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We propose a class of greedy algorithms for weighted sparse recovery by considering new loss function-based generalizations of Orthogonal Matching Pursuit (OMP). Given a (regularized) loss function, the proposed algorithms alternate the…
An approach for effective implementation of greedy selection methodologies, to approximate an image partitioned into blocks, is proposed. The method is specially designed for approximating partitions on a transformed image. It evolves by…
We show that if a matrix $\Phi$ satisfies the RIP of order $[CK^{1.2}]$ with isometry constant $\dt = c K^{-0.2}$ and has coherence less than $1/(20 K^{0.8})$, then Orthogonal Matching Pursuit (OMP) will recover $K$-sparse signal $x$ from…
The frame algorithm uses a simple recursive formula to approximate an unknown vector from its frame coefficients. This note introduces an adaptive version of the frame algorithm that maximizes the error reduction between steps in terms of…
This paper presents new theoretical results on sparse recovery guarantees for a greedy algorithm, Orthogonal Matching Pursuit (OMP), in the context of continuous parametric dictionaries. Here, the continuous setting means that the…
Sparse approximation is important in many applications because of concise form of an approximant and good accuracy guarantees. The theory of compressed sensing, which proved to be very useful in the image processing and data sciences, is…
It is a survey on recent results in constructive sparse approximation. Three directions are discussed here: (1) Lebesgue-type inequalities for greedy algorithms with respect to a special class of dictionaries, (2) constructive sparse…
Greedy optimization methods such as Matching Pursuit (MP) and Frank-Wolfe (FW) algorithms regained popularity in recent years due to their simplicity, effectiveness and theoretical guarantees. MP and FW address optimization over the linear…
In the design of greedy algorithms for the maximum cardinality matching problem the utilization of degree information when selecting the next edge is a well established and successful approach. We define the class of "degree sensitive"…
For the classical maximum coverage problem, the greedy algorithm achieves a worst-case $1-1/e$ approximation, which is optimal unless $\text{P} = \text{NP}$. The notion of coverage appears in a wide range of optimization tasks, where…
We present a technique that allows for improving on some relative greedy procedures by well-chosen (non-oblivious) local search algorithms. Relative greedy procedures are a particular type of greedy algorithm that start with a simple,…
In this paper, we propose a new orthogonal matching pursuit algorithm called quasi-OMP algorithm which greatly enhances the performance of classical orthogonal matching pursuit (OMP) algorithm, at some cost of computational complexity. We…
We describe a greedy algorithm that approximates the Carleson constant of a collection of general sets. The approximation has a logarithmic loss in a general setting, but is optimal up to a constant with only mild geometric assumptions. The…
We prove that the approximation ratio of the greedy algorithm for the metric Traveling Salesman Problem is $\Theta(\log n)$. Moreover, we prove that the same result also holds for graphic, Euclidean, and rectilinear instances of the…
Orthogonal matching pursuit (OMP) is a widely used greedy algorithm for sparse signal recovery in compressed sensing (CS). Prior work on OMP, however, has only provided reconstruction guarantees under the assumption that the columns of the…
We present a new efficient method for approximate search in electronic lexica. Given an input string (the pattern) and a similarity threshold, the algorithm retrieves all entries of the lexicon that are sufficiently similar to the pattern.…
This paper proposes a greedy heuristic named as Big step greedy heuristic and investigates the application of Big step greedy heuristic for maximum k-coverage problem. Greedy algorithms construct the solution in multiple steps, the…
Identifying breakpoints in piecewise regression is critical in enhancing the reliability and interpretability of data fitting. In this paper, we propose novel algorithms based on the greedy algorithm to accurately and efficiently identify…
We present a series of results regarding conceptually simple algorithms for bipartite matching in various online and related models. We first consider a deterministic adversarial model. The best approximation ratio possible for a one-pass…
We describe an end-to-end framework for learning parameters of min-cost flow multi-target tracking problem with quadratic trajectory interactions including suppression of overlapping tracks and contextual cues about cooccurrence of…