Approximation Algorithms for Combinatorial Optimization

Invited Talks.- Approximation Algorithms That Take Advice.- Instant Recognition of Polynomial Time Solvability, Half Integrality, and 2-Approximations.- Scheduling under Uncertainty: Optimizing against a Randomizing Adversary.- Approximation Algorithms for Facility Location Problems.- Contributed Talks.- An Approximation Algorithm for MAX DICUT with Given Sizes of Parts.- Maximizing Job Benefits On-Line.- Variable Length Sequencing with Two Lengths.- Randomized Path Coloring on Binary Trees.- Wavelength Rerouting in Optical Networks, or the Venetian Routing Problem.- Greedy Approximation Algorithms for Finding Dense Components in a Graph.- Online Real-Time Preemptive Scheduling of Jobs with Deadlines.- On the Relative Complexity of Approximate Counting Problems.- On the Hardness of Approximating NP Witnesses.- Maximum Dispersion and Geometric Maximum Weight Cliques.- New Results for Online Page Replication.- Inapproximability Results for Set Splitting and Satisfiability Problems with No Mixed Clauses.- Approximation Algorithms for a Capacitated Network Design Problem.- An Approximation Algorithm for the Fault Tolerant Metric Facility Location Problem.- Improved Approximations for Tour and Tree Covers.- Approximating Node Connectivity Problems via Set Covers.- Rectangle Tiling.- Primal-Dual Approaches to the Steiner Problem.- On the Inapproximability of Broadcasting Time.- Polynomial Time Approximation Schemes for Class-Constrained Packing Problems.- Partial Servicing of On-Line Jobs.- Factor 4/3 Approximations for Minimum 2-Connected Subgraphs.