Maximizing Submodular Set Functions: Formulations and Analysis of Algorithms

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DOI10.1016/S0304-0208(08)73471-6zbMath0469.90052MaRDI QIDQ3923934

Nemhauser, George I., Laurence A. Wolsey

Publication date: 1981

Published in: North-Holland Mathematics Studies (Search for Journal in Brave)


90C20: Quadratic programming

90B05: Inventory, storage, reservoirs

90C09: Boolean programming


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