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Approximation Algorithms

Semester
Winter 2019/2020
Summer 2021Summer 2017Summer 2015Summer 2012Summer 2009
Module #INF-ALG-14
Event # INF-ALG-015 , INF-ALG-016
ProgrammesMaster Wirtschaftsinformatik, Master Informations-Systemtechnik, Master Informatik
IBR GroupALG (Prof. Fekete)
TypeVorlesung/Übung
Lecturer
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Prof. Dr. Sándor P. Fekete
Abteilungsleiter
s.fekete[[at]]tu-bs.de
+49 531 3913111
Room 335
Assistants
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Dr. Phillip Keldenich
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
keldenich[[at]]ibr.cs.tu-bs.de
+49 531 3913112
Room 318
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Dr. Dominik Krupke
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
krupke[[at]]ibr.cs.tu-bs.de
+49 531 3913116
Room 332
Hiwi
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Victoria Sack
Credits5
Hours2+1+1
Time & Place

Lecture: Tuesdays, 15:00-16:30, SN 19.2
Tutorial and Homework Discussion: Wednesday, 11:30-13:00, SN 19.4

Start

Lecture: October, 29th; Tutorial: November, 13th; Homework Discussion: November, 20th

Prerequisites

Prerequisites are knowledge of algorithms and data structures, basic graph problems and graph algorithms (e.g., as provided in the lecture "Netzwerkalgorithmen"); basic knowledge from theoretical computer science (NP-completeness) are helpful, but will definitely be supplemented.

Certificates (Homework assignments during the semester, and)* an oral exam at the end. (*=Studienleistung)
Content

Many interesting and natural algorithmic problems (e.g., the Traveling Salesman Problem) are NP-complete - hence, we cannot expect to find a "perfect" algorithm that (i) always and (ii) fast finds (iii) an optimal solution. However, hard problems still need to be solved!

In this class we consider algorithms that do not necessarily find an optimal solution, but that (i) always and (ii) fast find a (iii) provably good solution.

Among the topics of this class are:

  1. A basic introduction to NP-completeness and approximation
  2. Approximation for vertex and set cover
  3. Packing problems
  4. Tour problems and variations
  5. Current research problems

In the context of various problems, a wide spectrum of techniques and concepts will be provided.

General Information

  • We only use this website and the mailinglist mentioned below to distribute informations; the information on other sites such as StudIP etc. may be missing or outdated.
  • If there are any questions, do not hesitate to write a mail.

Video recordings

The lectures are videotaped; videos will typically be published on this website the day after the lecture. The video is available as h264-encoded mp4 that should be supported by any reasonable video player, and a newer, better and smaller h265-encoded mkv which requires a relatively recent video player.

A note for Firefox users: Some versions of Firefox do not support playback of sound in the video due to the channel layout; if you do not have sound in the browser, just download the video and use a regular video player such as VLC or mplayer.

  • Lecture 1: [mp4] [mkv]
  • Lecture 2: [mp4] [mkv]
  • Lecture 3: [mp4] [mkv]
  • Lecture 4: [mp4] [mkv]
  • Lecture 5: [mp4] [mkv]
  • Lecture 6: [mp4] [mkv]
  • Lecture 7: [mp4] [mkv]
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  • Lecture 9: [mp4] [mkv]
  • Lecture 10: [mp4] [mkv]
  • Lecture 11: [mp4] [mkv]
  • Lecture 12: [mp4] [mkv]

Homework Sets

There will be biweekly mandatory homework, which will typically be released on wednesdays.

  • Exercise 1
  • Exercise 2
  • Exercise 3
  • Exercise 4
  • Exercise 5

Literature

The first part of the lecture will be on basic results for which the following books can be useful.

  • Vazirani, Vijay V.: Approximation Algorithms, Springer-Verlag, 2001.
  • Approximation Algorithms for NP-hard problems edited by Dorit S. Hochbaum, more info.
  • The Design of Approximation Algorithms by David P. Williamson and David B. Shmoys, published by Cambridge University Press. more info

The second part of the lecture will be on recent results for which the corresponding papers will be announced in due time.

Mailing List

There will be a mailing list. We will distribute the homework sets and other announcements via this list, so, please subscribe!

You may also want to check out the alg-studs mailing list which is similiar to cs-studs but for algorithmic students.


last changed 2020-04-19, 10:47 by Dr. Dominik Krupke

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