Randomization, Approximation, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques [electronic resource] : Third International Workshop on Randomization and Approximation Techniques in Computer Science, and Second International Workshop on Approximation Algorithms for Combinatorial Optimization Problems, RANDOM-APPROX’99, Berkeley, CA, USA, August 8-11, 1999. / edited by Dorit S. Hochbaum, Klaus Jansen, José D. P. Rolim, Alistair Sinclair.

Session Random 1 -- Completeness and Robustness Properties of Min-Wise Independent Permutations -- Low Discrepancy Sets Yield Approximate Min-Wise Independent Permutation Families -- Session Approx 1 -- Independent Sets in Hypergraphs with Applications to Routing Via Fixed Paths -- Approximating Minimum Manhattan Networks -- Approximation of Multi-Color Discrepancy -- A Polynomial Time Approximation Scheme for the Multiple Knapsack Problem -- Session Approx 2 -- Set Cover with Requirements and Costs Evolving over Time -- Multicoloring Planar Graphs and Partial k-Trees -- Session: Random 2 -- Testing the Diameter of Graphs -- Improved Testing Algorithms for Monotonicity -- Linear Consistency Testing -- Improved Bounds for Sampling Contingency Tables -- Invited Talk -- Probabilistic and Deterministic Approximations of the Permanent -- Session Random 3 -- Improved Derandomization of BPP Using a Hitting Set Generator -- Probabilistic Construction of Small Strongly Sum-Free Sets via Large Sidon Sets -- Session Approx 3 -- Stochastic Machine Scheduling: Performance Guarantees for LP-Based Priority Policies -- Efficient Redundant Assignments under Fault-Tolerance Constraints -- Scheduling with Machine Cost -- A Linear Time Approximation Scheme for the Job Shop Scheduling Problem -- Invited Talk -- Randomized Rounding for Semidefinite Programs – Variations on the MAX CUT Example -- Session Approx 4 -- Hardness Results for the Power Range Assignment Problem in Packet Radio Networks -- A New Approximation Algorithm for the Demand Routing and Slotting Problem with Unit Demands on Rings -- Session Random 4 -- Algorithms for Graph Partitioning on the Planted Partition Model -- A Randomized Time-Work Optimal Parallel Algorithm for Finding a Minimum Spanning Forest -- Fast Approximate PCPs for Multidimensional Bin-Packing Problems -- Pfaffian Algorithms for Sampling Routings on Regions with Free Boundary Conditions -- Minisymposium on Scheduling Talks -- Scheduling with Unexpected Machine Breakdowns -- Scheduling on a Constant Number of Machines.