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On the average case performance of some greedy approximation algorithms for the uncapacitated facility location problem
In combinatorial optimization, a popular approach to NP-hard problems is the design of approximation algorithms. These algorithms typically run in polynomial time and are guarante...
Abraham Flaxman, Alan M. Frieze, Juan Carlos Vera
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2005
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Improved approximation algorithms for minimum-weight vertex separators
Uriel Feige, Mohammad Taghi Hajiaghayi, James R. L...
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Lower-stretch spanning trees
We show that every weighted connected graph G contains as a subgraph a spanning tree into which the edges of G can be embedded with average stretch O log2 n log log n . Moreover, w...
Michael Elkin, Yuval Emek, Daniel A. Spielman, Sha...
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2005
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Locally decodable codes with 2 queries and polynomial identity testing for depth 3 circuits
In this work we study two, seemingly unrelated, notions. Locally Decodable Codes (LDCs) are codes that allow the recovery of each message bit from a constant number of entries of ...
Zeev Dvir, Amir Shpilka
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2005
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Correcting errors without leaking partial information
This paper explores what kinds of information two parties must communicate in order to correct errors which occur in a shared secret string W. Any bits they communicate must leak ...
Yevgeniy Dodis, Adam Smith
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2005
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Approximation algorithms for combinatorial auctions with complement-free bidders
We exhibit three approximation algorithms for the allocation problem in combinatorial auctions with complement free bidders. The running time of these algorithms is polynomial in ...
Shahar Dobzinski, Noam Nisan, Michael Schapira
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2005
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Approximately counting integral flows and cell-bounded contingency tables
We consider the problem of approximately counting integral flows in a network. We show that there is an fpras based on volume estimation if all capacities are sufficiently large, ...
Mary Cryan, Martin E. Dyer, Dana Randall
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2005
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Market equilibrium via the excess demand function
We consider the problem of computing market equilibria and show three results. (i) For exchange economies satisfying weak gross substitutability we analyze a simple discrete versi...
Bruno Codenotti, Benton McCune, Kasturi R. Varadar...
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2005
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The price of anarchy of finite congestion games
We consider the price of anarchy of pure Nash equilibria in congestion games with linear latency functions. For asymmetric games, the price of anarchy of maximum social cost is ( ...
George Christodoulou, Elias Koutsoupias
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2005
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Cooperative asynchronous update of shared memory
The Write-All problem for an asynchronous shared-memory system has the objective for the processes to update the contents of a set of shared registers, while minimizing the mber o...
Bogdan S. Chlebus, Dariusz R. Kowalski