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A note on the generalized min-sum set cover problem (1107.2033v1)
Published 11 Jul 2011 in cs.DS
Abstract: In this paper, we consider the generalized min-sum set cover problem, introduced by Azar, Gamzu, and Yin. Bansal, Gupta, and Krishnaswamy give a 485-approximation algorithm for the problem. We are able to alter their algorithm and analysis to obtain a 28-approximation algorithm, improving the performance guarantee by an order of magnitude. We use concepts from $\alpha$-point scheduling to obtain our improvements.