8 Search Results for "Kumar, Neeraj"


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Lower Bounds for Set-Multilinear Branching Programs

Authors: Prerona Chatterjee, Deepanshu Kush, Shubhangi Saraf, and Amir Shpilka

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 300, 39th Computational Complexity Conference (CCC 2024)


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In this paper, we prove super-polynomial lower bounds for the model of sum of ordered set-multilinear algebraic branching programs, each with a possibly different ordering (∑smABP). Specifically, we give an explicit nd-variate polynomial of degree d such that any ∑smABP computing it must have size n^ω(1) for d as low as ω(log n). Notably, this constitutes the first such lower bound in the low degree regime. Moreover, for d = poly(n), we demonstrate an exponential lower bound. This result generalizes the seminal work of Nisan (STOC, 1991), which proved an exponential lower bound for a single ordered set-multilinear ABP. The significance of our lower bounds is underscored by the recent work of Bhargav, Dwivedi, and Saxena (TAMC, 2024), which showed that super-polynomial lower bounds against a sum of ordered set-multilinear branching programs - for a polynomial of sufficiently low degree - would imply super-polynomial lower bounds against general ABPs, thereby resolving Valiant’s longstanding conjecture that the permanent polynomial can not be computed efficiently by ABPs. More precisely, their work shows that if one could obtain such lower bounds when the degree is bounded by O(log n/ log log n), then it would imply super-polynomial lower bounds against general ABPs. Our results strengthen the works of Arvind & Raja (Chic. J. Theor. Comput. Sci., 2016) and Bhargav, Dwivedi & Saxena (TAMC, 2024), as well as the works of Ramya & Rao (Theor. Comput. Sci., 2020) and Ghoshal & Rao (International Computer Science Symposium in Russia, 2021), each of which established lower bounds for related or restricted versions of this model. They also strongly answer a question from the former two, which asked to prove super-polynomial lower bounds for general ∑smABP.

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Prerona Chatterjee, Deepanshu Kush, Shubhangi Saraf, and Amir Shpilka. Lower Bounds for Set-Multilinear Branching Programs. In 39th Computational Complexity Conference (CCC 2024). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 300, pp. 20:1-20:20, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2024)


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@InProceedings{chatterjee_et_al:LIPIcs.CCC.2024.20,
  author =	{Chatterjee, Prerona and Kush, Deepanshu and Saraf, Shubhangi and Shpilka, Amir},
  title =	{{Lower Bounds for Set-Multilinear Branching Programs}},
  booktitle =	{39th Computational Complexity Conference (CCC 2024)},
  pages =	{20:1--20:20},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-331-7},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2024},
  volume =	{300},
  editor =	{Santhanam, Rahul},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.CCC.2024.20},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-204167},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.CCC.2024.20},
  annote =	{Keywords: Lower Bounds, Algebraic Branching Programs, Set-multilinear polynomials}
}
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Low-Depth Algebraic Circuit Lower Bounds over Any Field

Authors: Michael A. Forbes

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 300, 39th Computational Complexity Conference (CCC 2024)


Abstract
The recent breakthrough of Limaye, Srinivasan and Tavenas [Limaye et al., 2022] (LST) gave the first super-polynomial lower bounds against low-depth algebraic circuits, for any field of zero (or sufficiently large) characteristic. It was an open question to extend this result to small-characteristic ([Limaye et al., 2022; Govindasamy et al., 2022; Fournier et al., 2023]), which in particular is relevant for an approach to prove superpolynomial AC⁰[p]-Frege lower bounds ([Govindasamy et al., 2022]). In this work, we prove super-polynomial algebraic circuit lower bounds against low-depth algebraic circuits over any field, with the same parameters as LST (or even matching the improved parameters of Bhargav, Dutta, and Saxena [Bhargav et al., 2022]). We give two proofs. The first is logical, showing that even though the proof of LST naively fails in small characteristic, the proof is sufficiently algebraic that generic transfer results imply the result over characteristic zero implies the result over all fields. Motivated by this indirect proof, we then proceed to give a second constructive proof, replacing the field-dependent set-multilinearization result of LST with a set-multilinearization that works over any field, by using the Binet-Minc identity [Minc, 1979].

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Michael A. Forbes. Low-Depth Algebraic Circuit Lower Bounds over Any Field. In 39th Computational Complexity Conference (CCC 2024). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 300, pp. 31:1-31:16, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2024)


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@InProceedings{forbes:LIPIcs.CCC.2024.31,
  author =	{Forbes, Michael A.},
  title =	{{Low-Depth Algebraic Circuit Lower Bounds over Any Field}},
  booktitle =	{39th Computational Complexity Conference (CCC 2024)},
  pages =	{31:1--31:16},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-331-7},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2024},
  volume =	{300},
  editor =	{Santhanam, Rahul},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.CCC.2024.31},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-204271},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.CCC.2024.31},
  annote =	{Keywords: algebraic circuits, lower bounds, low-depth circuits, positive characteristic}
}
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On Iteration in Discrete Probabilistic Programming

Authors: Mateo Torres-Ruiz, Robin Piedeleu, Alexandra Silva, and Fabio Zanasi

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 299, 9th International Conference on Formal Structures for Computation and Deduction (FSCD 2024)


Abstract
Discrete probabilistic programming languages provide an expressive tool for representing and reasoning about probabilistic models. These languages typically define the semantics of a program through its posterior distribution, obtained through exact inference techniques. While the semantics of standard programming constructs in this context is well understood, there is a gap in extending these languages with tools to reason about the asymptotic behaviour of programs. In this paper, we introduce unbounded iteration in the context of a discrete probabilistic programming language, give it a semantics, and show how to compute it exactly. This allows us to express the stationary distribution of a probabilistic function while preserving the efficiency of exact inference techniques. We discuss the advantages and limitations of our approach, showcasing their practical utility by considering examples where bounded iteration poses a challenge due to the inherent difficulty of assessing the proximity of a distribution to its stationary point.

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Mateo Torres-Ruiz, Robin Piedeleu, Alexandra Silva, and Fabio Zanasi. On Iteration in Discrete Probabilistic Programming. In 9th International Conference on Formal Structures for Computation and Deduction (FSCD 2024). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 299, pp. 20:1-20:21, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2024)


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@InProceedings{torresruiz_et_al:LIPIcs.FSCD.2024.20,
  author =	{Torres-Ruiz, Mateo and Piedeleu, Robin and Silva, Alexandra and Zanasi, Fabio},
  title =	{{On Iteration in Discrete Probabilistic Programming}},
  booktitle =	{9th International Conference on Formal Structures for Computation and Deduction (FSCD 2024)},
  pages =	{20:1--20:21},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-323-2},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2024},
  volume =	{299},
  editor =	{Rehof, Jakob},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.FSCD.2024.20},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-203490},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.FSCD.2024.20},
  annote =	{Keywords: Probabilistic programming, Programming languages semantics, Unbounded iteration}
}
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Point Separation and Obstacle Removal by Finding and Hitting Odd Cycles

Authors: Neeraj Kumar, Daniel Lokshtanov, Saket Saurabh, Subhash Suri, and Jie Xue

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 224, 38th International Symposium on Computational Geometry (SoCG 2022)


Abstract
Suppose we are given a pair of points s, t and a set 𝒮 of n geometric objects in the plane, called obstacles. We show that in polynomial time one can construct an auxiliary (multi-)graph G with vertex set 𝒮 and every edge labeled from {0, 1}, such that a set 𝒮_d ⊆ 𝒮 of obstacles separates s from t if and only if G[𝒮_d] contains a cycle whose sum of labels is odd. Using this structural characterization of separating sets of obstacles we obtain the following algorithmic results. In the Obstacle-removal problem the task is to find a curve in the plane connecting s to t intersecting at most q obstacles. We give a 2.3146^q n^{O(1)} algorithm for Obstacle-removal, significantly improving upon the previously best known q^{O(q³)} n^{O(1)} algorithm of Eiben and Lokshtanov (SoCG'20). We also obtain an alternative proof of a constant factor approximation algorithm for Obstacle-removal, substantially simplifying the arguments of Kumar et al. (SODA'21). In the Generalized Points-separation problem input consists of the set 𝒮 of obstacles, a point set A of k points and p pairs (s₁, t₁), … (s_p, t_p) of points from A. The task is to find a minimum subset 𝒮_r ⊆ 𝒮 such that for every i, every curve from s_i to t_i intersects at least one obstacle in 𝒮_r. We obtain 2^{O(p)} n^{O(k)}-time algorithm for Generalized Points-separation. This resolves an open problem of Cabello and Giannopoulos (SoCG'13), who asked about the existence of such an algorithm for the special case where (s₁, t₁), … (s_p, t_p) contains all the pairs of points in A. Finally, we improve the running time of our algorithm to f(p,k) ⋅ n^{O(√k)} when the obstacles are unit disks, where f(p,k) = 2^{O(p)} k^{O(k)}, and show that, assuming the Exponential Time Hypothesis (ETH), the running time dependence on k of our algorithms is essentially optimal.

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Neeraj Kumar, Daniel Lokshtanov, Saket Saurabh, Subhash Suri, and Jie Xue. Point Separation and Obstacle Removal by Finding and Hitting Odd Cycles. In 38th International Symposium on Computational Geometry (SoCG 2022). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 224, pp. 52:1-52:14, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2022)


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@InProceedings{kumar_et_al:LIPIcs.SoCG.2022.52,
  author =	{Kumar, Neeraj and Lokshtanov, Daniel and Saurabh, Saket and Suri, Subhash and Xue, Jie},
  title =	{{Point Separation and Obstacle Removal by Finding and Hitting Odd Cycles}},
  booktitle =	{38th International Symposium on Computational Geometry (SoCG 2022)},
  pages =	{52:1--52:14},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-227-3},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2022},
  volume =	{224},
  editor =	{Goaoc, Xavier and Kerber, Michael},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.SoCG.2022.52},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-160609},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.SoCG.2022.52},
  annote =	{Keywords: points-separation, min color path, constraint removal, barrier resillience}
}
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APPROX
The Maximum Exposure Problem

Authors: Neeraj Kumar, Stavros Sintos, and Subhash Suri

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 145, Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2019)


Abstract
Given a set of points P and axis-aligned rectangles R in the plane, a point p in P is called exposed if it lies outside all rectangles in R. In the max-exposure problem, given an integer parameter k, we want to delete k rectangles from R so as to maximize the number of exposed points. We show that the problem is NP-hard and assuming plausible complexity conjectures is also hard to approximate even when rectangles in R are translates of two fixed rectangles. However, if R only consists of translates of a single rectangle, we present a polynomial-time approximation scheme. For general rectangle range space, we present a simple O(k) bicriteria approximation algorithm; that is by deleting O(k^2) rectangles, we can expose at least Omega(1/k) of the optimal number of points.

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Neeraj Kumar, Stavros Sintos, and Subhash Suri. The Maximum Exposure Problem. In Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2019). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 145, pp. 19:1-19:20, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2019)


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@InProceedings{kumar_et_al:LIPIcs.APPROX-RANDOM.2019.19,
  author =	{Kumar, Neeraj and Sintos, Stavros and Suri, Subhash},
  title =	{{The Maximum Exposure Problem}},
  booktitle =	{Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2019)},
  pages =	{19:1--19:20},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-125-2},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2019},
  volume =	{145},
  editor =	{Achlioptas, Dimitris and V\'{e}gh, L\'{a}szl\'{o} A.},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX-RANDOM.2019.19},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-112344},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX-RANDOM.2019.19},
  annote =	{Keywords: max-exposure, PTAS, densest k-subgraphs, geometric constraint removal, Network resilience}
}
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Improved Approximation Bounds for the Minimum Constraint Removal Problem

Authors: Sayan Bandyapadhyay, Neeraj Kumar, Subhash Suri, and Kasturi Varadarajan

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 116, Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2018)


Abstract
In the minimum constraint removal problem, we are given a set of geometric objects as obstacles in the plane, and we want to find the minimum number of obstacles that must be removed to reach a target point t from the source point s by an obstacle-free path. The problem is known to be intractable, and (perhaps surprisingly) no sub-linear approximations are known even for simple obstacles such as rectangles and disks. The main result of our paper is a new approximation technique that gives O(sqrt{n})-approximation for rectangles, disks as well as rectilinear polygons. The technique also gives O(sqrt{n})-approximation for the minimum color path problem in graphs. We also present some inapproximability results for the geometric constraint removal problem.

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Sayan Bandyapadhyay, Neeraj Kumar, Subhash Suri, and Kasturi Varadarajan. Improved Approximation Bounds for the Minimum Constraint Removal Problem. In Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2018). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 116, pp. 2:1-2:19, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2018)


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@InProceedings{bandyapadhyay_et_al:LIPIcs.APPROX-RANDOM.2018.2,
  author =	{Bandyapadhyay, Sayan and Kumar, Neeraj and Suri, Subhash and Varadarajan, Kasturi},
  title =	{{Improved Approximation Bounds for the Minimum Constraint Removal Problem}},
  booktitle =	{Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2018)},
  pages =	{2:1--2:19},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-085-9},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2018},
  volume =	{116},
  editor =	{Blais, Eric and Jansen, Klaus and D. P. Rolim, Jos\'{e} and Steurer, David},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX-RANDOM.2018.2},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-94066},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX-RANDOM.2018.2},
  annote =	{Keywords: Minimum Constraint Removal, Minimum Color Path, Barrier Resilience, Obstacle Removal, Obstacle Free Path, Approximation}
}
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Computing Shortest Paths in the Plane with Removable Obstacles

Authors: Pankaj K. Agarwal, Neeraj Kumar, Stavros Sintos, and Subhash Suri

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 101, 16th Scandinavian Symposium and Workshops on Algorithm Theory (SWAT 2018)


Abstract
We consider the problem of computing a Euclidean shortest path in the presence of removable obstacles in the plane. In particular, we have a collection of pairwise-disjoint polygonal obstacles, each of which may be removed at some cost c_i > 0. Given a cost budget C > 0, and a pair of points s, t, which obstacles should be removed to minimize the path length from s to t in the remaining workspace? We show that this problem is NP-hard even if the obstacles are vertical line segments. Our main result is a fully-polynomial time approximation scheme (FPTAS) for the case of convex polygons. Specifically, we compute an (1 + epsilon)-approximate shortest path in time O({nh}/{epsilon^2} log n log n/epsilon) with removal cost at most (1+epsilon)C, where h is the number of obstacles, n is the total number of obstacle vertices, and epsilon in (0, 1) is a user-specified parameter. Our approximation scheme also solves a shortest path problem for a stochastic model of obstacles, where each obstacle's presence is an independent event with a known probability. Finally, we also present a data structure that can answer s-t path queries in polylogarithmic time, for any pair of points s, t in the plane.

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Pankaj K. Agarwal, Neeraj Kumar, Stavros Sintos, and Subhash Suri. Computing Shortest Paths in the Plane with Removable Obstacles. In 16th Scandinavian Symposium and Workshops on Algorithm Theory (SWAT 2018). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 101, pp. 5:1-5:15, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2018)


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@InProceedings{agarwal_et_al:LIPIcs.SWAT.2018.5,
  author =	{Agarwal, Pankaj K. and Kumar, Neeraj and Sintos, Stavros and Suri, Subhash},
  title =	{{Computing Shortest Paths in the Plane with Removable Obstacles}},
  booktitle =	{16th Scandinavian Symposium and Workshops on Algorithm Theory (SWAT 2018)},
  pages =	{5:1--5:15},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-068-2},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2018},
  volume =	{101},
  editor =	{Eppstein, David},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.SWAT.2018.5},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-88312},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.SWAT.2018.5},
  annote =	{Keywords: Euclidean shortest paths, Removable polygonal obstacles, Stochastic shortest paths, L\underline1 shortest paths}
}
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Shortest Paths in the Plane with Obstacle Violations

Authors: John Hershberger, Neeraj Kumar, and Subhash Suri

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 87, 25th Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2017)


Abstract
We study the problem of finding shortest paths in the plane among h convex obstacles, where the path is allowed to pass through (violate) up to k obstacles, for k <= h. Equivalently, the problem is to find shortest paths that become obstacle-free if k obstacles are removed from the input. Given a fixed source point s, we show how to construct a map, called a shortest k-path map, so that all destinations in the same region of the map have the same combinatorial shortest path passing through at most k obstacles. We prove a tight bound of Theta(kn) on the size of this map, and show that it can be computed in O(k^2 n log n) time, where n is the total number of obstacle vertices.

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John Hershberger, Neeraj Kumar, and Subhash Suri. Shortest Paths in the Plane with Obstacle Violations. In 25th Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2017). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 87, pp. 49:1-49:14, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2017)


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@InProceedings{hershberger_et_al:LIPIcs.ESA.2017.49,
  author =	{Hershberger, John and Kumar, Neeraj and Suri, Subhash},
  title =	{{Shortest Paths in the Plane with Obstacle Violations}},
  booktitle =	{25th Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2017)},
  pages =	{49:1--49:14},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-049-1},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2017},
  volume =	{87},
  editor =	{Pruhs, Kirk and Sohler, Christian},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ESA.2017.49},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-78413},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ESA.2017.49},
  annote =	{Keywords: Shortest paths, Polygonal obstacles, Continuous Dijkstra, Obstacle crossing, Visibility}
}
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