Abstract: We provide a new technique to design fast approximation algorithms for graph problems where the points of the graph lie in a metric space. Specifically, we present a sampling approach for ...

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In this work we consider the Metric Steiner Forest problem in the sublinear time model. Given a set V of n points in a metric space where distances are provided by means of query access to an n×n ...

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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 24 (Reuters) - IBM (IBM.N), opens new tab said on Friday it can run a key quantum computing error correction algorithm on commonly available chips ...

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