enclosing ellipsoids

Given a set of points $\cS = \{x^1,\ldots,x^m\} \subset \R^n$ and $\eps > 0$, we propose and analyze an algorithm for the problem of computing a $(1 + \eps)$-approximation to the the minimum volume axis-aligned ellipsoid enclosing $\cS$. We establish that our algorithm is polynomial for fixed $\eps$. In addition, the algorithm returns a small … Read more