Tight Approximation Bounds for Vertex Cover on Dense k-Partite Hypergraphs
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We establish almost tight upper and lower approximation bounds for the Vertex Cover problem on dense k-partite hypergraphs.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Electronic Colloquium on Computational Complexity (ECCC)
دوره 18 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011