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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 study the problem of estimating the size of the maximum matching in the sublinear-time setting. This problem has been extensively studied, with several known upper and lower bounds. A notable result by Behnezhad (FOCS 2021) established a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-02-17 Vihan Shah

The main contribution of this dissertation is the introduction of new or improved approximation algorithms and data structures for several similarity search problems. We examine the furthest neighbor query, the annulus query, distance…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-06-13 Johan von Tangen Sivertsen

In this paper, we study the problem of learning a monotone DNF with at most $s$ terms of size (number of variables in each term) at most $r$ ($s$ term $r$-MDNF) from membership queries. This problem is equivalent to the problem of learning…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2014-05-06 Hasan Abasi , Nader H. Bshouty , Hanna Mazzawi

This paper proposes a mechanism to fine-tune convex approximations of probabilistic reachable sets (PRS) of uncertain dynamic systems. We consider the case of unbounded uncertainties, for which it may be impossible to find a bounded…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-02-06 Pengcheng Wu , Sonia Martinez , Jun Chen

We study large-scale classification problems in changing environments where a small part of the dataset is modified, and the effect of the data modification must be quickly incorporated into the classifier. When the entire dataset is large,…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2016-06-02 Hiroyuki Hanada , Atsushi Shibagaki , Jun Sakuma , Ichiro Takeuchi

In this paper, we derive a novel procedure for set-membership estimation of dynamical systems affected by stochastic noise with unbounded support. Employing a bound on the sample covariance matrix, we are able to provide a finite- sample…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-20 Felix Brändle , Nicolas Chatzikiriakos , Andrea Iannelli , Frank Allgöwer

Models often need to be constrained to a certain size for them to be considered interpretable. For example, a decision tree of depth 5 is much easier to understand than one of depth 50. Limiting model size, however, often reduces accuracy.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-07-02 Abhishek Ghose , Balaraman Ravindran

Imagine we want to split a group of agents into teams in the most \emph{efficient} way, considering that each agent has their own preferences about their teammates. This scenario is modeled by the extensively studied \textsc{Coalition…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-05-29 Foivos Fioravantes , Harmender Gahlawat , Nikolaos Melissinos

We study membership inference in settings where some of the assumptions typically used in previous research are relaxed. First, we consider skewed priors, to cover cases such as when only a small fraction of the candidate pool targeted by…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-01-15 Bargav Jayaraman , Lingxiao Wang , Katherine Knipmeyer , Quanquan Gu , David Evans

Maximum likelihood estimation is effective for identifying dynamical systems, but applying it to large networks becomes computationally prohibitive. This paper introduces a maximum likelihood estimation method that enables identification of…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-06 João Victor Galvão da Mata , Anders Hansson , Martin S. Andersen

Learning latent structure in complex networks has become an important problem fueled by many types of networked data originating from practically all fields of science. In this paper, we propose a new non-parametric Bayesian…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2015-03-18 Morten Mørup , Mikkel N. Schmidt , Lars Kai Hansen

Spatial approximations have been traditionally used in spatial databases to accelerate the processing of complex geometric operations. However, approximations are typically only used in a first filtering step to determine a set of candidate…

We consider the quickest change detection problem where both the parameters of pre- and post- change distributions are unknown, which prevents the use of classical simple hypothesis testing. Without additional assumptions, optimal solutions…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-06-10 Firas Jarboui , Viannet Perchet

Impartial selection has recently received much attention within the multi-agent systems community. The task is, given a directed graph representing nominations to the members of a community by other members, to select the member with the…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2022-05-25 Ioannis Caragiannis , George Christodoulou , Nicos Protopapas

In this paper, we study adaptive and non-adaptive exact learning of Juntas from membership queries. We use new techniques to find new bounds, narrow some of the gaps between the lower bounds and upper bounds and find new deterministic and…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2017-06-22 Nader H. Bshouty , Areej Costa

We study the problem of approximating the cone of positive semidefinite (PSD) matrices with a cone that can be described by smaller-sized PSD constraints. Specifically, we ask the question: "how closely can we approximate the set of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-09-08 Dogyoon Song , Pablo A. Parrilo

In the last decade, significant efforts have been made to reduce the false positive rate of approximate membership checking structures. This has led to the development of new structures such as cuckoo filters and xor filters. Adaptive…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-11-15 Pedro Reviriego , Alfonso Sánchez-Macián , Stefan Walzer , Peter C. Dillinger

Unknown examples that are unseen during training often appear in real-world computer vision tasks, and an intelligent self-learning system should be able to differentiate between known and unknown examples. Open set recognition, which…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-05-29 Jaeyeon Jang , Chang Ouk Kim

We consider a variant of the classical Bin Packing Problem, called Fully Dynamic Bin Packing. In this variant, items of a size in $(0,1]$ must be packed in bins of unit size. In each time step, an item either arrives or departs from the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-05-25 Björn Feldkord , Matthias Feldotto , Sören Riechers