Combinatorial Optimization: Exact and Approximate Algorithms
by Luca Trevisan
Publisher: Stanford University 2011
Number of pages: 139
Description:
In this course we study algorithms for combinatorial optimization problems, the type of algorithms that arise in countless applications. The following 18 lectures cover topics in approximation algorithms, exact optimization, and online algorithms.
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