Abstract: Symmetry is a widespread phenomenon in nature. Recognizing symmetry can minimize redundancy to improve computing efficiency. In this paper, we take permutation-related combinatorial ...

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Abstract: As a well-known NP-hard problem, the vertex cover problem has broad applications, which has aroused the concern of many researchers. In recent years, its related optimization problems, ...

State legislators and other officials have set themselves up as champions of taxpayers, and scored political points because of it. However, local entities increasingly are having problems dealing with ...