Approximation Algorithms for the Set Covering and Vertex Cover Problems

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DOI10.1137/0211045zbMath0486.68067OpenAlexW2088188524MaRDI QIDQ3947140

Dorit S. Hochbaum

Publication date: 1982

Published in: SIAM Journal on Computing (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1137/0211045



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