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We initiate the study of centralized algorithms for welfare-maximizing allocation of goods to buyers subject to average-value constraints. We show that this problem is NP-hard to approximate beyond a factor of $\frac{e}{e-1}$, and provide a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-09-09 Kshipra Bhawalkar , Zhe Feng , Anupam Gupta , Aranyak Mehta , David Wajc , Di Wang

We consider the online unrelated-machine load balancing problem with recourse, where the algorithm is allowed to re-assign prior jobs. We give a $(2+\epsilon)$-competitive algorithm for the problem with $O_\epsilon(\log n)$ amortized…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-11-30 Ravishankar Krishnaswamy , Shi Li , Varun Suriyanarayana

We give sublinear-time approximation algorithms for some optimization problems arising in machine learning, such as training linear classifiers and finding minimum enclosing balls. Our algorithms can be extended to some kernelized versions…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2010-10-22 Kenneth L. Clarkson , Elad Hazan , David P. Woodruff

We propose new abstract and unified perspectives on a range of scheduling and graph coloring problems with general min-sum objectives. Specifically, we consider various problems where the objective function is the weighted sum of completion…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-02-12 Alexander Lindermayr , Zhenwei Liu , Nicole Megow

This article presents a validation of a recently proposed strongly polynomial-time algorithm for the general linear programming problem. The proposed algorithm is an implicit reduction procedure that combines primal and dual linear…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-28 Samuel Awoniyi

We shall investigate randomized algorithms for solving large-scale linear inverse problems with general regularizations. We first present some techniques to transform inverse problems of general form into the ones of standard form, then…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-12-30 Hua Xiang , Jun Zou

This paper presents two real-world scheduling problems and their algorithmic solutions through polynomial-time reductions. First, we address the Hospital Patient-to-Bed Assignment problem, demonstrating its reduction to Maximum Bipartite…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-01-13 Anay Sinhal , Arpana Sinhal , Amit Sinhal , Amit Hirawat

In this paper we propose an improved approximation scheme for the Vector Bin Packing problem (VBP), based on the combination of (near-)optimal solution of the Linear Programming (LP) relaxation and a greedy (modified first-fit) heuristic.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2010-07-09 Chetan S Rao , Jeffrey John Geevarghese , Karthik Rajan

We consider the problem of online load balancing under lp-norms: sequential jobs need to be assigned to one of the machines and the goal is to minimize the lp-norm of the machine loads. This generalizes the classical problem of scheduling…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-10-31 Marco Molinaro

Global Value Numbering(GVN) is a popular method for detecting redundant computations. A polynomial time algorithm for GVN is presented by Gulwani and Necula(2006). Here we present two limitations of this GVN algorithm due to which detection…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2018-04-09 Saleena Nabeezath , Vineeth Paleri

We investigate a single machine rescheduling problem that arises from an unexpected machine unavailability, after the given set of jobs has already been scheduled to minimize the total weighted completion time. Such a disruption is…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-01-27 Wenchang Luo , Taibo Luo , Randy Goebel , Guohui Lin

We consider approximation algorithms for the problem of finding $x$ of minimal norm $\|x\|$ satisfying a linear system $\mathbf{A} x = \mathbf{b}$, where the norm $\|\cdot \|$ is arbitrary and generally non-Euclidean. We show a simple…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-06-28 Jonah Sherman

For a graph $G$, let $Z(G,\lambda)$ be the partition function of the monomer-dimer system defined by $\sum_k m_k(G)\lambda^k$, where $m_k(G)$ is the number of matchings of size $k$ in $G$. We consider graphs of bounded degree and develop a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2013-09-05 Marc Lelarge , Hang Zhou

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 generalized multidimensional bin packing problem (GVBP) that generalizes both geometric packing and vector packing. Here, we are given $n$ rectangular items where the $i^{\textrm{th}}$ item has width $w(i)$, height $h(i)$, and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-06-29 Arindam Khan , Eklavya Sharma , K. V. N. Sreenivas

General factors are a generalization of matchings. Given a graph $G$ with a set $\pi(v)$ of feasible degrees, called a degree constraint, for each vertex $v$ of $G$, the general factor problem is to find a (spanning) subgraph $F$ of $G$…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2024-05-24 Shuai Shao , Stanislav Živný

We consider the following general scheduling problem: The input consists of n jobs, each with an arbitrary release time, size, and a monotone function specifying the cost incurred when the job is completed at a particular time. The…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2010-08-31 Nikhil Bansal , Kirk Pruhs

Load balancing and auto scaling are at the core of scalable, contemporary systems, addressing dynamic resource allocation and service rate adjustments in response to workload changes. This paper introduces a novel model and algorithms for…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-21 S. R. Eshwar , Lucas Lopes Felipe , Alexandre Reiffers-Masson , Daniel Sadoc Menasché , Gugan Thoppe

In the stochastic online vector balancing problem, vectors $v_1,v_2,\ldots,v_T$ chosen independently from an arbitrary distribution in $\mathbb{R}^n$ arrive one-by-one and must be immediately given a $\pm$ sign. The goal is to keep the norm…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-07-22 Nikhil Bansal , Haotian Jiang , Raghu Meka , Sahil Singla , Makrand Sinha

Virtual Big Data (VBD) proved to be effective to alleviate mode collapse and vanishing generator gradient as two major problems of Generative Adversarial Neural Networks (GANs) very recently. In this paper, we investigate the capability of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-09-18 Hadi Mansourifar , Weidong Shi