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Given a nonlinear, univariate, bounded, and differentiable function $f(x)$, this article develops a sequence of Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP) and Linear Programming (LP) relaxations that converge to the graph of $f(x)$ and its…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-04-30 Kaarthik Sundar , Sujeevraja Sanjeevi , Harsha Nagarajan

The \emph{Steiner tree} problem is one of the fundamental and classical problems in combinatorial optimization. In this paper, we study this problem in the $\mathcal{CONGESTED}$ $\mathcal{CLIQUE}$ model of distributed computing and present…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2019-07-31 Parikshit Saikia , Sushanta Karmakar

In $k$-hypergraph matching, we are given a collection of sets of size at most $k$, each with an associated weight, and we seek a maximum-weight subcollection whose sets are pairwise disjoint. More generally, in $k$-hypergraph $b$-matching,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-04-04 Ojas Parekh , David Pritchard

We present a simple 4-approximation algorithm for computing a maximum agreement forest of multiple unrooted binary trees. This algorithm applies LP rounding to an extension of a recent ILP formulation of the maximum agreement forest problem…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-09-16 Jordan Dempsey , Leo van Iersel , Mark Jones , Norbert Zeh

We introduce left and right-layered trees as trees with a specific representation and define the excess of a tree. Applying these ideas, we show a range-relaxed graceful labeling which improves on the upper bound for maximum vertex label…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-11-15 Christian Barrientos , Elliot Krop

We introduce series-triangular graph embeddings and show how to partition point sets with them. This result is then used to improve the upper bound on the number of Steiner points needed to obtain compatible triangulations of point sets.…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Jeff Danciger , Satyan L. Devadoss , Don Sheehy

The Restricted Assignment Problem is a prominent special case of Scheduling on Parallel Unrelated Machines. For the strongest known linear programming relaxation, the configuration LP, we improve the non-constructive bound on its…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-08-21 Klaus Jansen , Lars Rohwedder

We give the first quasipolynomial upper bound $\phi n^{\text{polylog}(n)}$ for the smoothed complexity of the SWAP algorithm for local Graph Partitioning (also known as Bisection Width), where $n$ is the number of nodes in the graph and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-05-26 Xi Chen , Chenghao Guo , Emmanouil-Vasileios Vlatakis-Gkaragkounis , Mihalis Yannakakis

We consider the feedback vertex set problem in undirected graphs (FVS). The input to FVS is an undirected graph $G=(V,E)$ with non-negative vertex costs. The goal is to find a minimum cost subset of vertices $S \subseteq V$ such that $G-S$…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-05-31 Karthekeyan Chandrasekaran , Chandra Chekuri , Samuel Fiorini , Shubhang Kulkarni , Stefan Weltge

We apply theta body relaxations to the $K_i$-cover problem and show polynomial time solvability for certain classes of graphs. In particular, we give an effective relaxation where all $K_i$-$p$-hole facets are valid, and study its relation…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-02-04 João Gouveia , James Pfeiffer

Many high dimensional sparse learning problems are formulated as nonconvex optimization. A popular approach to solve these nonconvex optimization problems is through convex relaxations such as linear and semidefinite programming. In this…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2015-03-17 Zhaoran Wang , Quanquan Gu , Han Liu

Bilevel optimization has gained prominence in various applications. In this study, we introduce a framework for solving bilevel optimization problems, where the variables in both the lower and upper levels are constrained on Riemannian…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-11-05 Andi Han , Bamdev Mishra , Pratik Jawanpuria , Akiko Takeda

We consider families of symmetric linear programs (LPs) that decide a property of graphs (or other relational structures) in the sense that, for each size of graph, there is an LP defining a polyhedral lift that separates the integer points…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2019-01-24 Albert Atserias , Anuj Dawar , Joanna Ochremiak

Linear Programming (LP) relaxations have become powerful tools for finding the most probable (MAP) configuration in graphical models. These relaxations can be solved efficiently using message-passing algorithms such as belief propagation…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2012-06-18 David Sontag , Talya Meltzer , Amir Globerson , Tommi S. Jaakkola , Yair Weiss

Given an input graph and weights on its vertices, the maximum co-2-plex problem is to find a subset of vertices maximizing the sum of their weights and inducing a graph of degree at most 1. In this article, we analyze polyhedral aspects of…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2025-12-09 Alexandre Dupont-Bouillard , Pierre Fouilhoux , Roland Grappe , Mathieu Lacroix

We give an exponential lower bound for the Graver complexity of the incidence matrix of a complete bipartite graph of arbitrary size. Our result is a generalization of the result by Berstein and Onn (2009) for 3xr complete bipartite graphs,…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2013-03-29 Taisei Kudo , Akimichi Takemura

This two-part paper is concerned with the problem of minimizing a linear objective function subject to a bilinear matrix inequality (BMI) constraint. In this part, we first consider a family of convex relaxations which transform BMI…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-09-27 Mohsen Kheirandishfard , Fariba Zohrizadeh , Ramtin Madani

We study the fair k-set selection problem where we aim to select $k$ sets from a given set system such that the (weighted) occurrence times that each element appears in these $k$ selected sets are balanced, i.e., the maximum (weighted)…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-05-20 Shi Li , Chenyang Xu , Ruilong Zhang

It is well-known that by adding integrality constraints to the semidefinite programming (SDP) relaxation of the max-cut problem, the resulting integer semidefinite program is an exact formulation of the problem. In this paper we show…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-11-09 Frank de Meijer , Renata Sotirov

Bilevel optimization problems are receiving increasing attention in machine learning as they provide a natural framework for hyperparameter optimization and meta-learning. A key step to tackle these problems is the efficient computation of…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2025-05-20 Riccardo Grazzi , Massimiliano Pontil , Saverio Salzo