@InProceedings{neuwohner:LIPIcs.STACS.2021.53, author = {Neuwohner, Meike}, title = {{An Improved Approximation Algorithm for the Maximum Weight Independent Set Problem in d-Claw Free Graphs}}, booktitle = {38th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2021)}, pages = {53:1--53:20}, series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)}, ISBN = {978-3-95977-180-1}, ISSN = {1868-8969}, year = {2021}, volume = {187}, editor = {Bl\"{a}ser, Markus and Monmege, Benjamin}, publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik}, address = {Dagstuhl, Germany}, URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2021.53}, URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-136982}, doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2021.53}, annote = {Keywords: d-Claw free Graphs, independent Set, local Improvement, k-Set Packing, weighted} }