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CAREER: Improved Approximation Algorithms for Graph Problems — NSF Award to Trustees of Boston University (MA, $412,038)

Graphs are used to model transportation networks, social networks, the internet, and many other systems of major significance. A number of important computational problems naturally arise on these graphs. For example, one may wish to find the shortest route visiting all points – in other words, to solve the traveling s

Award titleCAREER: Improved Approximation Algorithms for Graph Problems
Award ID2442250
AwardeeTrustees of Boston University
CityBOSTON
StateMA
Amount obligated$412,038
Principal investigatorNathan Klein
ProgramAlgorithmic Foundations
Start date10/01/2025
AbstractGraphs are used to model transportation networks, social networks, the internet, and many other systems of major significance. A number of important computational problems naturally arise on these graphs. For example, one may wish to find the shortest route visiting all points – in other words, to solve the traveling salesperson problem. Unfortunately, this problem and many others like it are believed to be computationally intractable, requiring lifetimes of computation to solve exactly. However
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