An efficient parameterized algorithm for m-set packing

Journal of Algorithms

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 106-117

  Jia, Weijia ^a   Zhang, Chuanlin ^a,b   Chen, Jianer ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exact algorithm; NP hard problem; Parameterized computation; Set packing

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SET THEORY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EXACT ALGORITHM; PARAMETERIZED ALGORITHM; SET PACKING PROBLEM;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 0346009265     PISSN: 01966774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jalgor.2003.07.001     Document Type: Article

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