On the expected value of the minimum assignment

نویسندگان

  • Marshall W. Buck
  • Clara S. Chan
  • David P. Robbins
چکیده

The minimum k-assignment of an m×n matrix X is the minimum sum of k entries of X, no two of which belong to the same row or column. If X is generated by choosing each entry independently from the exponential distribution with mean 1, then Coppersmith and Sorkin conjectured that the expected value of its minimum k-assignment is

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Random Struct. Algorithms

دوره 21  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2002