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In this paper we present a new algorithm for solving linear programs that requires only $\tilde{O}(\sqrt{rank(A)}L)$ iterations to solve a linear program with $m$ constraints, $n$ variables, and constraint matrix $A$, and bit complexity…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-03-06 Yin Tat Lee , Aaron Sidford

We study packing LPs in an online model where the columns are presented to the algorithm in random order. This natural problem was investigated in various recent studies motivated, e.g., by online ad allocations and yield management where…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2013-11-12 Thomas Kesselheim , Klaus Radke , Andreas Tönnis , Berthold Vöcking

We define an online learning and optimization problem with discrete and irreversible decisions contributing toward a coverage target. In each period, a decision-maker selects facilities to open, receives information on the success of each…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-06 Alexandre Jacquillat , Michael Lingzhi Li

An online policy learning problem of linear control systems is studied. In this problem, the control system is known and linear, and a sequence of quadratic cost functions is revealed to the controller in hindsight, and the controller…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-01-27 Mohammad Akbari , Bahman Gharesifard , Tamas Linder

In the problem of online load balancing on uniformly related machines with bounded migration, jobs arrive online one after another and have to be immediately placed on one of a given set of machines without knowledge about jobs that may…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-09-05 Marten Maack

In this paper, we study two variants of the online metric matching problem. The first problem is the online metric matching problem where all the servers are placed at one of two positions in the metric space. We show that a simple greedy…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-10-01 Toshiya Itoh , Shuichi Miyazaki , Makoto Satake

In the online bin packing problem, a sequence of items is revealed one at a time, and each item must be packed into an available bin instantly upon its arrival. In this paper, we revisit the problem under a setting where the total number of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-12-07 Shang Liu , Xiaocheng Li

In this paper we propose a model-based approach to the design of online optimization algorithms, with the goal of improving the tracking of the solution trajectory (trajectories) w.r.t. state-of-the-art methods. We focus first on quadratic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-07-24 Nicola Bastianello , Ruggero Carli , Sandro Zampieri

A major technique in learning-augmented online algorithms is combining multiple algorithms or predictors. Since the performance of each predictor may vary over time, it is desirable to use not the single best predictor as a benchmark, but…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-12-19 Antonios Antoniadis , Christian Coester , Marek Eliáš , Adam Polak , Bertrand Simon

In this paper, we study the online class cover problem where a (finite or infinite) family $\cal F$ of geometric objects and a set ${\cal P}_r$ of red points in $\mathbb{R}^d$ are given a prior, and blue points from $\mathbb{R}^d$ arrives…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2024-07-04 Minati De , Anil Maheshwari , Ratnadip Mandal

We present a unified framework for designing and analyzing algorithms for online budgeted allocation problems (including online matching) and their generalization, the Online Generalized Assignment Problem (OnGAP). These problems have been…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2013-08-27 Rad Niazadeh , Robert D. Kleinberg

We analyze the problem of job scheduling with preempting on weighted jobs that can have either linear or exponential penalties. We review relevant literature on the problem and create and describe a few online algorithms that perform…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-01-26 Frederick Tang , Fareed Sheriff , Andrew Wang

Bin packing is an algorithmic problem that arises in diverse applications such as remnant inventory systems, shipping logistics, and appointment scheduling. In its simplest variant, a sequence of $T$ items (e.g., orders for raw material,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-03-15 Varun Gupta , Ana Radovanovic

We introduce and study a family of online metric problems with long-term constraints. In these problems, an online player makes decisions $\mathbf{x}_t$ in a metric space $(X,d)$ to simultaneously minimize their hitting cost…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-07-15 Adam Lechowicz , Nicolas Christianson , Bo Sun , Noman Bashir , Mohammad Hajiesmaili , Adam Wierman , Prashant Shenoy

The problem of scheduling conflicting jobs on parallel machines consists in assigning a set of jobs to a set of machines so that no two conflicting jobs are allocated to the same machine, and the maximum processing time among all machines…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2025-04-04 Phablo F. S. Moura , Roel Leus , Hande Yaman

The online knapsack problem is a classic problem in the field of online algorithms. Its canonical version asks how to pack items of different values and weights arriving online into a capacity-limited knapsack so as to maximize the total…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-04-18 Adam Lechowicz , Rik Sengupta , Bo Sun , Shahin Kamali , Mohammad Hajiesmaili

We consider online scheduling weighted packets with time constraints over a fading channel. Packets arrive at the transmitter in an online manner. Each packet has a value and a deadline by which it should be sent. The fade state of the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2009-09-30 Fei Li , Zhi Zhang

Online algorithms that allow a small amount of migration or recourse have been intensively studied in the last years. They are essential in the design of competitive algorithms for dynamic problems, where objects can also depart from the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-05-21 Sebastian Berndt , Valentin Dreismann , Kilian Grage , Klaus Jansen , Ingmar Knof

With the developments in machine learning, there has been a surge in interest and results focused on algorithms utilizing predictions, not least in online algorithms where most new results incorporate the prediction aspect for concrete…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-02-02 Magnus Berg , Joan Boyar , Lene M. Favrholdt , Kim S. Larsen

In this paper, we show an improved bound and new algorithm for the online square-into-square packing problem. This two-dimensional packing problem involves packing an online sequence of squares into a unit square container without any two…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2014-01-23 Brian Brubach