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FOCS
2006
IEEE
16 years 26 days ago
Improved approximation algorithms for multidimensional bin packing problems
In this paper we introduce a new general framework for set covering problems, based on the combination of randomized rounding of the (near-)optimal solution of the Linear Programm...
Nikhil Bansal, Alberto Caprara, Maxim Sviridenko
IPPS
2006
IEEE
16 years 25 days ago
A parallel memetic algorithm applied to the total tardiness machine scheduling problem
This work proposes a parallel memetic algorithm applied to the total tardiness single machine scheduling problem. Classical models of parallel evolutionary algorithms and the gene...
Vinícius Garcia, Paulo M. França, Al...
JCDL
2005
ACM
138views Education» more  JCDL 2005»
16 years 11 days ago
Comparative study of name disambiguation problem using a scalable blocking-based framework
In this paper, we consider the problem of ambiguous author names in bibliographic citations, and comparatively study alternative approaches to identify and correct such name varia...
Byung-Won On, Dongwon Lee, Jaewoo Kang, Prasenjit ...
SIGECOM
2005
ACM
109views ECommerce» more  SIGECOM 2005»
16 years 11 days ago
Cost sharing in a job scheduling problem using the Shapley value
A set of jobs need to be served by a single server which can serve only one job at a time. Jobs have processing times and incur waiting costs (linear in their waiting time). The j...
Debasis Mishra, Bharath Rangarajan
BERTINORO
2005
Springer
16 years 11 days ago
Power-Aware Distributed Protocol for a Connectivity Problem in Wireless Sensor Networks
We consider the problem of assigning transmission powers to the nodes of a wireless network in such a way that all the nodes are connected by bidirectional links and the total powe...
Roberto Montemanni, Luca Maria Gambardella