Birs- 14w5051: Approximation Algorithms and the Hardness of Approximation

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    Effective Resistance Flows and Asymmetric TSP

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    Ears and tours

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    Computability of maximum entropy distributions and counting problems

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    LP-Based algorithms for capacitated facility location

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    Deliver or hold: Approximation algorithms for the periodic inventory routing problem

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    Nonuniform graph partitioning with unrelated weights

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    Constant factor approximation for balanced cut in the PIE model Tasos Sidiropoulos: Spectral concentration, robust k-center, and simple clustering

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    Spectral concentration, robust k-center, and simple clustering

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    On the power of symmetric LP/SDP relaxations

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    TSP on regular graphs and beyond

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    Region-growing and combinatorial algorithms for k-route cut problems

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    Combinatorial algorithm for restricted max-min fair allocation

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    Approximability of multiway partitioning problems and lower bounds from Sperner’s colorings

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    (2+ε)-SAT is NP-hard

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    Open questions in parallel repetition of games and PCPs

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    Smoothed analysis of tensor decompositions

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    On some recent MAX SAT approximation algorithms

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    Limitations of greedy algorithms for MAX SAT

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    Sum-of-squares method, tensor decomposition, and dictionary learning

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    Constructive discrepancy minimization for convex sets

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