Approximation and Online Algorithms : 4th International Workshop, WAOA 2006, Zurich, Switzerland, September 14-15, 2006, Revised Papers

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Approximation and Online Algorithms, held in Palma de in October 2005. The 26 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 68 submissions. Topics addressed by the workshop include algorithmic game theory, approximation classes, coloring and partitioning, competitive analysis, computational finance, cuts and connectivity, geometric problems, and mechanism design.