Combinatorial Optimization and Applications

Algorithms for Network Design.- Polynomial Approximation Schemes for the Max-Min Allocation Problem under a Grade of Service Provision.- A Linear Time Algorithm for Computing the Most Reliable Source on a Tree with Faulty Vertices.- A 5/3-Approximation Algorithm for Joint Replenishment with Deadlines.- A PTAS for Node-Weighted Steiner Tree in Unit Disk Graphs.- Bioinformatics.- DNA Library Screening, Pooling Design and Unitary Spaces.- Improved Algorithms for the Gene Team Problem.- Linear Coherent Bi-cluster Discovery via Line Detection and Sample Majority Voting.- Combinatorics and Its Applications.- Generalized Russian Cards Problem.- Computing the Transitive Closure of a Union of Affine Integer Tuple Relations.- Matching Techniques Ride to Rescue OLED Displays.- Computational Geometry.- On Open Rectangle-of-Influence Drawings of Planar Graphs.- An Effective Hybrid Algorithm for the Circles and Spheres Packing Problems.- Variable-Size Rectangle Covering.- On-Line Multiple-Strip Packing.- Game Theory.- A Cost-Sharing Method for the Soft-Capacitated Economic Lot-Sizing Game.- Improved Bounds for Facility Location Games with Fair Cost Allocation.- Graph Algorithms.- Two-Level Heaps: A New Priority Queue Structure with Applications to the Single Source Shortest Path Problem.- On Construction of Almost-Ramanujan Graphs.- A 2log2(n)-Approximation Algorithm for Directed Tour Cover.- Approximation Algorithms for Max 3-Section Using Complex Semidefinite Programming Relaxation.- Graph Theory.- Hamiltonian Decomposition of Some Interconnection Networks.- Infinite Family from Each Vertex k-Critical Graph without Any Critical Edge.- A Note on Edge Choosability and Degeneracy of Planar Graphs.- A Sufficient and Necessary Condition for the Forcing Number of a Bipartite Graph Being Equal to the Minimum Number of Trailing Vertices.- On Integrity of Harary Graphs.- A Note on n-Critical Bipartite Graphs and Its Application.- Network Models and Problems.- Real-Time Algorithm Scheme for n-Vehicle Exploration Problem.- Deterministically Estimating Data Stream Frequencies.- Positive Influence Dominating Set in Online Social Networks.- On-line Algorithms.- Optimal Algorithms for the Online Time Series Search Problem.- A Risk-Reward Competitive Analysis for the Newsboy Problem with Range Information.- Optimal Semi-online Algorithm for Scheduling on a Batch Processing Machine.- A Note on Online Scheduling for Jobs with Arbitrary Release Times.- Size-Problems.- Size-Constrained Tree Partitioning: A Story on Approximation Algorithm Design for the Multicast k-Tree Routing Problem.- On Disjoint Shortest Paths Routing on the Hypercube.- A New Approach for Rearrangeable Multicast Switching Networks.- Scheduling.- Bicriteria Scheduling on Single-Machine with Inventory Operations.- Approximation Algorithm for Minimizing the Weighted Number of Tardy Jobs on a Batch Machine.- Scheduling with Rejection to Minimize the Makespan.- Scheduling Problems in Cross Docking.- Makespan Minimization with Machine Availability Constraints.- A Mathematical Programming Approach for Online Hierarchical Scheduling.- Recoverable Robust Timetables on Trees.- Roulette Wheel Graph Colouring for Solving Examination Timetabling Problems.- Integrated Production and Delivery Scheduling with Disjoint Windows.- Wireless and Optical Networks.- Fault-Tolerant Routing: k-Inconnected Many-to-One Routing in Wireless Networks.- A Branch-and-Cut Algorithm for the Minimum Energy Symmetric Connectivity Problem in Wireless Networks.- Minimum Energy Broadcast Routing in Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks with Directional Antennas.- Approximating the Multicast Traffic Grooming Problem in Unidirectional SONET/WDM Rings.- An Algorithm with Better Approximation Ratio for Multicast Traffic in Unidirectional SONET/WDM Rings.