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Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques

9th International Workshop on Approximation Algorithms for Combinatorial Optimization Problems, APPROX 2006 and 10th International Workshop on Randomization and Computation, RANDOM 2006, Barcelona, Spain, August 28-30, 2006, Proceedings

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Table of contents (46 papers)

  1. Front Matter

  2. Invited Talks

    1. On Nontrivial Approximation of CSPs

      • Johan Håstad
      Pages 1-1
  3. Contributed Talks of APPROX

    1. Constant-Factor Approximation for Minimum-Weight (Connected) Dominating Sets in Unit Disk Graphs

      • Christoph Ambühl, Thomas Erlebach, Matúš Mihalák, Marc Nunkesser
      Pages 3-14
    2. Approximating Precedence-Constrained Single Machine Scheduling by Coloring

      • Christoph Ambühl, Monaldo Mastrolilli, Ola Svensson
      Pages 15-26
    3. Minimizing Setup and Beam-On Times in Radiation Therapy

      • Nikhil Bansal, Don Coppersmith, Baruch Schieber
      Pages 27-38
    4. On the Value of Preemption in Scheduling

      • Yair Bartal, Stefano Leonardi, Gil Shallom, Rene Sitters
      Pages 39-48
    5. Tight Results on Minimum Entropy Set Cover

      • Jean Cardinal, Samuel Fiorini, Gwenaël Joret
      Pages 61-69
    6. A Tight Lower Bound for the Steiner Point Removal Problem on Trees

      • T. -H. Hubert Chan, Donglin Xia, Goran Konjevod, Andrea Richa
      Pages 70-81
    7. Single-Source Stochastic Routing

      • Shuchi Chawla, Tim Roughgarden
      Pages 82-94
    8. Online Algorithms to Minimize Resource Reallocations and Network Communication

      • Sashka Davis, Jeff Edmonds, Russell Impagliazzo
      Pages 104-115
    9. Weighted Sum Coloring in Batch Scheduling of Conflicting Jobs

      • Leah Epstein, Magnús M. Halldórsson, Asaf Levin, Hadas Shachnai
      Pages 116-127
    10. Approximating Buy-at-Bulk and Shallow-Light k-Steiner Trees

      • M. T. Hajiaghayi, G. Kortsarz, M. R. Salavatipour
      Pages 152-163
    11. Improved Algorithms for Data Migration

      • Samir Khuller, Yoo-Ah Kim, Azarakhsh Malekian
      Pages 164-175
    12. Approximation Algorithms for Graph Homomorphism Problems

      • Michael Langberg, Yuval Rabani, Chaitanya Swamy
      Pages 176-187

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  1. Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques

Keywords

  • algorithm
  • algorithms
  • combinatorial optimization
  • complexity
  • complexity theory
  • game theory
  • optimization
  • programming
  • algorithm analysis and problem complexity

Editors and Affiliations

  • Departament de Llenguatges i Sistemes Informatics, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona

    Josep Díaz

  • Institute for Computer Science, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany

    Klaus Jansen

  • Centre Universitaire d’Informatique, Carouge, Switzerland

    José D. P. Rolim

  • School of Computer Science, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

    Uri Zwick

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques

  • Book Subtitle: 9th International Workshop on Approximation Algorithms for Combinatorial Optimization Problems, APPROX 2006 and 10th International Workshop on Randomization and Computation, RANDOM 2006, Barcelona, Spain, August 28-30, 2006, Proceedings

  • Editors: Josep Díaz, Klaus Jansen, José D. P. Rolim, Uri Zwick

  • Series Title: Lecture Notes in Computer Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/11830924

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2006

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-38044-3Published: 11 August 2006

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-38045-0Published: 29 August 2006

  • Series ISSN: 0302-9743

  • Series E-ISSN: 1611-3349

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 522

  • Topics: Software Engineering, Algorithms, Discrete Mathematics in Computer Science, Numerical Analysis

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eBook USD 39.99
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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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