Approximating the dense set-cover problem

Journal of Computer and System Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 547-561

  Bar Yehuda, Reuven ^a   Kehat, Zehavit ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Approximation algorithm; Set cover; Vertex cover

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONSTRAINT THEORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; SET THEORY;

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; DENSE GRAPHS; SET COVER; VERTEX COVER;

COMPUTER SCIENCE;

EID: 6344228239     PISSN: 00220000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcss.2004.03.006     Document Type: Article

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