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We present a method for optimal control with respect to a linear cost function for positive linear systems with coupled input constraints. We show that the optimal cost function and resulting sparse state feedback for these systems can be…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-11-07 David Ohlin , Emma Tegling , Anders Rantzer

This work develops an LLM-based optimization framework ensuring strict constraint satisfaction in network optimization. While LLMs possess contextual reasoning capabilities, existing approaches often fail to enforce constraints, causing…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-09-10 Youngjin Song , Wookjin Lee , Hong Ki Kim , Sang Hyun Lee

We consider the problem of coded distributed computing where a large linear computational job, such as a matrix multiplication, is divided into $k$ smaller tasks, encoded using an $(n,k)$ linear code, and performed over $n$ distributed…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-10-06 Mahdi Soleymani , Mohammad Vahid Jamali , Hessam Mahdavifar

We consider a linear relaxation of a generalized minimum-cost network flow problem with binary input dependencies. In this model the flows through certain arcs are bounded by linear (or more generally, piecewise linear concave) functions of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-05-27 Hemanshu Kaul , Adam Rumpf

Linear network coding transmits data through networks by letting the intermediate nodes combine the messages they receive and forward the combinations towards their destinations. The solvability problem asks whether the demands of all the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-12-18 Maximilien Gadouleau , Adrien Richard , Eric Fanchon

To address growth challenges facing large Data Centers and supercomputing clusters a new construction is presented for scalable, high throughput, low latency networks. The resulting networks require 1.5-5 times fewer switches, 2-6 times…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-03-25 Ratko V. Tomic

We consider linear network error correction (LNEC) coding when errors may occur on edges of a communication network of which the topology is known. In this paper, we first revisit and explore the framework of LNEC coding, and then unify two…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-03-16 Xuan Guang , Raymond W. Yeung

Many problems of interest for cyber-physical network systems can be formulated as Mixed-Integer Linear Programs in which the constraints are distributed among the agents. In this paper we propose a distributed algorithmic framework to solve…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-06-05 Andrea Testa , Alessandro Rucco , Giuseppe Notarstefano

This paper introduces a framework to capture previously intractable optimization constraints and transform them to a mixed-integer linear program, through the use of neural networks. We encode the feasible space of optimization problems…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-07-15 Ilgiz Murzakhanov , Andreas Venzke , George S. Misyris , Spyros Chatzivasileiadis

In this paper, we propose a methodology to compute the optimal finite-length coding rate for random linear network coding schemes over a line network. To do so, we first model the encoding, reencoding, and decoding process of different…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-05-16 Tan Do-Duy , M. Ángeles Vázquez-Castro

It is already known that in multicast (single source, multiple sinks) network, random linear network coding can achieve the maximum flow upper bound. In this paper, we investigate how random linear network coding behaves in general…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2012-10-09 Yuan Li

When two or more users in a wireless network transmit simultaneously, their electromagnetic signals are linearly superimposed on the channel. As a result, a receiver that is interested in one of these signals sees the others as unwanted…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2011-03-01 Bobak Nazer , Michael Gastpar

The minimum cost flow problem is one of the most studied network optimization problems and appears in numerous applications. Some efficient algorithms exist for this problem, which are freely available in the form of libraries or software…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-10-06 Philipp Herrmann , Anna Meyer , Stefan Ruzika , Luca E. Schäfer , Fabian von der Warth

In this paper, we generalize the minimum flow decomposition problem (MFD) to incorporate uncertain edge capacities and tackle it from the perspective of robust optimization. In the classical flow decomposition problem, a network flow is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-17 Moritz Stinzendörfer , Philine Schiewe , Fabricio Oliveira

We study an incremental network design problem, where in each time period of the planning horizon an arc can be added to the network and a maximum flow problem is solved, and where the objective is to maximize the cumulative flow over the…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2014-12-12 Thomas Kalinowski , Dmytro Matsypura , Martin W. P. Savelsbergh

Many problems of interest for cyber-physical network systems can be formulated as Mixed Integer Linear Programs in which the constraints are distributed among the agents. In this paper we propose a distributed algorithm to solve this class…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-12-06 Andrea Testa , Alessandro Rucco , Giuseppe Notarstefano

Link and node failures are two common fundamental problems that affect operational networks. Protection of communication networks against such failures is essential for maintaining network reliability and performance. Network protection…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2010-08-26 Salah A. Aly , Ahmed E. Kamal , Anwar I. Walid

In recent years, network coding has emerged as an innovative method that helps wireless network approaches its maximum capacity, by combining multiple unicasts in one broadcast. However, the majority of research conducted in this area is…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-01-09 Somayeh Kafaie , Yuanzhu Chen , Mohamed Hossam Ahmed , Octavia A. Dobre

Random linear network coding (RLNC) in theory achieves the max-flow capacity of multicast networks, at the cost of high decoding complexity. To improve the performance-complexity tradeoff, we consider the design of sparse network codes. A…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-04-20 Ye Li , Wai-Yip Chan , Steven D. Blostein

The problem of computing a linear combination of sources over a multiple access channel is studied. Inner and outer bounds on the optimal tradeoff between the communication rates are established when encoding is restricted to random…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-10-30 Pinar Sen , Sung Hoon Lim , Young-Han Kim