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FUN
2010
Springer
233views Algorithms» more  FUN 2010»
15 years 10 months ago
The Complexity of Flood Filling Games
We study the complexity of the popular one player combinatorial game known as Flood-It. In this game the player is given an n×n board of tiles where each tile is allocated one of ...
David Arthur, Raphaël Clifford, Markus Jalsen...
SIGMOD
1998
ACM
96views Database» more  SIGMOD 1998»
15 years 10 months ago
Wavelet-Based Histograms for Selectivity Estimation
Query optimization is an integral part of relational database management systems. One important task in query optimization is selectivity estimation, that is, given a query P, we ...
Yossi Matias, Jeffrey Scott Vitter, Min Wang
ESA
2008
Springer
108views Algorithms» more  ESA 2008»
15 years 7 months ago
Two-Stage Robust Network Design with Exponential Scenarios
Abstract. We study two-stage robust variants of combinatorial optimization problems like Steiner tree, Steiner forest, and uncapacitated facility location. The robust optimization ...
Rohit Khandekar, Guy Kortsarz, Vahab S. Mirrokni, ...
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CORR
2008
Springer
114views Education» more  CORR 2008»
15 years 5 months ago
Algorithmic Pricing via Virtual Valuations
Algorithmic pricing is the computational problem that sellers (e.g., in supermarkets) face when trying to set prices for their items to maximize their profit in the presence of a ...
Shuchi Chawla, Jason D. Hartline, Robert Kleinberg
TOC
2008
94views more  TOC 2008»
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Optimal lower bounds for the Korkine-Zolotareff parameters of a lattice and for Schnorr's algorithm for the shortest vector prob
Abstract: Schnorr's algorithm for finding an approximation for the shortest nonzero vector in an n-dimensional lattice depends on a parameter k. He proved that for a fixed k ...
Miklós Ajtai