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We design new approximation algorithms for the problems of optimizing submodular and supermodular functions subject to a single matroid constraint. Specifically, we consider the case in which we wish to maximize a nondecreasing submodular…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-12-15 Maxim Sviridenko , Jan Vondrák , Justin Ward

In this paper we study submodular maximization under a matroid constraint in the adaptive complexity model. This model was recently introduced in the context of submodular optimization in [BS18a] to quantify the information theoretic…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-11-09 Eric Balkanski , Aviad Rubinstein , Yaron Singer

We consider the problem of maximizing a submodular function with access to a noisy value oracle for the function instead of an exact value oracle. Similar to prior work, we assume that the noisy oracle is persistent in that multiple calls…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-01-01 Kshipra Bhawalkar , Yang Cai , Zhe Feng , Christopher Liaw , Tao Lin

Constrained submodular maximization problems have long been studied, with near-optimal results known under a variety of constraints when the submodular function is monotone. The case of non-monotone submodular maximization is less…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2010-10-07 Anupam Gupta , Aaron Roth , Grant Schoenebeck , Kunal Talwar

We consider the problem of multi-objective maximization of monotone submodular functions subject to cardinality constraint, often formulated as $\max_{|A|=k}\min_{i\in\{1,\dots,m\}}f_i(A)$. While it is widely known that greedy methods work…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-05-04 Rajan Udwani

We study the problem of maximizing a non-negative monotone $k$-submodular function $f$ under a knapsack constraint, where a $k$-submodular function is a natural generalization of a submodular function to $k$ dimensions. We present a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-08-04 Zhongzheng Tang , Chenhao Wang , Hau Chan

We investigate a more generalized form of submodular maximization, referred to as $k$-submodular maximization, with applications across social networks and machine learning domains. In this work, we propose the multilinear extension of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-09-13 Lingxiao Huang , Baoxiang Wang , Huanjian Zhou

Submodular optimization has become increasingly prominent in machine learning and fairness has drawn much attention. In this paper, we propose to study the fair $k$-submodular maximization problem and develop a $\frac{1}{3}$-approximation…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-11-11 Yanhui Zhu , Samik Basu , A. Pavan

In this work we present the first practical $\left(\frac{1}{e}-\epsilon\right)$-approximation algorithm to maximise a general non-negative submodular function subject to a matroid constraint. Our algorithm is based on combining the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-03-22 Pau Segui-Gasco , Hyo-Sang Shin

Submodular maximization is a general optimization problem with a wide range of applications in machine learning (e.g., active learning, clustering, and feature selection). In large-scale optimization, the parallel running time of an…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-04-11 Matthew Fahrbach , Vahab Mirrokni , Morteza Zadimoghaddam

As the scales of data sets expand rapidly in some application scenarios, increasing efforts have been made to develop fast submodular maximization algorithms. This paper presents a currently the most efficient algorithm for maximizing…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-11-20 Teng Li , Hyo-Sang Shin , Antonios Tsourdos

We consider fast algorithms for monotone submodular maximization subject to a matroid constraint. We assume that the matroid is given as input in an explicit form, and the goal is to obtain the best possible running times for important…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-11-20 Alina Ene , Huy L. Nguyen

We study the problem of maximizing a monotone submodular function subject to a matroid constraint and present a deterministic algorithm that achieves (1/2 + {\epsilon})-approximation for the problem. This algorithm is the first…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-07-17 Niv Buchbinder , Moran Feldman , Mohit Garg

We consider the problem of maximizing a monotone submodular function subject to a knapsack constraint. Our main contribution is an algorithm that achieves a nearly-optimal, $1 - 1/e - \epsilon$ approximation, using…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-11-20 Alina Ene , Huy L. Nguyen

Submodular maximization constitutes a prominent research topic in combinatorial optimization and theoretical computer science, with extensive applications across diverse domains. While substantial advancements have been achieved in…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-03-17 Shengminjie Chen , Yiwei Gao , Kaifeng Lin , Xiaoming Sun , Jialin Zhang

We study the problem of maximizing a monotone submodular function subject to a matroid constraint, and present for it a deterministic non-oblivious local search algorithm that has an approximation guarantee of $1 - 1/e - \varepsilon$ (for…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-09-18 Niv Buchbinder , Moran Feldman

The problem of maximizing a constrained monotone set function has many practical applications and generalizes many combinatorial problems. Unfortunately, it is generally not possible to maximize a monotone set function up to an acceptable…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-08-29 Moran Feldman , Rani Izsak

We consider a monotone submodular maximization problem whose constraint is described by a logic formula on a graph. Formally, we prove the following three `algorithmic metatheorems.' (1) If the constraint is specified by a monadic…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-07-13 Masakazu Ishihata , Takanori Maehara , Tomas Rigaux

Submodularity is one of the most important property of combinatorial optimization, and $k$-submodularity is a generalization of submodularity. Maximization of $k$-submodular function is NP-hard, and approximation algorithms are studied. For…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-02-16 Hiroki Oshima

We study the following problem: Given a variable of interest, we would like to find a best linear predictor for it by choosing a subset of $k$ relevant variables obeying a matroid constraint. This problem is a natural generalization of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-01-19 Theophile Thiery , Justin Ward