Algorithms - ESA 2001

9th Annual European Symposium, Aarhus, Denmark, August 28-31, 2001, Proceedings

• Author(s): Friedhelm Meyer auf der Heide,
• Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
• Pages: 538
• ISBN_10: 3540424938
  ISBN_13: 9783540424932
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Computers / Software Development & Engineering / Computer Graphics , Computers / Computer Science , Computers / Data Science / General , Computers / Information Technology , Computers / Machine Theory , Computers / Programming / General , Computers / Programming / Algorithms , Computers / User Interfaces , Computers / Networking / Hardware , Mathematics / Discrete Mathematics , Mathematics / Combinatorics , Medical / General ,

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