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In this paper, we provide faster algorithms for computing various fundamental quantities associated with random walks on a directed graph, including the stationary distribution, personalized PageRank vectors, hitting times, and escape…

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We have implemented different algorithms for generating Poissonian and vectorizable random lattices. The random lattices fulfil the Voronoi/Delaunay construction. We measure the performance of our algorithms for the two types of random…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-06-25 K. B. Lauritsen , H. Puhl , H. -J. Tillemans

Classical problems of sorting and searching assume an underlying linear ordering of the objects being compared. In this paper, we study a more general setting, in which some pairs of objects are incomparable. This generalization is relevant…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2007-07-12 Constantinos Daskalakis , Richard M. Karp , Elchanan Mossel , Samantha Riesenfeld , Elad Verbin

We present a $O(n^{\frac{3}{2}})$-time algorithm for the \emph{shortest (diagonal) flip path problem} for \emph{lattice} triangulations with $n$ points, improving over previous $O(n^2)$-time algorithms. For a large, natural class of inputs,…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2024-01-22 William Sims , Meera Sitharam

In the past thirty years, numerous algorithms for building the suffix array of a string have been proposed. In 2021, the notion of suffix array was extended from strings to DFAs, and it was shown that the resulting data structure can be…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-10-10 Nicola Cotumaccio

The apportionment problem deals with the fair distribution of a discrete set of $k$ indivisible resources (such as legislative seats) to $n$ entities (such as parties or geographic subdivisions). Highest averages methods are a frequently…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-09-10 Zhanpeng Cheng , David Eppstein

We describe a slightly sub-exponential time algorithm for learning parity functions in the presence of random classification noise. This results in a polynomial-time algorithm for the case of parity functions that depend on only the first…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Avrim Blum , Adam Kalai , Hal Wasserman

We reexamine fundamental problems from computational geometry in the word RAM model, where input coordinates are integers that fit in a machine word. We develop a new algorithm for offline point location, a two-dimensional analog of sorting…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2010-10-12 Timothy M. Chan , Mihai Patrascu

We present the first optimal randomized algorithm for constructing the order-$k$ Voronoi diagram of $n$ points in two dimensions. The expected running time is $O(n\log n + nk)$, which improves the previous, two-decades-old result of Ramos…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2023-10-25 Timothy M. Chan , Pingan Cheng , Da Wei Zheng

This note concerns the theoretical algorithmic problem of counting rational points on curves over finite fields. It explicates how the algorithmic scheme introduced by Schoof and generalized by the author yields an algorithm whose running…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Jonathan Pila

Sorting is one of the most fundamental algorithms in computer science. Recently, Learned Sorts, which use machine learning to improve sorting speed, have attracted attention. While existing studies show that Learned Sort is empirically…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-11-11 Atsuki Sato , Yusuke Matsui

We present a novel factor analysis method that can be applied to the discovery of common factors shared among trajectories in multivariate time series data. These factors satisfy a precedence-ordering property: certain factors are recruited…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2011-05-10 Arnau Tibau Puig , Alfred O. Hero

The Matrix-based Renyi's entropy enables us to directly measure information quantities from given data without the costly probability density estimation of underlying distributions, thus has been widely adopted in numerous statistical…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2022-05-17 Yuxin Dong , Tieliang Gong , Shujian Yu , Chen Li

The main result of the paper is the first polynomial-time algorithm for ranking bracelets. The time-complexity of the algorithm is O(k^2 n^4), where k is the size of the alphabet and n is the length of the considered bracelets. The key part…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-04-13 Duncan Adamson , Argyrios Deligkas , Vladimir V. Gusev , Igor Potapov

We give an $O(\log^2 n)$-query algorithm for finding a Tarski fixed point over the $4$-dimensional lattice $[n]^4$, matching the $\Omega(\log^2 n)$ lower bound of [EPRY20]. Additionally, our algorithm yields an ${O(\log^{\lceil…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2026-04-02 Xi Chen , Yuhao Li , Mihalis Yannakakis

In this paper we merge recent developments on exact algorithms for finding an ordering of vertices of a given graph that minimizes bandwidth (the BANDWIDTH problem) and for finding an embedding of a given graph into a line that minimizes…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2010-04-29 Marek Cygan , Marcin Pilipczuk

We present a simple new algorithm for finding a Tarski fixed point of a monotone function $F : [N]^3 \rightarrow [N]^3$. Our algorithm runs in $O(\log^2 N)$ time and makes $O(\log^2 N)$ queries to $F$, matching the $\Omega(\log^2 N)$ query…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-11-07 Sebastian Haslebacher , Jonas Lill

We give a novel algorithm for enumerating lattice points in any convex body, and give applications to several classic lattice problems, including the Shortest and Closest Vector Problems (SVP and CVP, respectively) and Integer Programming…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2011-06-14 Daniel Dadush , Chris Peikert , Santosh Vempala

Sorting has a natural generalization where the input consists of: (1) a ground set $X$ of size $n$, (2) a partial oracle $O_P$ specifying some fixed partial order $P$ on $X$ and (3) a linear oracle $O_L$ specifying a linear order $L$ that…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-08-01 Ivor van der Hoog , Daniel Rutschmann

Fast algorithms for integer and polynomial multiplication play an important role in scientific computing as well as in other disciplines. In 1971, Sch{\"o}nhage and Strassen designed an algorithm that improved the multiplication time for…

Symbolic Computation · Computer Science 2018-11-06 Sviatoslav Covanov , Davood Mohajerani , Marc Moreno-Maza , Lin-Xiao Wang