapped region in the plane containing oriented rectangular obstacles. We...
Piotr Berman, Avrim Blum, Amos Fiat, Howard J. Kar...