Deterministic pivoting algorithms for constrained ranking and clustering problems

Mathematics of Operations Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 594-620

  Van Zuylen, Anke ^a   Williamson, David P ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Approximation algorithm; Consensus clustering; Correlation clustering; Derandomization; Hierarchical clustering; Minimum feedback arc set in tournaments; Rank aggregation

Indexed keywords

CONSENSUS CLUSTERING; CORRELATION CLUSTERING; DERANDOMIZATION; HIERARCHICAL CLUSTERING; MINIMUM FEEDBACK ARC SET IN TOURNAMENTS; RANK AGGREGATION;

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGY; CAVITY RESONATORS; CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS; SET THEORY; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS;

EID: 70349272838     PISSN: 0364765X     EISSN: 15265471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/moor.1090.0385     Document Type: Article

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