Approximation algorithms for the Fault-Tolerant Facility Placement problem

Information Processing Letters

Volumn 111, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 545-549

  Yan, Li ^a   Chrobak, Marek ^a  

^a University of California Riverside   (United States)

Author keywords

Approximation algorithms

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION RATIOS; FAULT-TOLERANT; LP-ROUNDING; PLACEMENT PROBLEMS; SET OF CUSTOMERS; TOTAL COSTS; TRIANGLE INEQUALITY;

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; SALES;

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS;

EID: 79952717490     PISSN: 00200190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ipl.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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