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Computer-Aided Graphing and Simulation Tools for AutoCAD Users
P. A. Simionescu
Integration of Services into Workflow Applications
Paweł Czarnul
Handbook of Graph Theory, Combinatorial Optimization, and Algorithms
Krishnaiyan “KT” Thulasiraman, Subramanian Arumugam, Andreas Brandstädt, and Takao Nishizeki
From Action Systems to Distributed Systems
The Refinement Approach
Luigia Petre and Emil Sekerinski
Trustworthy Cyber-Physical Systems Engineering
Alexander Romanovsky and Fuyuki Ishikawa
X-Machines for Agent-Based Modeling
FLAME Perspectives
Mariam Kiran
From Internet of Things to Smart Cities
Enabling Technologies
Hongjian Sun, Chao Wang, and Bashar I. Ahmad
Evolutionary Multi-Objective System Design
Theory and Applications
Nadia Nedjah, Luiza De Macedo Mourelle, and Heitor Silverio Lopes
Networks of the Future
Architectures, Technologies, and Implementations
Mahmoud Elkhodr, Qusay F. Hassan, and Seyed Shahrestani
Computer Simulation
A Foundational Approach Using Python
Yahya E. Osais
Internet of Things
Challenges, Advances, and Applications
Qusay F. Hassan, Atta ur Rehman Khan, and Sajjad A. Madani
Handbook of Data Structures and Applications, Second Edition
Dinesh P. Mehta and Sartaj Sahni
Handbook of Approximation Algorithms and Metaheuristics, Second Edition
Methodologies and Traditional Applications, Volume 1
Teofilo F. Gonzalez
Handbook of Approximation Algorithms and Metaheuristics, Second Edition
Contemporary and Emerging Applications, Volume 2
Teofilo F. Gonzalez
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Contemporary and Emerging Applications
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Contents
Preface......................................................................... xi
Contributors.................................................................. xiii
1 Introduction,Overview,andNotation........................................ 1
TeofiloF.Gonzalez
SECTION I Computational Geometry and Graph Applications
2 ApproximationSchemesforMinimum-Costk-ConnectivityProblems
inGeometricGraphs ...................................................... 29
ArturCzumajandAndrzejLingas
3 DilationandDetoursinGeometricNetworks ................................ 53
JoachimGudmundssonandChristianKnauer
4 TheWell-SeparatedPairDecompositionandItsApplications.................. 71
MichielSmid
5 CoveringwithUnitBalls................................................... 85
HosseinGhasemalizadehandMohammadrezaRazzazi
6 MinimumEdge-LengthRectangularPartitions............................... 97
TeofiloF.GonzalezandSiQingZheng
7 AutomaticPlacementofLabelsinMapsandDrawings....................... 111
KonstantinosG.KakoulisandIoannisG.Tollis
8 Complexity,ApproximationAlgorithms,andHeuristicsfor
theCorridorProblems.................................................... 139
TeofiloF.GonzalezandArturoGonzalez-Gutierrez
9 ApproximateClustering .................................................. 153
RageshJaiswalandSandeepSen
10 MaximumPlanarSubgraph............................................... 171
GruiaCa˘linescuandCristinaG.Fernandes
11 DisjointPathsandUnsplittableFlow....................................... 187
StavrosG.Kolliopoulos
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12 Thek-ConnectedSubgraphProblem....................................... 213
ZeevNutov
13 Node-ConnectivitySurvivableNetworkProblems........................... 233
ZeevNutov
14 OptimumCommunicationSpanningTrees................................. 255
BangYeWu,ChuanYiTang,andKun-MaoChao
15 ActivationNetworkDesignProblems ...................................... 273
ZeevNutov
16 StochasticLocalSearchAlgorithmsfortheGraphColoringProblem .......... 299
MarcoChiarandini,IrinaDumitrescu,andThomasStützle
17 OnSolvingtheMaximumDisjointPathsProblemwith
AntColonyOptimization................................................. 317
MariaJ.BlesaandChristianBlum
18 EfficientApproximationAlgorithmsinRandomIntersectionGraphs.......... 333
SotirisE.Nikoletseas,ChristoforosL.Raptopoulos,andPaulG.Spirakis
19 ApproximationAlgorithmsforFacilityDispersion........................... 347
S.S.Ravi,DanielJ.Rosenkrantz,andGiriK.Tayi
SECTION II Large-Scale and Emerging Applications
20 Cost-EfficientMulticastRoutinginAdHocandSensorNetworks ............ 369
PedroM.RuizandIvanStojmenovic
21 ApproximationAlgorithmforClusteringinMobileAd-HocNetworks........ 383
LanWang,XianpingWang,andStephanOlariu
22 TopologyControlProblemsforWirelessAdHocNetworks .................. 419
GruiaCa˘linescu,ErrolL.Lloyd,andS.S.Ravi
23 QoSMultimediaMulticastRouting ........................................ 441
IonMandoiu,AlexOlshevsky,andAlexZelikovsky
24 OverlayNetworksforPeer-to-PeerNetworks ............................... 459
AndréaW.Richa,ChristianScheideler,andStefanSchmid
25 DataBroadcastsonMultipleWirelessChannels:Exactand
Time-OptimalSolutionsforUniformDataandHeuristics
forNonuniformData..................................................... 483
AlanA.Bertossi,CristinaM.Pinotti,andRomeoRizzi
26 StrategiesforAggregatingTime-DiscountedInformationin
SensorNetworks......................................................... 505
XianpingWangandStephanOlariu
27 ApproximationandExactAlgorithmsforOptimallyPlacingaLimited
NumberofStorageNodesinaWirelessSensorNetwork ..................... 541
GianlorenzoD’Angelo,AlfredoNavarra,andCristinaM.Pinotti
Contents ix
28 ApproximationAlgorithmsforthePrimerSelection,PlantedMotif
Search,andRelatedProblems ............................................. 567
SudhaBalla,JaimeDavila,MariusNicolae,andSanguthevarRajasekaran
29 DynamicandFractionalProgramming-BasedApproximationAlgorithms
forSequenceAlignmentwithConstraints .................................. 599
AbdullahN.ArslanandÖmerEg˘eciog˘lu
30 ApproximationAlgorithmsfortheSelectionofRobustTagSNPs ............. 617
Yao-TingHuang,KuiZhang,TingChen,andKun-MaoChao
31 Large-ScaleGlobalPlacement ............................................. 635
JasonCongandJosephR.Shinnerl
32 Histograms,Wavelets,Streams,andApproximation......................... 673
SudiptoGuha
33 ColorQuantization....................................................... 691
ZhigangXiang
34 AGSO-BasedSwarmAlgorithmforOdorSourceLocalizationin
TurbulentEnvironments ................................................. 711
JosephThomasandDebasishGhose
35 DigitalReputationforVirtualCommunities ................................ 739
RobertoBattitiandAnuragGarg
36 ApproximationforInfluenceMaximization................................. 757
JingYuan,WeiliWu,andWenXu
37 ApproximationandHeuristicsforCommunityDetection.................... 761
JingYuan,WeiliWu,andSaratChandraVaranasi
Index......................................................................... 771
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