A 3/4-approximation algorithm for multiple subset sum

Journal of Heuristics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 99-111

  Caprara, Alberto ^a   Kellerer, Hans ^b   Pferschy, Ulrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

3 partitioning; Approximation algorithm; Multiple subset sum

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION; THEOREM PROVING;

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHM; GREEDY HEURISTIC; MULTIPLE KNAPSACK PROBLEM; MULTIPLE SUBSET SUM PROBLEM; THREE PARTITIONING PROBLEM;

HEURISTIC METHODS;

EID: 0037354149     PISSN: 13811231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022584312032     Document Type: Article

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