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We study the problem of cutting a length-$n$ string of positive real numbers into $k$ pieces so that every piece has sum at least $b$. The problem can also be phrased as transforming such a string into a new one by merging adjacent numbers.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-09-29 Yinqi Cai

In text classification, the problem of overfitting arises due to the high dimensionality, making regularization essential. Although classic regularizers provide sparsity, they fail to return highly accurate models. On the contrary,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-10-10 Konstantinos Skianis , Nikolaos Tziortziotis , Michalis Vazirgiannis

In this paper, we present a deterministic algorithm for the closest vector problem for all l_p-norms, 1 < p < \infty, and all polyhedral norms, especially for the l_1-norm and the l_{\infty}-norm. We achieve our results by introducing a new…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2011-09-27 Johannes Blömer , Stefanie Naewe

Quantum computers promise to outperform their classical counterparts at certain tasks. However, existing quantum devices are error-prone and restricted in size. Thus, effective compilation methods are crucial to exploit limited quantum…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-07-17 Moritz Stargalla , Friedrich Wagner

In this paper, two approximation algorithms are given. Let N be an odd composite number. The algorithms give new directions regarding primality test of given N. The first algorithm is given using a new method called digital coding method.…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2014-02-25 Lakshmi Prabha S , T. N. Janakiraman

For high-dimensional sparse parameter estimation problems, Log-Sum Penalty (LSP) regularization effectively reduces the sampling sizes in practice. However, it still lacks theoretical analysis to support the experience from previous…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-02-25 Zheng Pan , Guangdong Hou , Changshui Zhang

Center-based clustering has attracted significant research interest from both theory and practice. In many practical applications, input data often contain background knowledge that can be used to improve clustering results. In this work,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-06-13 Longkun Guo , Chaoqi Jia , Kewen Liao , Zhigang Lu , Minhui Xue

One specific subset of quantum algorithms is Grovers Ordered Search Problem (OSP), the quantum counterpart of the classical binary search algorithm, which utilizes oracle functions to produce a specified value within an ordered database.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-01-24 Jupinder Parmar , Saarim Rahman , Jesse Thiara

Solving convex Semi-Infinite Programming (SIP) problems is challenging when the separation problem, i.e., the problem of finding the most violated constraint, is computationally hard. We propose to tackle this difficulty by solving the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-06-11 Antoine Oustry , Martina Cerulli

The problem of biclustering consists of the simultaneous clustering of rows and columns of a matrix such that each of the submatrices induced by a pair of row and column clusters is as uniform as possible. In this paper we approximate the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2008-08-22 Kai Puolamäki , Sami Hanhijärvi , Gemma C. Garriga

We consider the complexity for computing the approximate sum $a_1+a_2+...+a_n$ of a sorted list of numbers $a_1\le a_2\le ...\le a_n$. We show an algorithm that computes an $(1+\epsilon)$-approximation for the sum of a sorted list of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2012-01-24 Bin Fu

By introducing the "comparison and replacement" (CNR) operation, we propose a general-purpose pure quantum approximate optimization algorithm and derive its core optimization mechanism quantitatively. The algorithm is constructed to a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-01-29 Da You Lv , An Min Wang

In this paper, we give an algorithm that finds an epsilon-approximate solution to a mixed integer quadratic programming (MIQP) problem. The algorithm runs in polynomial time if the rank of the quadratic function and the number of integer…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-11-30 Alberto Del Pia

In this paper, "chance optimization" problems are introduced, where one aims at maximizing the probability of a set defined by polynomial inequalities. These problems are, in general, nonconvex and computationally hard. With the objective…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-05-12 Ashkan Jasour , Necdet Serhat Aybat , Constantino Lagoa

While well-known methods to list the intersections of either a list of segments or a complex polygon aim at achieving optimal time-complexity they often do so at the cost of memory comsumption and complex code. Real-life software…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2013-05-28 Jean Souviron

This paper presents the first study of the complexity of the optimization problem for integer linear-exponential programs which extend classical integer linear programs with the exponential function $x \mapsto 2^x$ and the remainder…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-10-17 S Hitarth , Alessio Mansutti , Guruprerana Shabadi

Integer data sets frequently appear in many applications in sciences and technology. To analyze these, integer low rank approximation has received much attention due to its capacity of representing the results in integers preserving the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-10-20 Bo Dong , Matthew M. Lin , Haesun Park

We study optimization problems that are neither approximable in polynomial time (at least with a constant factor) nor fixed parameter tractable, under widely believed complexity assumptions. Specifically, we focus on Maximum Independent…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2008-10-29 Marek Cygan , Lukasz Kowalik , Marcin Pilipczuk , Mateusz Wykurz

We initiate a systematic study of utilizing predictions to improve over approximation guarantees of classic algorithms, without increasing the running time. We propose a systematic method for a wide class of optimization problems that ask…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-11-26 Antonios Antoniadis , Marek Eliáš , Adam Polak , Moritz Venzin

In this work we propose a single rounding algorithm for the fractional solutions of the standard LP relaxation for $k$-clustering. As a starting point, we obtain an iterative rounding $(\frac{3^p + 1}{2})$-Lagrangian Multiplier-Perserving…

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