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Complexity of approximation algorithms for combinatorial problems: a survey

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In this survey we examine recent results on the complexity of approximation algorithms which have appeared in Russian.

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            ACM SIGACT News  Volume 12, Issue 3
            Fall 1980
            65 pages
            ISSN:0163-5700
            DOI:10.1145/1008861
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