Randomization, Approximation, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques Third International Workshop on Randomization and Approximation Techniques in Computer Science, and Second International Workshop on Approximation Algorithms for Combinatorial Optimization Problems RANDOM-APPROX'99,Berkeley, CA, USA, August 8-11, 1999 Pro /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hochbaum, Dorit (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Jansen, Klaus (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Rolim, Jose D.P (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Sinclair, Alistair (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1999.
• Edition: 1st ed. 1999.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 1671
• Subjects: Computer programming.; Probabilities.; Data structures (Computer science).; Algorithms.; Computer science-Mathematics.; Programming Techniques.; Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes.; Data Structures and Information Theory.; Algorithm Analysis and Problem Complexity.; Discrete Mathematics in Computer Science.; Data Structures.

 Session Random 1 -- Completeness and Robustness Properties of Min-Wise Independent Permutations -- Low Discrepancy Sets Yield Approximate Min-Wise Independent Permutation Families -- Session Approx 1 -- Independent Sets in Hypergraphs with Applications to Routing Via Fixed Paths -- Approximating Minimum Manhattan Networks -- Approximation of Multi-Color Discrepancy -- A Polynomial Time Approximation Scheme for the Multiple Knapsack Problem -- Session Approx 2 -- Set Cover with Requirements and Costs Evolving over Time -- Multicoloring Planar Graphs and Partial k-Trees -- Session: Random 2 -- Testing the Diameter of Graphs -- Improved Testing Algorithms for Monotonicity -- Linear Consistency Testing -- Improved Bounds for Sampling Contingency Tables -- Invited Talk -- Probabilistic and Deterministic Approximations of the Permanent -- Session Random 3 -- Improved Derandomization of BPP Using a Hitting Set Generator -- Probabilistic Construction of Small Strongly Sum-Free Sets via Large Sidon Sets -- Session Approx 3 -- Stochastic Machine Scheduling: Performance Guarantees for LP-Based Priority Policies -- Efficient Redundant Assignments under Fault-Tolerance Constraints -- Scheduling with Machine Cost -- A Linear Time Approximation Scheme for the Job Shop Scheduling Problem -- Invited Talk -- Randomized Rounding for Semidefinite Programs - Variations on the MAX CUT Example -- Session Approx 4 -- Hardness Results for the Power Range Assignment Problem in Packet Radio Networks -- A New Approximation Algorithm for the Demand Routing and Slotting Problem with Unit Demands on Rings -- Session Random 4 -- Algorithms for Graph Partitioning on the Planted Partition Model -- A Randomized Time-Work Optimal Parallel Algorithm for Finding a Minimum Spanning Forest -- Fast Approximate PCPs for Multidimensional Bin-Packing Problems -- Pfaffian Algorithms for Sampling Routings on Regions with Free Boundary Conditions -- Minisymposium on Scheduling Talks -- Scheduling with Unexpected Machine Breakdowns -- Scheduling on a Constant Number of Machines.