The minimum-entropy set cover problem

Theoretical Computer Science

Volumn 348, Issue 2-3 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 240-250

  Halperin, Eran ^a   Karp, Richard M ^b  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; ENTROPY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SET THEORY;

GREEDY ALGORITHM; POLYNOMIAL TIME APPROXIMATION SCHEME (PTAS);

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 33644555811     PISSN: 03043975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcs.2005.09.015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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