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Sampling perfect matching uniformly at random

Suppose I have a graph $G$ with $M(G)$ the (unknown) set of perfect matchings of $G$. Suppose this set is non-empty, then how difficult is it to sample uniformly at random from $M(G)$? What if I am ...
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Assignment problem with no cost

I have a problem that I was able to conceptualize as following: Problem We have a set of n people. And m subsets representing their ethnicity like White, Hispanic, Asian etc. Given any combination ...
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An example where Knuth-Morris-Pratt Algorithm is faster than Boyer-Moore?

This page about Knuth-Moriss-Pratt Algorithm compared to Boyer-Moore describes a possible case where the Boyer-Moore algorithm suffers from small skip distance while KMP could perform better. I'm ...
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Is matching with mismatches a special(parametrized) case of Closest String problem?

I am a bit confused. Somehow I have a problem connecting two problems together. The Closest String problem and the problem of matching with mismatches. They seam to be related but, I fail to see the ...
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Proof of the Stable Matching Problem

Looking at the document Fundamentals of Computing Series, The Stable Marriage Problem. Theorem 1.2.3 - page 12: In a man-optimal version of stable matching, each woman has worst partner that ...
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Maximum weight matching

There are polynomial time algorithms to find maximum weighted matching in a general graph. Is there any algorithm that also handles negative weights in the general graph and find maximum weighted ...
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3-dimensional matching approximation algorithm (implementation details)

I have a run-time implementation question regarding the 3-dimensional (unweighted 2-)approximation algorithm below: How can I construct the maximum matching M_r in S_r in linear time in line 8? $X, ...