ON THE COMPLEXITY OF APPROXIMATING THE INDEPENDENT SET PROBLEM

被引:67
作者
BERMAN, P
SCHNITGER, G
机构
[1] Department of Computer Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park
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10.1016/0890-5401(92)90056-L
中图分类号
TP301 [理论、方法];
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081202 ;
摘要
We show that for some positive constant c it is not feasible to approximate Independent Set (for graphs of n vertices) within a factor of nc, provided Maximum 2-Satisfiability does not have a randomized polynomial time approximation scheme. We also study reductions preserving the quality of approximations and exhibit complete problems. © 1992.
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页数:18
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