Lectures on proof verification and approximation algorithms / Ernst W. Mayr, Hans Jürgen Prömel, Angelika Steger (eds.).

Other author Mayr, Ernst.
Other author Prömel, H. J.
Other author Steger, Angelika.
Format Book
Publication InfoBerlin ; New York : Springer, ©1998.
Descriptionxii, 344 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesLecture notes in computer science ; 1367
Lecture notes in computer science 1367. ^A466336
Contents Introduction to the theory of complexity and approximation algorithms / Thomas Jansen -- Introduction to randomized algorithms / Artur Andrzejak -- Derandomization / Detlef Sieling -- Proof checking and non-approximability / Stefan Hougardy -- Proving the PCP-theorem / Volker Heun, Wolfgang Merkle, Ulrich Weigand -- Parallel repetition of MIP(2,1) systems / Clemens Gröpl, Martin Skutella -- Bounds for approximating MAXLINEQ3-2 and MAXEkSAT / Sebastian Seibert, Thomas Wilke -- Deriving non-approximability results by reductions / Claus Rick, Hein Röhrig -- Optimal non-approximability of MAXCLIQUE / Martin Mundhenk, Anna Slobodová -- The hardness of approximating set cover / Alexander Wolff -- Semidefinite programming and its applications to approximation algorithms / Thomas Hofmeister, Martin Hühne -- Dense instances of hard optimization problems / Katja Wolf -- Polynomial time approximation schemes for geometric optimization problems in Euclidean metric spaces / Richard Mayr, Annette Schelten.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [325]-334) and indexes.
LCCN 98014448
ISBN3540642013 (Berlin : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks QA76.9.A96 L43 1998 ✔ Available Place Hold