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Various problems in computer science are 'hard', that is NP-complete, and so not realistically computable; thus in order to solve them they have to be approximated. This book is a survey of the basic techniques for approximating combinatorial problems using parallel algorithms. Its core is a collection of techniques that can be used to provide parallel approximations for a wide range of problems (for example, flows, coverings, matchings, travelling salesman problems, graphs), but in order to make the book reasonably self-contained, the authors provide an introductory chapter containing the basic definitions and results. A final chapter deals with problems that cannot be approximated, and the book is ended by an appendix that gives a convenient summary of the problems described in the book. This is an up-to-date reference for research workers in the area of algorithms, but it can also be used for graduate courses in the subject.

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Book category Books in English Computing & information technology Computer science Computer architecture & logic design

• Full title: Paradigms for Fast Parallel Approximability
• Author: Josep DíazMaria SernaPaul SpirakisJacobo Torán
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 166
• EAN: 9780521431705
• ISBN: 0521431700
• ID: 02030664
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 465 g
• Dimensions: 255 × 179 × 15 mm
• Date of publishing: 10. July 1997

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