Report Number: CS-TR-92-1435
Institution: Stanford University, Department of Computer Science
Title: Lecture notes on approximation algorithms: Volume I
Author: Motwani, Rajeev
Date: October 1993
Abstract: These lecture notes are based on the course CS351 (Dept. of Computer Science, Stanford University) offered during the academic year 1991-92. The notes below correspond to the first half of the course. The second half consists of topics such as AL4X SNP. cliques, and colorings, as well as more specialized material covering topics such as geometric problems, Steiner trees and multicommodity flows. The second half is being revised to incorporate the implications of recent results in approximation algorithms and the complexity of approximation problems. Please let me know if you would like to be on the mailing list for the second half. Comments, criticisms and corrections are welcome, please send them by electronic mail to rajeev@cs.Stanford.edu.
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