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In the online labeling problem with parameters n and m we are presented with a sequence of n keys from a totally ordered universe U and must assign each arriving key a label from the label set {1,2,...,m} so that the order of labels…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2012-10-12 Martin Babka , Jan Bulánek , Vladimír Čunát , Michal Koucký , Michael Saks

The online list labeling problem is an algorithmic primitive with a large literature of upper bounds, lower bounds, and applications. The goal is to store a dynamically-changing set of $n$ items in an array of $m$ slots, while maintaining…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-09-13 Michael A. Bender , Alex Conway , Martín Farach-Colton , Hanna Komlós , William Kuszmaul , Nicole Wein

We consider the problem of multi-class classification, where a stream of adversarially chosen queries arrive and must be assigned a label online. Unlike traditional bounds which seek to minimize the misclassification rate, we minimize the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-11-17 Guru Guruganesh , Allen Liu , Jon Schneider , Joshua Wang

Learning from Label Proportions (LLP) is an established machine learning problem with numerous real-world applications. In this setting, data items are grouped into bags, and the goal is to learn individual item labels, knowing only the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-10-31 Gabriel Franco , Giovanni Comarela , Mark Crovella

Positive linear programs (LP), also known as packing and covering linear programs, are an important class of problems that bridges computer science, operations research, and optimization. Despite the consistent efforts on this problem, all…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-11-15 Zeyuan Allen-Zhu , Lorenzo Orecchia

Bin packing problem examines the minimum number of identical bins needed to pack a set of items of various weights. This problem arises in various areas of the artificial intelligence demanding derivation of the exact solutions in the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-09-04 Masoud Ataei , Shengyuan Chen

We consider the classic Set Cover problem in the data stream model. For $n$ elements and $m$ sets ($m\geq n$) we give a $O(1/\delta)$-pass algorithm with a strongly sub-linear $\tilde{O}(mn^{\delta})$ space and logarithmic approximation…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-05-03 Sariel Har-Peled , Piotr Indyk , Sepideh Mahabadi , Ali Vakilian

We consider the problem of on-line prediction of real-valued labels, assumed bounded in absolute value by a known constant, of new objects from known labeled objects. The prediction algorithm's performance is measured by the squared…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Vladimir Vovk

We study the classic set cover problem from the perspective of sub-linear algorithms. Given access to a collection of $m$ sets over $n$ elements in the query model, we show that sub-linear algorithms derived from existing techniques have…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-02-12 Piotr Indyk , Sepideh Mahabadi , Ronitt Rubinfeld , Ali Vakilian , Anak Yodpinyanee

We investigate several online packing problems in which convex polygons arrive one by one and have to be placed irrevocably into a container, while the aim is to minimize the used space. Among other variants, we consider strip packing and…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2024-04-09 Anders Aamand , Mikkel Abrahamsen , Lorenzo Beretta , Linda Kleist

We introduce a model of online algorithms subject to strict constraints on data retention. An online learning algorithm encounters a stream of data points, one per round, generated by some stationary process. Crucially, each data point can…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-04-18 Nicole Immorlica , Brendan Lucier , Markus Mobius , James Siderius

In \emph{Online Sorting}, an array of $n$ initially empty cells is given. At each time step $t$, an element $x_t \in [0,1]$ arrives and must be placed irrevocably into an empty cell without any knowledge of future arrivals. We aim to…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-10-02 Andreas Kalavas , Charalampos Platanos , Thanos Tolias

In \emph{Online Sorting}, an array of $n$ initially empty cells is given. At each time step $t$, an element $x_t \in [0,1]$ arrives and must be placed irrevocably into an empty cell without any knowledge of future arrivals. We aim to…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-01-19 Andreas Kalavas , Charalampos Platanos , Thanos Tolias

Learning linear predictors with the logistic loss---both in stochastic and online settings---is a fundamental task in machine learning and statistics, with direct connections to classification and boosting. Existing "fast rates" for this…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-12-17 Dylan J. Foster , Satyen Kale , Haipeng Luo , Mehryar Mohri , Karthik Sridharan

Offline model-based optimization (MBO) seeks to discover high-performing designs using only a fixed dataset of past evaluations. Most existing methods rely on learning a surrogate model via regression and implicitly assume that good…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-05 Shen-Huan Lyu , Rong-Xi Tan , Ke Xue , Yi-Xiao He , Yu Huang , Qingfu Zhang , Chao Qian

There has been a growing interest in studying online stochastic packing under more general correlation structures, motivated by the complex data sets and models driving modern applications. Several past works either assume correlations are…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-03 Sabri Cetin , Yilun Chen , David A. Goldberg

We revisit the online Unit Clustering and Unit Covering problems in higher dimensions: Given a set of $n$ points in a metric space, that arrive one by one, Unit Clustering asks to partition the points into the minimum number of clusters…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2021-08-27 Adrian Dumitrescu , Csaba D. Tóth

We consider the online vector bin packing problem where $n$ items specified by $d$-dimensional vectors must be packed in the fewest number of identical $d$-dimensional bins. Azar et al. (STOC'13) showed that for any online algorithm $A$,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-08-06 Nikhil Bansal , Ilan Reuven Cohen

We give an algorithmic framework for minimizing general convex objectives (that are differentiable and monotone non-decreasing) over a set of covering constraints that arrive online. This substantially extends previous work on online…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-12-12 Yossi Azar , Ilan Reuven Cohen , Debmalya Panigrahi

The bin covering problem asks for covering a maximum number of bins with an online sequence of $n$ items of different sizes in the range $(0,1]$; a bin is said to be covered if it receives items of total size at least 1. We study this…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-06-03 Joan Boyar , Lene M. Favrholdt , Shahin Kamali , Kim S. Larsen