Randomization and Approximation Techniques in Computer Science

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ecnica de Catalunya. Finally, we would like to thank Helena Martinez,CarmeAlvarez,ConradoMartinez,andJordiPetitiSilvestrefortheir helpinthepreparationofthemeeting. August1998 MichaelLuby,Jos eD. P. Rolim,MariaJ. Serna Contents Invited Paper Disjoint Paths in Expander Graphs via Random Walks: A Short Survey 1 AlanM. Frieze RegularPapers A Derandomization Using Min-Wise Independent Permutations 15 AndreiZ. Broder,MosesCharikarandMichaelMitzenmacher An Algorithmic Embedding of Graphs via Perfect Matchings 25 VojtechR odl,AndrzejRucin skiandMichelleWagner Deterministic Hypergraph Coloring and Its Applications 35 Chi-JenLu On the De-randomization of Space-Bounded Computations 47 RoyArmoni Talagrand s Inequality and Locality in Distributed Computing 60 DevdattP. Dubhashi On-Line Bin-Stretching 71 YossiAzarandOdedRegev Combinatorial Linear Programming: Geometry Can Help 82 BerndGar tner A Note on Bounding the Mixing Time by Linear Programming 97 AbrahamSharell Robotic Exploration, Brownian Motion and Electrical Resistance 116 IsraelA. Wagner,MichaelLindenbaumandAlfredM. Bruckstein Fringe Analysis of Synchronized Parallel Algorithms on 2-3 Trees 131 RicardoBaeza-Yates,JoaquimGabarro andXavierMesseguer On Balls and Bins with Deletions 145 RichardCole,AlanFrieze,BruceM. Maggs,MichaelMitzenmacher Andr eaW. Richa,RameshK.

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Invited Paper.- Disjoint Paths in Expander Graphs via Random Walks: a Short Survey.- Regular Papers.- A Derandomization Using Min-Wise Independent Permutations.- An Algorithmic Embedding of Graphs via Perfect Matchings.- Deterministic Hypergraph Coloring and Its Applications.- On the Derandomization of Space-Bounded Computations.- Talagrand's Inequality and Locality in Distributed Computing.- On-line Bin-Stretching.- Combinatorial Linear Programming: Geometry Can Help.- A Note on Bounding the Mixing Time by Linear Programming.- Robotic Exploration, Brownian Motion and Electrical Resistance.- Fringe analysis of synchronized parallel algorithms on 23 trees.- On Balls and Bins with Deletions.- Balls into Bins A Simple and Tight Analysis.- Invited Paper.- Tornado Codes: Practical Erasure Codes Based on Random Irregular Graphs.- Regular Papers.- Using Approximation Hardness to Achieve Dependable Computation.- Complexity of Sequential Pattern Matching Algorithms.- A Random Server Model for Private Information Retrieval.- Almost Optimal (on the average) Combinatorial Algorithms for Boolean Matrix Product Witnesses, Computing the Diameter (Extended Abstract).- Randomized Lower Bounds for Online Path Coloring.- Parallel Random Search and Tabu Search for the Minimal Consistent Subset Selection Problem.- On Various Cooling Schedules for Simulated Annealing Applied to the Job Shop Problem.- A High Performance Approximate Algorithm for the Steiner Problem in Graphs.- Invited Paper.- Random Geometric Problems on [0, 1]2.- Regular Papers.- A Role of Constraint in Self-Organization.- Constructive Bounds and Exact Expectations for the Random Assignment Problem.- The Burnside Process Converges Slowly.- Quicksort Again Revisited.- Sampling Methods Applied to DenseInstances of Non-Boolean Optimization Problems.- Second-Order Methods for Distributed Approximate Single- and Multicommodity Flow.