Verified Approximation Algorithms

04/28/2021
by   Robin Eßmann, et al.
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We present the first formal verification of approximation algorithms for NP-complete optimization problems: vertex cover, independent set, set cover, load balancing, and bin packing. We uncover incompletenesses in existing proofs and improve the approximation ratio in one case.

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