A new approximation algorithm for k-set cover problem

DOI10.1007/S13369-015-1895-3MaRDI QIDQ1639350zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Hanaa A. E. Essa, Yasser M. Abd El-Latif, S. Mohamed Ali, Soheir M. Khamis

Publication date 12 June 2018

Published in Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-015-1895-3

zbMATH Keywords

approximation algorithmgreedy algorithmSCPNP-complete optimization problemset-cover problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial optimization (90C27) Computational difficulty of problems (lower bounds, completeness, difficulty of approximation, etc.) (68Q17) Approximation algorithms (68W25)

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