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The online weighted matching problem is a fundamental problem in machine learning due to its numerous applications. Despite many efforts in this area, existing algorithms are either too slow or don't take $\mathrm{deadline}$ (the longest…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-02-19 Zhao Song , Weixin Wang , Chenbo Yin , Junze Yin

We consider max-weighted matching with costs for learning the weights, modeled as a "Pandora's Box" on each endpoint of an edge. Each vertex has an initially-unknown value for being matched to a neighbor, and an algorithm must pay some cost…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-06-30 Robin Bowers , Bo Waggoner

Finding a maximum-weight matching is a classical and well-studied problem in computer science, solvable in cubic time in general graphs. We consider the specialization called assignment problem where the input is a bipartite graph, and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-10-15 Romaric Duvignau , Noël Gillet , Ralf Klasing

We propose a model for online graph problems where algorithms are given access to an oracle that predicts (e.g., based on modeling assumptions or on past data) the degrees of nodes in the graph. Within this model, we study the classic…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-11-16 Anders Aamand , Justin Y. Chen , Piotr Indyk

The $b$-matching problem is an allocation problem where the vertices on the left-hand side of a bipartite graph, referred to as servers, may be matched multiple times. In the setting with stochastic rewards, an assignment between an…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-11-27 Susanne Albers , Sebastian Schubert

Consider the following generalization of the classic binary search problem: A searcher is required to find a hidden target vertex $x$ in a graph $G$. To do so, they iteratively perform queries to an oracle, each about a chosen vertex $v$.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-03-17 Michał Szyfelbein

The online bipartite matching problem has offline buyers desiring to be matched to online items. The analysis of online bipartite matching of Eden et al. (2021) is a smoothness proof (Syrgkanis and Tardos, 2013). Moreover, it can be…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2023-08-01 Jason Hartline

We consider the online minimum cost matching problem on the line, in which there are $n$ servers and, at each of $n$ time steps, a request arrives and must be irrevocably matched to a server that has not yet been matched to, with the goal…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-03-28 Eric Balkanski , Yuri Faenza , Noemie Perivier

We introduce a fully online model of maximum cardinality matching in which all vertices arrive online. On the arrival of a vertex, its incident edges to previously-arrived vertices are revealed. Each vertex has a deadline that is after all…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-02-13 Zhiyi Huang , Ning Kang , Zhihao Gavin Tang , Xiaowei Wu , Yuhao Zhang , Xue Zhu

In this paper, we study the Maximum Vertex-weighted $b$-Matching (MVbM) problem on bipartite graphs in a new game-theoretical environment. In contrast to other game-theoretical settings, we consider the case in which the value of the tasks…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2023-07-25 Gennaro Auricchio , Jie Zhang

We study Matching and other related problems in a partial information setting where the agents' utilities for being matched to other agents are hidden and the mechanism only has access to ordinal preference information. Our model is…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2016-08-03 Elliot Anshelevich , Shreyas Sekar

We define and study greedy matchings in vertex-ordered bipartite graphs. It is shown that each vertex-ordered bipartite graph has a unique greedy matching. The proof uses (a weak form of) Newman's lemma. The vertex ordering is called a…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2024-02-13 Hans U. Simon

While online bipartite matching has gained significant attention in recent years, existing analyses in stochastic settings fail to capture the performance of algorithms on heterogeneous graphs, such as those incorporating inter-group…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-06-06 Maria Cherifa , Clément Calauzènes , Vianney Perchet

We study a natural combinatorial pricing problem for sequentially arriving buyers with equal budgets. Each buyer is interested in exactly one pair of items and purchases this pair if and only if, upon arrival, both items are still available…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2023-02-24 Christoph Dürr , Mathieu Mari , Ulrike Schmidt-Kraepelin

Online graph problems are considered in models where the irrevocability requirement is relaxed. Motivated by practical examples where, for example, there is a cost associated with building a facility and no extra cost associated with doing…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-05-01 Joan Boyar , Lene M. Favrholdt , Kim S. Larsen , Michal Kotrbčík

In this paper, we study max-weight stochastic matchings on online bipartite graphs under both vertex and edge arrivals. We focus on designing polynomial time approximation algorithms with respect to the online benchmark, which was first…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-06-06 Mark Braverman , Mahsa Derakhshan , Antonio Molina Lovett

The Adwords and Online Bipartite Matching problems have enjoyed a renewed attention over the past decade due to their connection to Internet advertising. Our community has contributed, among other things, new models (notably stochastic) and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-06-28 Yajun Wang , Sam Chiu-wai Wong

We analyze the (parameterized) computational complexity of "fair" variants of bipartite many-to-one matching, where each vertex from the "left" side is matched to exactly one vertex and each vertex from the "right" side may be matched to…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-07-12 Niclas Boehmer , Tomohiro Koana

Online matching and its variants are some of the most fundamental problems in the online algorithms literature. In this paper, we study the online weighted bipartite matching problem. Karp et al. (STOC 1990) gave an elegant algorithm in the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-11-22 Matthew Fahrbach , Morteza Zadimoghaddam

We consider the (offline) vertex-weighted Online Matching problem under Known Identical and Independent Distributions (KIID) with integral arrival rates. We propose a meta-algorithm, denoted as $\mathsf{RTB}$, featuring Real-Time Boosting,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-03-20 Pan Xu