Understand how approximation algorithms compute solutions that are guaranteed to be within some constant factor of the optimal solution. Develop a basic understanding of how linear and integer ...

Such algorithms find approximate (slightly suboptimal) solutions to optimization problems in polynomial time. Unlike heuristics, approximation algorithms have provable performance guarantees: they ...

Mark Jerrum, Alistair Sinclair (UC Berkeley) and Eric Vigoda (Georgia Tech) received the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Test of Time Award at a virtual ceremony on Wednesday 23 June at the ...

Research from all publishers Notable progress has been made in the design and analysis of approximation methods for generalisations of the TSP. For instance, new work has explored the application ...

Id: 036940 Credits Min: 3 Credits Max: 3 Description This course covers advanced topics in approximation algorithms for NP-hard problems, including combinatorial algorithms and LP-based algorithms for ...

COMP_SCI 437: Approximation Algorithms VIEW ALL COURSE TIMES AND SESSIONS Prerequisites COMP_SCI 212 and COMP_SCI 336 (or similar courses) or CS MS or CS PhDs Description This course studies ...

Yanfeng Ouyang, Carlos F. Daganzo, Discretization and Validation of the Continuum Approximation Scheme for Terminal System Design, Transportation Science, Vol. 40, No. 1 (February 2006), pp. 89-98 ...

The algorithm we propose, IES, gives an approximate solution to the LHD problem regardless of its dimension and size with a theoretical performance guarantee. We introduce two upper bounds for the ...