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Approximation Algorithms for Fragmenting a Graph against a Stochastically-Located Threat

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Approximation and Online Algorithms (WAOA 2011)

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Motivated by issues in allocating limited preventative resources to protect a landscape against the spread of a wildfire from a stochastic ignition point, we give approximation algorithms for a new family of stochastic optimization problems.

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Shmoys, D.B., Spencer, G. (2012). Approximation Algorithms for Fragmenting a Graph against a Stochastically-Located Threat. In: Solis-Oba, R., Persiano, G. (eds) Approximation and Online Algorithms. WAOA 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7164. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29116-6_11

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