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We introduce an online variant of mobile facility location (MFL) (introduced by Demaine et al. [SODA' 07]). We call this new problem online mobile facility location (OMFL). In the OMFL problem, initially, we are given a set of $k$ mobile…
Neural networks, particularly message-passing neural networks (MPNNs), are increasingly used as heuristics for hard combinatorial optimization problems. Yet many learning-based methods rely on supervision, reinforcement learning, or…
Facility and covering location models are key elements in many decision aid tools in logistics, supply chain design, telecommunications, public infrastructure planning, and many other industrial and public sectors. In many applications, it…
Metaheuristics are known to be strong in solving large-scale instances of computationally hard problems. However, their efficiency still needs exploration in the context of instance structure, scale and numerical properties for many of…
We first show that a better analysis of the algorithm for The Two-Sage Stochastic Facility Location Problem from Srinivasan \cite{sri07} and the algorithm for The Robust Fault Tolerant Facility Location Problem from Byrka et al \cite{bgs10}…
The Expectation-Maximization (EM) algorithm has been predominantly used to approximate the maximum likelihood estimation of the location-scale Gaussian mixtures. However, when the models are over-specified, namely, the chosen number of…
The Flow Refueling Location Problem (FRLP) is a stylized model for determining the optimal placement of refueling stations for vehicles with limited travel ranges, such as hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and electric vehicles. A notable…
The facility location problem is a well-known challenge in logistics that is proven to be NP-hard. In this paper we specifically simulate the geographical placement of facilities to provide adequate service to customers. Determining…
Multi-robot localization has been a critical problem for robots performing complex tasks cooperatively. In this paper, we propose a decentralized approach to localize a group of robots in a large featureless environment. The proposed…
We consider Online Facility Location in the framework of learning-augmented online algorithms. In Online Facility Location (OFL), demands arrive one-by-one in a metric space and must be (irrevocably) assigned to an open facility upon…
In this paper, we provide a rigorous theoretical investigation of an online learning version of the Facility Location problem which is motivated by emerging problems in real-world applications. In our formulation, we are given a set of…
Recently Rubinfeld et al. (ICS 2011, pp. 223--238) proposed a new model of sublinear algorithms called \emph{local computation algorithms}. In this model, a computation problem $F$ may have more than one legal solution and each of them…
We investigate the 3-architecture Connected Facility Location Problem arising in the design of urban telecommunication access networks. We propose an original optimization model for the problem that includes additional variables and…
In recent years, important progress has been made in applying methods and techniques of convex optimization to many fields of applications such as location science, engineering, computational statistics, and computer science. In this paper,…
We study the capacitated $k$-facility location problem, in which we are given a set of clients with demands, a set of facilities with capacities and a constant number $k$. It costs $f_i$ to open facility $i$, and $c_{ij}$ for facility $i$…
Careful placement of a computational application within a target device cluster is critical for achieving low application completion time. The problem is challenging due to its NP-hardness and combinatorial nature. In recent years,…
The high dimensionality and computational constraints associated with filtering problems in large-scale geophysical applications are particularly challenging for the Particle Filter (PF). Approximate but efficient methods such as the…
The p-center problem consists in selecting p facilities from a set of possible sites and allocating a set of clients to them in such a way that the maximum distance between a client and the facility to which it is allocated is minimized.…
The Maximal Covering Location Problem (MCLP) represents a fundamental optimization challenge in facility location theory, where the objective is to maximize demand coverage while operating under resource constraints. This paper presents a…
This paper considers the problem of downlink localization and user equipments (UEs) tracking with an adaptive procedure for a range of distances. We provide the base station (BS) with two signaling schemes and the UEs with two localization…