NAPX: A0 polynomial time approximation scheme for the Noah's ark problem

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 5251 LNBI, Issue , 2008, Pages 76-86

  Hickey, Glenn ^a   Carmi, Paz ^a   Maheshwari, Anil ^a   Zeh, Norbert ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Approximation algorithm; Noah's ark problem; Phylogenetic diversity

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINFORMATICS; BUDGET CONTROL; NUCLEAR PROPULSION; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

ECOLOGICAL CONSERVATIONS; FIXED BUDGETS; GENERAL VERSIONS; GENETIC SEQUENCES; NOAH'S ARK PROBLEM; NP-HARD; NUMBER OF SPECIES; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; PHYLOGENETIC DIVERSITIES; PHYLOGENETIC DIVERSITY; POLYNOMIAL TIME APPROXIMATION SCHEMES; PRACTICAL MEASURES; RUNNING TIMES; TOTAL BUDGETS;

POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION;

EID: 56649102088     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-87361-7_7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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