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1.7.1 Set Cover<br />

1.7.1 Set Cover<br />

INPUT OUTPUT<br />

Input Description: A set of subsets S_1, ..., S_m of the universal set U = \{1,...,n\} .<br />

Problem: What is the smallest subset of subsets T \subset S such that \cup_{t_i \in T} t_i = U ?<br />

Implementations<br />

● Discrete Optimization Methods (Pascal) (rating 5)<br />

Related Problems<br />

● Matching<br />

● Polygon Partitioning<br />

● Set Data Structures<br />

file:///E|/WEBSITE/FILES2/SET_OVER.HTM (1 of 2) [19/1/2003 1:37:32]

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