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Approximation algorithms for NP-complete problems on planar graphs

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Volume 41 , Issue 1 (January 1994) table of contents

Pages: 153 - 180

Year of Publication: 1994

ISSN:0004-5411

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Brenda S. Baker

AT&T Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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