{"43409":{"#nid":"43409","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Correlation Decay and Deterministic Approximation Algorithms","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETITLE:\u003C\/strong\u003E  Correlation Decay and Deterministic Approximation Algorithms\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESPEAKER:\u003C\/strong\u003E  Dr. Prasad Tetali\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EABSTRACT:\u003C\/strong\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe notion of a correlation decay, originating in statistical physics, has recently played an important role in yielding deterministic approximation algorithms for various counting problems. I will try to illustrate this technique with two examples: counting matchings in bounded degree graphs, and counting independent sets in certain subclasses of claw-free graphs.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Correlation Decay and Deterministic Approximation Algorithms","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Correlation Decay and Deterministic Approximation Algorithms"}],"uid":"27187","created_gmt":"2009-10-12 20:38:05","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:47:38","author":"Anita Race","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2008-09-23T16:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2008-09-23T17:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2008-09-23T17:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2008-09-23 20:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2008-09-23 21:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2008-09-23 21:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"5725","name":"Approximation Algorithms"},{"id":"5724","name":"Correlation Decay"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EAnita  Race\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EH. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=ar9\u0022\u003EContact Anita  Race\u003C\/a\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}