Worst case analysis of two heuristics for the set partitioning problem. (English) Zbl 0635.68030
We propose and analyze two simple heuristics for the problem of partitioning a set that use few steps of enumeration. We show that the new heuristics have a significantly better worst case ratio than previously known heuristics.
MSC:
68M20 | Performance evaluation, queueing, and scheduling in the context of computer systems |
68P10 | Searching and sorting |
68Q25 | Analysis of algorithms and problem complexity |
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