Abstract:Given a finite universe and a collection of the subsets of the universe, the minimum hitting set of the collection is the smallest subset of the universe that has non-empty intersection with each set in the collection. Finding the minimum hitting set is an NP-Hard problem that has many real world applications. In this study, we propose a progressive search-based approach to find the minimum hitting set of a given collection. The algorithm starts searching for the hitting sets of size 1 and increase the expecte… Show more
Set email alert for when this publication receives citations?
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.