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We consider the classic online problem of scheduling on a single machine to minimize total flow time. In STOC 2021, the concept of robustness to distortion in processing times was introduced: for every distortion factor $\mu$, an…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-09-20 Yossi Azar , Stefano Leonardi , Noam Touitou

In this paper one first shows that the slow flow of a mechanical system with one unstable mode coupled to a Nonlinear Energy Sink (NES) can be reduced, in the neighborhood of a fold point of its critical manifold, to a normal form of the…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2026-05-27 Baptiste Bergeot

The coflow scheduling problem is considered: given an input/output switch with each port having a fixed capacity, find a scheduling algorithm that minimizes the weighted sum of the coflow completion times respecting the port capacities,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-04-14 Akhil Bhimaraju , Debanuj Nayak , Rahul Vaze

In this paper we provide an algorithm which given any $m$-edge $n$-vertex directed graph with integer capacities at most $U$ computes a maximum $s$-$t$ flow for any vertices $s$ and $t$ in $m^{11/8+o(1)}U^{1/4}$ time with high probability.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-11-01 Yang P. Liu , Aaron Sidford

Temporal coherence is a valuable source of information in the context of optical flow estimation. However, finding a suitable motion model to leverage this information is a non-trivial task. In this paper we propose an unsupervised online…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-06-05 Daniel Maurer , Andrés Bruhn

In this paper, we consider an energy-efficient scheduling problem where $n$ jobs $J_1, J_2, ..., J_n$ need to be executed such that the total energy usage of these jobs is minimized while ensuring that each job is finished within it's…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-07-13 Gunjan Kumar , Saswata Shannigrahi

The Optimal Power Flow (OPF) problem is integral to the functioning of power systems, aiming to optimize generation dispatch while adhering to technical and operational constraints. These constraints are far from straightforward; they…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-10-10 Andrew Rosemberg , Mathieu Tanneau , Bruno Fanzeres , Joaquim Garcia , Pascal Van Hentenryck

Speed scaling for a tandem server setting is considered, where there is a series of servers, and each job has to be processed by each of the servers in sequence. Servers have a variable speed, their power consumption being a convex…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-07-11 Rahul Vaze , Jayakrishnan Nair

Due to its optimality on a single machine for the problem of minimizing average flow time, Shortest-Remaining-Processing-Time (\srpt) appears to be the most natural algorithm to consider for the problem of minimizing average flow time on…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2010-11-10 Kyle Fox , Benjamin Moseley

We study a fundamental online scheduling problem where jobs with processing times, weights, and deadlines arrive online over time at their release dates. The task is to preemptively schedule these jobs on a single or multiple (possibly…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-10-26 Franziska Eberle

Optimal Power Flow (OPF) is a core optimization problem in power system operation and planning, aiming to minimize generation costs while satisfying physical constraints such as power flow equations, generator limits, and voltage limits.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-02 Xuezhi Liu

Transmission-constrained problems in power systems can be cast as polynomial optimization problems whose coefficients vary over time. We consider the complications therein and suggest several approaches. On the example of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-09-25 Jie Liu , Antonio Bellon , Andrea Simonetto , Martin Takac , Jakub Marecek

Optimal power flow (OPF) is a critical optimization problem that allocates power to the generators in order to satisfy the demand at a minimum cost. Solving this problem exactly is computationally infeasible in the general case. In this…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-10-18 Damian Owerko , Fernando Gama , Alejandro Ribeiro

We consider transactional memory contention management in the context of balanced workloads, where if a transaction is writing, the number of write operations it performs is a constant fraction of its total reads and writes. We explore the…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2010-09-02 Gokarna Sharma , Costas Busch

Optimal power flow (OPF) is a critical optimization problem for power systems to operate at points where cost or other operational objectives are optimized. Due to the non-convexity of the set of feasible OPF operating points, it is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-03-03 Daniel Turizo , Diego Cifuentes , Anton Leykin , Daniel K. Molzahn

We present semi-streaming algorithms for basic graph problems that have optimal per-edge processing times and therefore surpass all previous semi-streaming algorithms for these tasks. The semi-streaming model, which is appropriate when…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2007-09-03 Mariano Zelke

An algorithm for unconstrained non-convex optimization is described, which does not evaluate the objective function and in which minimization is carried out, at each iteration, within a randomly selected subspace. It is shown that this…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-01-31 S. Bellavia , S. Gratton , B. Morini , Ph. L. Toint

Abstract Objective: The objectives of this paper are to 1) construct a new network model compatible with distributed computation, 2) construct the full optimal power flow (OPF) in a distributed fashion so that an effective, non-inferior…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-07-14 HyungSeon Oh

Scene flow estimation is a crucial component in the development of autonomous driving and 3D robotics, providing valuable information for environment perception and navigation. Despite the advantages of learning-based scene flow estimation…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-01-08 Rahul Ahuja , Chris Baker , Wilko Schwarting

This paper ties the line of work on algorithms that find an O(sqrt(log(n)))-approximation to the sparsest cut together with the line of work on algorithms that run in sub-quadratic time by using only single-commodity flows. We present an…

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