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FSTTCS
2009
Springer
15 years 11 months ago
Subexponential Algorithms for Partial Cover Problems
Partial Cover problems are optimization versions of fundamental and well studied problems like Vertex Cover and Dominating Set. Here one is interested in covering (or dominating) ...
Fedor V. Fomin, Daniel Lokshtanov, Venkatesh Raman...
JGO
2011
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14 years 11 months ago
Towards the global solution of the maximal correlation problem
The maximal correlation problem (MCP) aiming at optimizing correlation between sets of variables plays a very important role in many areas of statistical applications. Currently, a...
Lei-Hong Zhang, Li-Zhi Liao, Li-Ming Sun
SOFSEM
2007
Springer
15 years 10 months ago
Competitive Maintenance of Minimum Spanning Trees in Dynamic Graphs
Abstract. We consider the problem of maintaining a minimum spanning tree within a graph with dynamically changing edge weights. An online algorithm is confronted with an input sequ...
Miroslaw Dynia, Miroslaw Korzeniowski, Jaroslaw Ku...
JCP
2007
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15 years 4 months ago
A Genetic Algorithm Method to Assimilate Sensor Data for a Toxic Contaminant Release
— Following a toxic contaminant release, either accidental or intentional, predicting the transport and dispersion of the contaminant becomes a critical problem for Homeland Defe...
Sue Ellen Haupt, George S. Young, Christopher T. A...
ICALP
2009
Springer
16 years 4 months ago
Approximation Algorithms via Structural Results for Apex-Minor-Free Graphs
We develop new structural results for apex-minor-free graphs and show their power by developing two new approximation algorithms. The first is an additive approximation for colorin...
Erik D. Demaine, MohammadTaghi Hajiaghayi, Ken-ich...