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We provide new approximation guarantees for greedy low rank matrix estimation under standard assumptions of restricted strong convexity and smoothness. Our novel analysis also uncovers previously unknown connections between the low rank…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2017-03-09 Rajiv Khanna , Ethan Elenberg , Alexandros G. Dimakis , Sahand Negahban

We show for several computational problems how classical greedy algorithms for special cases can be derived in a simple way from dynamic programs for the general case: interval scheduling (restricted to unit weights), knapsack (restricted…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-02-26 Dieter van Melkebeek

In this article, we present a greedy algorithm based on a tensor product decomposition, whose aim is to compute the global minimum of a strongly convex energy functional. We prove the convergence of our method provided that the gradient of…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2015-03-13 Eric Cances , Virginie Ehrlacher , Tony Lelievre

We continue with the study of greedy-type bases in quasi-Banach spaces started in [3]. In this paper, we study partially-greedy bases focusing our attention in two main results: -Characterization of partially-greedy bases in quasi-Banach…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2020-04-03 Pablo M. Berná

We consider the optimal coverage problem where a multi-agent network is deployed in an environment with obstacles to maximize a joint event detection probability. The objective function of this problem is non-convex and no global optimum is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-08-15 Xinmiao Sun , Christos G. Cassandras , Xiangyu Meng

We study the approximability of the maximum size independent set (MIS) problem in bounded degree graphs. This is one of the most classic and widely studied NP-hard optimization problems. We focus on the well known minimum degree greedy…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-02-03 Piotr Krysta , Mathieu Mari , Nan Zhi

In nonlinear greedy approximation theory, bidemocratic bases have traditionally played the role of dualizing democratic, greedy, quasi-greedy, or almost greedy bases. In this article we shift the viewpoint and study them for their own sake,…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2021-06-01 Fernando Albiac , Jose L. Ansorena , Miguel Berasategui , Pablo M. Berna , Silvia Lassalle

In their seminal paper, Alth\"{o}fer et al. (DCG 1993) introduced the {\em greedy spanner} and showed that, for any weighted planar graph $G$, the weight of the greedy $(1+\epsilon)$-spanner is at most $(1+\frac{2}{\epsilon}) \cdot…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-10-23 Hung Le , Shay Solomon , Cuong Than , Csaba D. Tóth , Tianyi Zhang

A base for a permutation group $G$ acting on a set $\Omega$ is a sequence $\mathcal{B}$ of points of $\Omega$ such that the pointwise stabiliser $G_{\mathcal{B}}$ is trivial. Denote the minimum size of a base for $G$ by $b(G)$. There is a…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2024-08-27 Coen del Valle

We consider parametrized linear-quadratic optimal control problems and provide their online-efficient solutions by combining greedy reduced basis methods and machine learning algorithms. To this end, we first extend the greedy control…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-07-31 Hendrik Kleikamp , Martin Lazar , Cesare Molinari

Setcover greedy algorithm is a natural approximation algorithm for test set problem. This paper gives a precise and tighter analysis of performance guarantee of this algorithm. The author improves the performance guarantee $2\ln n$ which…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2011-03-08 Peng Cui

One classical result in greedy approximation theory is that almost-greedy and semi-greedy bases are equivalent in the context of Schauder bases in Banach spaces with finite cotype. This result was proved by S. J. Dilworth, N. J. Kalton and…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2019-03-01 Pablo M. Berná

We consider the problem of sparse atomic optimization, where the notion of "sparsity" is generalized to meaning some linear combination of few atoms. The definition of atomic set is very broad; popular examples include the standard basis,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-12-30 Thomas Zhang

For many popular graph metric sparsifiers, such as spanners, emulators, and preservers, simple and elegant greedy algorithms are known that achieve state-of-the-art or existentially optimal tradeoffs between size and quality. The goal of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-04-28 Ben Bals , Joakim Blikstad , Greg Bodwin , Daniel Dadush , Sebastian Forster , Yasamin Nazari

Set Cover is a classic NP-hard problem; as shown by Slav\'{i}k (1997) the greedy algorithm gives an approximation ratio of $\ln n - \ln \ln n + \Theta(1)$. A series of works by Lund \& Yannakakis (1994), Feige (1998), Moshkovitz (2015) have…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-02-17 David G. Harris

I provide a novel approach to characterizing the set of interim realizable allocations, in the spirit of Matthews (1984) and Border (1991). The approach allows me to identify precisely why exact characterizations are difficult to obtain in…

Theoretical Economics · Economics 2022-10-11 Quitzé Valenzuela-Stookey

The fact that finite direct sums of two or more mutually different spaces from the family $\{\ell_{p} : 1\le p<\infty\}\cup c_{0}$ fail to have greedy bases is stated in [Dilworth et al., Greedy bases for Besov spaces, Constr. Approx. 34…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2014-01-21 Fernando Albiac , José L. Ansorena

Let $0 < \theta \leqslant 1$. A sequence of positive integers $(b_n)_{n=1}^\infty$ is called a weak greedy approximation of $\theta$ if $\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}1/b_n = \theta$. We introduce the weak greedy approximation algorithm (WGAA), which,…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-05-31 Hung Viet Chu

The classical problem of maximizing a submodular function under a matroid constraint is considered. Defining a new measure for the increments made by the greedy algorithm at each step, called the discriminant, improved approximation ratio…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-10-31 Nived Rajaraman , Rahul Vaze

Partially greedy bases in Banach spaces were introduced by Dilworth et al. as a strictly weaker notion than the (almost) greedy bases. In this paper, we study two natural ways to strengthen the definition of partial greediness. The first…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2023-02-07 Miguel Berasategui , Pablo M. Berná , Hung Viet Chu