Convex combination approximation for the min-cost WSN point coverage problem

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

Volumn 5258 LNCS, Issue , 2008, Pages 188-199

  Fang, Zheng ^a   Wang, Jie ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts Lowell   (United States)

Author keywords

Approximation algorithm; LP rounding; Minimum set multicover; Point coverage; Sensor deployment

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ALGORITHMS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

APPROXIMATION RATIOS; APPROXIMATION RESULTS; APPROXIMATION SOLUTION; CONVEX COMBINATIONS; LP-ROUNDING; MINIMUM SET MULTICOVER; POINT COVERAGE; SENSOR DEPLOYMENT;

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS;

EID: 56749183701     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-88582-5_20     Document Type: Conference Paper

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