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Allocation and planning with a collection of tasks and a group of agents is an important problem in multiagent systems. One commonly faced bottleneck is scalability, as in general the multiagent model increases exponentially in size with…

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In the paper, a parallel Tabu Search algorithm for the Resource Constrained Project Scheduling Problem is proposed. To deal with this NP-hard combinatorial problem many optimizations have been performed. For example, a resource evaluation…

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We study the problem of complexity estimation in the context of parallelizing an advanced Branch and Bound-type algorithm over graphical models. The algorithm's pruning power makes load balancing, one crucial element of every distributed…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2012-10-19 Lars Otten , Rina Dechter

We consider the all-pairs multicommodity network flow problem on a network with capacitated edges. The usual treatment keeps track of a separate flow for each source-destination pair on each edge; we rely on a more efficient formulation in…

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This paper presents a GPU-accelerated implementation of the SPOCK algorithm, a proximal method designed for solving scenario-based risk-averse optimal control problems. The proposed implementation leverages the massive parallelization of…

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Over the past decade, GPUs have demonstrated significant potential in accelerating Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) operations. However, there remains a substantial gap in their application to Online Transaction Processing (OLTP), as…

Databases · Computer Science 2026-05-26 Zihan Sun , Yuyu Luo , Yong Zhang , Chao Li , Chunxiao Xing

Differentiable model predictive control (MPC) offers a powerful framework for combining learning and control. However, its adoption has been limited by the inherently sequential nature of traditional optimization algorithms, which are…

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Autonomous mobile robots enable increased flexibility of manufacturing systems. The design and operating strategy of such a fleet of robots requires careful consideration of both fixed and operational costs. In this paper, a Monte-Carlo…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-05 T. M. J. T. Baltussen , M. Goutham , M. Menon , S. G. Garrow , M. Santillo , S. Stockar

This paper introduces a framework for solving alternating current optimal power flow (ACOPF) problems using graphics processing units (GPUs). While GPUs have demonstrated remarkable performance in various computing domains, their…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-11 Sungho Shin , François Pacaud , Mihai Anitescu

A novel and scalable geometric multi-level algorithm is presented for the numerical solution of elliptic partial differential equations, specially designed to run with high occupancy of streaming processors inside Graphics Processing…

Mathematical Software · Computer Science 2017-03-22 J. T. Becerra-Sagredo , F. Mandujano , C. Malaga

Combinatorial optimization problems are typically tackled by the branch-and-bound paradigm. We propose a new graph convolutional neural network model for learning branch-and-bound variable selection policies, which leverages the natural…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-10-31 Maxime Gasse , Didier Chételat , Nicola Ferroni , Laurent Charlin , Andrea Lodi

Mixed-Integer Linear Programming (MILP) lies at the core of many real-world combinatorial optimization (CO) problems, traditionally solved by branch-and-bound (B&B). A key driver influencing B&B solvers efficiency is the variable selection…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-03 Paul Strang , Zacharie Alès , Côme Bissuel , Olivier Juan , Safia Kedad-Sidhoum , Emmanuel Rachelson

Most combinatorial optimization problems can be formulated as mixed integer linear programming (MILP), in which branch-and-bound (B\&B) is a general and widely used method. Recently, learning to branch has become a hot research topic in the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-01-19 Qingyu Qu , Xijun Li , Yunfan Zhou , Jia Zeng , Mingxuan Yuan , Jie Wang , Jinhu Lv , Kexin Liu , Kun Mao

Low Autocorrelation Binary Sequences (LABS) is a particularly challenging binary optimization problem which quickly becomes intractable in finding the global optimum for problem sizes beyond 66. This aspect makes LABS appealing to use as a…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-08-18 Zhiwei Zhang , Jiayu Shen , Niraj Kumar , Marco Pistoia

We present an approach to molecular-dynamics simulations of ferrofluids on graphics processing units (GPUs). Our numerical scheme is based on a GPU-oriented modification of the Barnes-Hut (BH) algorithm designed to increase the parallelism…

Computational Physics · Physics 2013-04-30 A. Yu. Polyakov , T. V. Lyutyy , S. Denisov , V. V. Reva , P. Hanggi

This paper introduces a warehouse optimization procedure aimed at enhancing the efficiency of product storage and retrieval. By representing product locations and order flows within a time-evolving graph structure, we employ unsupervised…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-21 Magnus Bengtsson , Jens Wittsten , Jonas Waidringer

We present a scalable solution method based on an alternating direction method of multipliers and graphics processing units (GPUs) for rapidly computing and tracking a solution of alternating current optimal power flow (ACOPF) problem. Such…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-10-14 Youngdae Kim , Kibaek Kim

Numerical investigation of compressible flows faces two main challenges. In order to accurately describe the flow characteristics, high-resolution nonlinear numerical schemes are needed to capture discontinuities and resolve wide…

Computational Physics · Physics 2020-12-09 Nils Hoppe , Stefan Adami , Nikolaus A. Adams

In this paper, we explore the limits of graphics processors (GPUs) for general purpose parallel computing by studying problems that require highly irregular data access patterns: parallel graph algorithms for list ranking and connected…

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