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SODA
2001
ACM
166views Algorithms» more  SODA 2001»
13 years 8 months ago
Better approximation algorithms for bin covering
Bin covering takes as input a list of items with sizes in (0 1) and places them into bins of unit demand so as to maximize the number of bins whose demand is satis ed. This is in ...
János Csirik, David S. Johnson, Claire Keny...
SWAT
2004
Springer
78views Algorithms» more  SWAT 2004»
14 years 21 days ago
Online Maintenance of k-Medians and k-Covers on a Line
The standard dynamic programming solution to finding k-medians on a line with n nodes requires O(kn2 ) time. Dynamic programming speedup techniques, e.g., use of the quadrangle i...
Rudolf Fleischer, Mordecai J. Golin, Yan Zhang
CORR
2006
Springer
160views Education» more  CORR 2006»
13 years 7 months ago
Frugality ratios and improved truthful mechanisms for vertex cover
In set-system auctions, there are several overlapping teams of agents, and a task that can be completed by any of these teams. The auctioneer's goal is to hire a team and pay...
Edith Elkind, Leslie Ann Goldberg, Paul W. Goldber...
FSTTCS
2009
Springer
14 years 1 months ago
Covering of ordinals
The paper focuses on the structure of fundamental sequences of ordinals smaller than ε0. A first result is the construction of a monadic second-order formula identifying a given ...
Laurent Braud
CPAIOR
2009
Springer
14 years 1 months ago
A Shortest Path-Based Approach to the Multileaf Collimator Sequencing Problem
Abstract. The multileaf collimator sequencing problem is an important component in effective cancer treatment delivery. The problem can be formulated as finding a decomposition of...
Hadrien Cambazard, Eoin O'Mahony, Barry O'Sullivan