Keyphrases
- lower bound
- upper bound
- branch and bound algorithm
- branch and bound
- np hard
- lower bounding
- lower and upper bounds
- decision theory
- objective function
- randomly generated problems
- linear programming relaxation
- upper and lower bounds
- optimal solution
- worst case
- axiomatic characterization
- running times
- decision making
- set of randomly generated instances
- vc dimension
- theoretical analysis
- lagrangian relaxation
- special case