The maximum agreement forest problem: Approximation algorithms and computational experiments

Theoretical Computer Science

Volumn 374, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 91-110

  Rodrigues, Estela M ^a   Sagot, Marie France ^b   Wakabayashi, Yoshiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Agreement forest; Approximation algorithm; APX complete; Computational complexity; Evolutionary process; Phylogenetic tree

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DATA REDUCTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

AGREEMENT FORESTS; EVOLUTIONARY PROCESSES; PHYLOGENETIC TREES;

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS;

EID: 33947392953     PISSN: 03043975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcs.2006.12.011     Document Type: Article

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