APPROX
2004
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
2004
Springer
In this paper we investigate the computational complexity of a combinatorial problem that arises in the reverse engineering of protein and gene networks. Our contributions are as ...
APPROX
2004
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
2004
Springer
We study the problem of minimizing the broadcast time for a set of processors in a cluster, where processor has transmission time , which is the time taken to send a message to any...
APPROX
2004
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
2004
Springer
In many economic settings, convex figures on the plane are for sale. For example, one might want to sell advertising space on a newspaper page. Selfish agents must be motivated ...
APPROX
2004
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
2004
Springer
ABSTRACT: Let G(n, c/n) and Gr(n) be an n-node sparse random graph and a sparse random rregular graph, respectively, and let I(n, r) and I(n, c) be the sizes of the largest indepen...
APPROX
2004
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
2004
Springer
We consider the problem of Simultaneous Source Location – selecting locations for sources in a capacitated graph such that a given set of demands can be satisfied. We give an ex...
APPROX
2004
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
2004
Springer
A quantum encryption scheme (also called private quantum channel, or state randomization protocol) is a one-time pad for quantum messages. If two parties share a classical random s...
APPROX
2004
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
2004
Springer
Consider the following communication problem, that leads to a new notion of edge coloring. The communication network is represented by a bipartite multigraph, where the nodes on o...
APPROX
2004
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
2004
Springer
In standard property testing, the task is to distinguish between objects that have a property P and those that are ε-far from P, for some ε > 0. In this setting, it is perfec...
APPROX
2004
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
2004
Springer
Given any integer d ≥ 3, let k be the smallest integer such that d < 2k log k. We prove that with high probability the chromatic number of a random d-regular graph is k, k + 1...
ANTS
2004
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
2004
Springer
The binary algorithm is a variant of the Euclidean algorithm that performs well in practice. We present a quasi-linear time recursive algorithm that computes the greatest common di...