Approximation algorithms for orienteering and discounted-reward TSP

Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 46-55

  Blum, Avrim ^a   Chawla, Shuchi ^a   Karger, David R ^b   Lane, Terram ^c   Meyerson, Adam ^a   Minkoft, Maria ^b  

^a Carnegie Mellon University   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c University of New Mexico   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DECISION THEORY; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; MARKOV PROCESSES; MOTION PLANNING; ROBOTICS; TRAVELING SALESMAN PROBLEM;

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; DISCOUNTED REWARD PROBLEM; ORIENTEERING PROBLEM; PRIZE COLLECTIVE PROBLEM;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 0344981507     PISSN: 02725428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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