INVENTS BEAUTIFUL THEORY OF ALGORITHMIC COMPLEXITY
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Don't Give Up
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Gavril's Approximation Algorithm
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Max-Cut
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A technicality: Optimization vs. Decision
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Today: A case study of
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A possible Vertex-Cover algorithm
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GreedyVC example
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GreedyVc analysis
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A bad graph for GreedyVc
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A worse graph for GreedyVc
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Greed is Bad (for Vertex-Cover)
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Gavril to the rescue
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GavrilVC example
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Theorem: GavrilVC is a 2-approximation for Vertex-Cover.
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"k-Coverage" problem
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"Pokémon-Coverage" problem
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Example with k=3
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Greed is Pretty Good (for k-Coverage)
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TSP (Traveling Salesperson Problem)
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TSP example
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Textbooks
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Museum exhibits
Description:
Explore a comprehensive lecture on approximation algorithms in theoretical computer science. Delve into the intricacies of Boolean formula satisfiability, algorithmic complexity theory, and various optimization problems. Learn about Gavril's Approximation Algorithm, Max-Cut, and the Vertex-Cover problem, including examples and analyses of greedy approaches. Discover the 2-approximation theorem for Vertex-Cover and explore the k-Coverage and Pokémon-Coverage problems. Examine the Traveling Salesperson Problem (TSP) with practical examples, and gain insights into its applications in museum exhibit planning and textbook organization.
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