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We present prior robust algorithms for a large class of resource allocation problems where requests arrive one-by-one (online), drawn independently from an unknown distribution at every step. We design a single algorithm that, for every…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-03-12 Nikhil R. Devanur , Kamal Jain , Balasubramanian Sivan , Christopher A. Wilkens

In the strategic facility location problem, a set of agents report their locations in a metric space and the goal is to use these reports to open a new facility, minimizing an aggregate distance measure from the agents to the facility.…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2024-11-06 Eric Balkanski , Vasilis Gkatzelis , Golnoosh Shahkarami

In this work, we present a fast distributed algorithm for local potential problems: these are graph problems where the task is to find a locally optimal solution where no node can unilaterally improve the utility in its local neighborhood…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2026-02-20 Alkida Balliu , Thomas Boudier , Francesco d'Amore , Fabian Kuhn , Dennis Olivetti , Gustav Schmid , Jukka Suomela

Logistics network is expected that opened facilities work continuously for a long time horizon without any failure, but in real world problems, facilities may face disruptions. This paper studies a reliable joint inventory location problem…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-11-28 Elham Taghizadeh , Mostafa Abedzadeh , Mostafa Setak

We propose a new distributed optimization algorithm for solving a class of constrained optimization problems in which (a) the objective function is separable (i.e., the sum of local objective functions of agents), (b) the optimization…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-06-16 Van Sy Mai , Richard J. La , Tao Zhang , Abdella Battou

We study the facility location mechanism design problem where $n$ agents report their locations in Euclidean space, and the output is a single facility location. The cost function of each agent is the distance from the returned facility,…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-27 Zohar Barak

The distributed non-smooth resource allocation problem over multi-agent networks is studied in this paper, where each agent is subject to globally coupled network resource constraints and local feasibility constraints described in terms of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-03-11 Xiaohong Nian , Fan Li , Dongxin Liu

The clustering problem, in its many variants, has numerous applications in operations research and computer science (e.g., in applications in bioinformatics, image processing, social network analysis, etc.). As sizes of data sets have grown…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2017-10-24 Sayan Bandyapadhyay , Tanmay Inamdar , Shreyas Pai , Sriram V. Pemmaraju

This paper studies distributed resource allocation problem in multi-agent systems, where all the agents cooperatively minimize the sum of their cost functions with global resource constraints over stochastic communication networks. This…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-04-27 Tie Ding , Shanying Zhu , Cailian Chen , Xinping Guan

This paper deals with a bilevel approach of the location-allocation problem with dimensional facilities. We present a general model that allows us to consider very general shapes of domains for the dimensional facilities and we prove the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-06-27 Lina Mallozzi , Justo Puerto , Moisés Rodríguez-Madrena

We study the complexity of the classic capacitated k-median and k-means problems parameterized by the number of centers, k. These problems are notoriously difficult since the best known approximation bound for high dimensional Euclidean…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-08-31 Vincent Cohen-Addad , Jason Li

Understanding the dynamics of evolving social or infrastructure networks is a challenge in applied areas such as epidemiology, viral marketing, or urban planning. During the past decade, data has been collected on such networks but has yet…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2014-03-27 David Eisenstat , Claire Mathieu , Nicolas Schabanel

Facility Location problems ask to place facilities in a way that optimizes a given objective function so as to provide a service to all clients. These are one of the most well-studied optimization problems spanning many research areas such…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-07-01 Christine Markarian , Abdul-Nasser Kassar , Manal Yunis

This paper studies a class of distributed optimization problems with coupled equality constraints in networked systems. Many existing distributed algorithms rely on solving local subproblems via the $\operatorname{argmin}$ operator in each…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-11-26 Chenyang Qiu , Zongli Lin

We study the problem of tracking multiple moving targets using a team of mobile robots. Each robot has a set of motion primitives to choose from in order to collectively maximize the number of targets tracked or the total quality of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-05-31 Yoonchang Sung , Ashish Kumar Budhiraja , Ryan K. Williams , Pratap Tokekar

We study the basic allocation problem of assigning resources to players so as to maximize fairness. This is one of the few natural problems that enjoys the intriguing status of having a better estimation algorithm than approximation…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-11-24 Chidambaram Annamalai , Christos Kalaitzis , Ola Svensson

We study a continuous-time, infinite-horizon dynamic bipartite matching problem. Suppliers arrive according to a Poisson process; while waiting, they may abandon the queue at a uniform rate. Customers on the other hand must be matched upon…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-06-03 Alireza AmaniHamedani , Ali Aouad , Amin Saberi

The multi allocation p-hub median problem (MApHM), the multi allocation uncapacitated hub location problem (MAuHLP) and the multi allocation p-hub location problem (MApHLP) are common hub location problems with several practical…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2023-07-17 Niklas Jost

The problem of minimizing convex functionals of probability distributions is solved under the assumption that the density of every distribution is bounded from above and below. A system of sufficient and necessary first-order optimality…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-12-05 Michael Fauss , Abdelhak M. Zoubir

We consider a facility location problem, where the objective is to ``disperse'' a number of facilities, i.e., select a given number k of locations from a discrete set of n candidates, such that the average distance between selected…

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