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The goal of this paper is to understand how exponential-time approximation algorithms can be obtained from existing polynomial-time approximation algorithms, existing parameterized exact algorithms, and existing parameterized approximation…

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In multi-objective optimization, computing the entire non-dominated set (also known as the Pareto front or the Pareto frontier) is often intractable. However, for any multiplicative factor greater than one, an approximation set can be…

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Given a redundant dictionary $\Phi$, represented by an $M \times N$ matrix ($\Phi \in \mathbb{R}^{M \times N}$) and a target signal $y \in \mathbb{R}^M$, the \emph{sparse approximation problem} asks to find an approximate representation of…

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We study several questions related to diversifying search results. We give improved approximation algorithms in each of the following problems, together with some lower bounds. - We give a polynomial-time approximation scheme (PTAS) for a…

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We present a series of almost settled inapproximability results for three fundamental problems. The first in our series is the subexponential-time inapproximability of the maximum independent set problem, a question studied in the area of…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2013-08-20 Parinya Chalermsook , Bundit Laekhanukit , Danupon Nanongkai

In this paper we study a polynomial time algorithms that for an input $A\subseteq {B_m}$ outputs a decision tree for $A$ of minimum depth. This problem has many applications that include, to name a few, computer vision, group testing, exact…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-02-02 Nader H. Bshouty , Waseem Makhoul

Papadimitriou and Yannakakis show that the polynomial-time solvability of a certain singleobjective problem determines the class of multiobjective optimization problems that admit a polynomial-time computable $(1+\varepsilon, \dots ,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-08-29 Arne Herzel , Cristina Bazgan , Stefan Ruzika , Clemens Thielen , Daniel Vanderpooten

We study a class of polynomial optimization problems with a robust polynomial matrix inequality (PMI) constraint where the uncertainty set itself is defined also by a PMI. These can be viewed as matrix generalizations of semi-infinite…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-10-10 Feng Guo , Jie Wang

We show that the shadow vertex simplex algorithm can be used to solve linear programs in strongly polynomial time with respect to the number $n$ of variables, the number $m$ of constraints, and $1/\delta$, where $\delta$ is a parameter that…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-12-18 Tobias Brunsch , Anna Großwendt , Heiko Röglin

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

We consider the NP-hard problem of minimizing a convex quadratic function over the integer lattice ${\bf Z}^n$. We present a simple semidefinite programming (SDP) relaxation for obtaining a nontrivial lower bound on the optimal value of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-03-16 Jaehyun Park , Stephen Boyd

The problem of minimizing a polynomial over a set of polynomial inequalities is an NP-hard non-convex problem. Thanks to powerful results from real algebraic geometry, one can convert this problem into a nested sequence of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-08-26 Victor Magron , Jie Wang

We introduce the \emph{submodular objectives chasing problem}, which generalizes many natural and previously-studied problems: a sequence of constrained submodular maximization problems is revealed over time, with both the objective and…

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It is known that the multiplication of an $N \times M$ matrix with an $M \times P$ matrix can be performed using fewer multiplications than what the naive $NMP$ approach suggests. The most famous instance of this is Strassen's algorithm for…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-07-18 Arnaud Deza , Chang Liu , Pashootan Vaezipoor , Elias B. Khalil

In this paper we present a deterministic polynomial time algorithm for testing if a symbolic matrix in non-commuting variables over $\mathbb{Q}$ is invertible or not. The analogous question for commuting variables is the celebrated…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2019-01-25 Ankit Garg , Leonid Gurvits , Rafael Oliveira , Avi Wigderson

We study a mixed integer linear program with m integer variables and k non-negative continuous variables in the form of the relaxation of the corner polyhedron that was introduced by Andersen, Louveaux, Weismantel and Wolsey [Inequalities…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-07-27 Amitabh Basu , Robert Hildebrand , Matthias Köppe

We give a strongly polynomial-time algorithm for integer linear programs defined by integer coefficient matrices whose subdeterminants are bounded by a constant and that contain at most two nonzero entries in each row. The core of our…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-01-31 Samuel Fiorini , Gwenaël Joret , Stefan Weltge , Yelena Yuditsky

We settle the computational complexity of fundamental questions related to multicriteria integer linear programs, when the dimensions of the strategy space and of the outcome space are considered fixed constants. In particular we construct:…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-01-03 Jesús A. De Loera , Raymond Hemmecke , Matthias Köppe

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…

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