Approximation Algorithms for Combinatorial Optimization [electronic resource] : Third International Workshop, APPROX 2000 Saarbrücken, Germany, September 5-8, 2000 Proceedings /

Invited Talks -- Approximation Algorithms That Take Advice -- Instant Recognition of Polynomial Time Solvability, Half Integrality, and 2-Approximations -- Scheduling under Uncertainty: Optimizing against a Randomizing Adversary -- Approximation Algorithms for Facility Location Problems -- Contributed Talks -- An Approximation Algorithm for MAX DICUT with Given Sizes of Parts -- Maximizing Job Benefits On-Line -- Variable Length Sequencing with Two Lengths -- Randomized Path Coloring on Binary Trees -- Wavelength Rerouting in Optical Networks, or the Venetian Routing Problem -- Greedy Approximation Algorithms for Finding Dense Components in a Graph -- Online Real-Time Preemptive Scheduling of Jobs with Deadlines -- On the Relative Complexity of Approximate Counting Problems -- On the Hardness of Approximating NP Witnesses -- Maximum Dispersion and Geometric Maximum Weight Cliques -- New Results for Online Page Replication -- Inapproximability Results for Set Splitting and Satisfiability Problems with No Mixed Clauses -- Approximation Algorithms for a Capacitated Network Design Problem -- An Approximation Algorithm for the Fault Tolerant Metric Facility Location Problem -- Improved Approximations for Tour and Tree Covers -- Approximating Node Connectivity Problems via Set Covers -- Rectangle Tiling -- Primal-Dual Approaches to the Steiner Problem -- On the Inapproximability of Broadcasting Time -- Polynomial Time Approximation Schemes for Class-Constrained Packing Problems -- Partial Servicing of On-Line Jobs -- Factor 4/3 Approximations for Minimum 2-Connected Subgraphs.