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Lecture 27 Set Cover & LP-Relaxation. Ding-Zhu Du. Set-Cover. Given a collection C of subsets of a set E , find a minimum subcollection C’ of C such that every element of E appears in a subset in C’. Potential Function. Greedy Algorithm. Analysis. Proof of Inequality.
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Lecture 27Set Cover & LP-Relaxation Ding-Zhu Du
Set-Cover Given a collection C of subsets of a set E, find a minimum subcollection C’ of C such that every element of E appears in a subset in C’ .
Actually, this inequality holds if and only if f is submodular and (monotone increasing)
Rounding • Combinatorial Rounding vertex-cover scheduling on unrelated parallel machine • Random Rounding Maximum satisfiability
LP-Relaxation Rounding Theorem Proof.
Half-integerality Theorem Proof
Lower bound of E(Zj) Lemma Proof
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Derandomization Theorem