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050 0 0 _aQA297.8
_b.L38 2011
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100 1 _aLau, Lap Chi,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aIterative methods in combinatorial optimization /
_cLap Chi Lau, R. Ravi, Mohit Singh.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2011.
300 _a1 online resource (xi, 242 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aCambridge texts in applied mathematics ;
_v46
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520 _aWith the advent of approximation algorithms for NP-hard combinatorial optimization problems, several techniques from exact optimization such as the primal-dual method have proven their staying power and versatility. This book describes a simple and powerful method that is iterative in essence and similarly useful in a variety of settings for exact and approximate optimization. The authors highlight the commonality and uses of this method to prove a variety of classical polyhedral results on matchings, trees, matroids and flows. The presentation style is elementary enough to be accessible to anyone with exposure to basic linear algebra and graph theory, making the book suitable for introductory courses in combinatorial optimization at the upper undergraduate and beginning graduate levels. Discussions of advanced applications illustrate their potential for future application in research in approximation algorithms.
650 0 _aIterative methods (Mathematics)
650 0 _aCombinatorial optimization.
700 1 _aRavi, R.
_q(Ramamoorthi),
_d1969-
_eauthor.
700 1 _aSingh, Mohit,
_eauthor.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781107007512
830 0 _aCambridge texts in applied mathematics ;
_v46.
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511977152
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