Ergodic theorems for some classical problems in combinatorial optimization

Annals of Applied Probability

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1006-1023

  Yukich, J E ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary process; Combinatorial optimization; Minimal spanning tree; Subadditive ergodic theorems; Traveling salesman problem

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030518231     PISSN: 10505164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/aoap/1034968238     Document Type: Article

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