The Spring school on fixed parameter and exact algorithms (Lozari, May 25,29, 2009) adresses to doctoral and post-doctoral students as well as confirmed.
Fixed parameter tractable (FPT) and exponential-time algorithms are hot topics in algorithms. Both approaches aim at reducing the combinatorial explosion of NP-hard problems. In moderately exponential-time algorithms, we search for fastest possible exact algorithms â typically the exponential time depends on the size of the instance â which should be practical on instances of moderate sizes. In FPT, the idea is to design algorithms for which the exponential factor of the running-time only depends on some parameter which is expected to be small in practical use.
Scientific committee: F. Haver (CNRS, I3S) D. Kratsch (LITA, Univ. Metz), J.F. Lalande (Univ. Bourges), C. Paul (LIRMM, CNRS, Univ. Montpellier 2), S. Pérennes (CNRS, I3S), S. Thomassé (LIRMM, CNRS, Univ. Montpellier 2), I. Todinca (LIFO, Univ. Orléans)