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We consider the problem of subspace clustering: given points that lie on or near the union of many low-dimensional linear subspaces, recover the subspaces. To this end, one first identifies sets of points close to the same subspace and uses…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2014-11-03 Dohyung Park , Constantine Caramanis , Sujay Sanghavi

We study a popular algorithm for fitting polynomial curves to scattered data based on the least squares with gradient weights. We show that sometimes this algorithm admits a substantial reduction of complexity, and, furthermore, find…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2010-08-12 N. Chernov , C. Lesort , N. Simanyi

Clustering can be defined as the process of assembling objects into a number of groups whose elements are similar to each other in some manner. As a technique that is used in many domains, such as face clustering, plant categorization,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-04-05 Mehmet F. Demirel , Enrico Au-Yeung

We consider packings of congruent circles on a square flat torus, i.e., periodic (w.r.t. a square lattice) planar circle packings, with the maximal circle radius. This problem is interesting due to a practical reason - the problem of "super…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2016-07-21 Oleg R. Musin , Anton V. Nikitenko

We study the problem of high-dimensional multiple packing in Euclidean space. Multiple packing is a natural generalization of sphere packing and is defined as follows. Let $ N>0 $ and $ L\in\mathbb{Z}_{\ge2} $. A multiple packing is a set…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2022-11-10 Yihan Zhang , Shashank Vatedka

This paper discusses the problem of placing weighted items in a circular container in two-dimensional space. This problem is of great practical significance in various mechanical engineering domains, such as the design of communication…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2010-01-26 Yi-Chun Xu , Fang-Min Dong , Yong Liu , Ren-Bin Xiao , Martyn Amos

Since the Bin Packing Problem (BPP) is one of the main NP-hard problems, a lot of approximation algorithms have been suggested for it. It has been proven that the best algorithm for BPP has the approximation ratio of 3/2 and the time order…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2016-10-28 Abdolahad Noori Zehmakan

During the last few years several new results on packing problems were obtained using a blend of tools from semidefinite optimization, polynomial optimization, and harmonic analysis. We survey some of these results and the techniques…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-02-10 Fernando Mário de Oliveira Filho , Frank Vallentin

We study the optimal packing of hard spheres in an infinitely long cylinder, using simulated annealing, and compare our results with the analogous problem of packing disks on the unrolled surface of a cylinder. The densest structures are…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-06-04 A. Mughal , H. K. Chan , D. Weaire , S. Hutzler

Circle packings are arrangement of circles satisfying specified tangency requirements. Many problems about packing of circles and spheres occur in nature particularly in material design and protein structure. Surprisingly, little is known…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2025-09-03 Robert Connelly , Zhen Zhang

We investigate a new model for partitioning a set of items into groups (clusters). The number of groups is given and the distances between items are well defined. These distances may include weights. The sum of the distances between all…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-12-20 Pawel Kalczynski , Zvi Goldstein , Zvi Drezner

Clustering is a fundamental technique in data analysis and machine learning, used to group similar data points together. Among various clustering methods, the Minimum Sum-of-Squares Clustering (MSSC) is one of the most widely used. MSSC…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-08 Anna Livia Croella , Veronica Piccialli , Antonio M. Sudoso

We consider the {\em clustering with diversity} problem: given a set of colored points in a metric space, partition them into clusters such that each cluster has at least $\ell$ points, all of which have distinct colors. We give a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2010-04-22 Jian Li , Ke Yi , Qin Zhang

Packing is a complex phenomenon of prominence in many natural and industrial processes (liquid crystals, granular materials, infiltration, melting, flow, sintering, segregation, sedimentation, compaction, etc.). A variety of computational…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2012-05-31 Danilo Sergi , Claudio D'Angelo , Giulio Scocchi , Alberto Ortona

This is the fifth in a series of papers giving a proof of the Kepler conjecture, which asserts that the density of a packing of congruent spheres in three dimensions is never greater than $\pi/\sqrt{18}\approx 0.74048...$. This is the…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Thomas C. Hales

Co-clustering simultaneously clusters rows and columns, revealing more fine-grained groups. However, existing co-clustering methods suffer from poor scalability and cannot handle large-scale data. This paper presents a novel and scalable…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-03-20 Zihan Wu , Zhaoke Huang , Hong Yan

In container terminal yards, the Container Rehandling Problem (CRP) involves rearranging containers between stacks under specific operational rules, and it is a pivotal optimization challenge in intelligent container scheduling systems.…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-04-22 Ruoqi Wang , Jiawei Li

This work investigates dense packings of congruent hard infinitesimally--thin circular arcs in the two-dimensional Euclidean space. It focuses on those denotable as major whose subtended angle $\theta \in \left ( \pi, 2\pi \right ]$.…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2020-10-28 Juan Pedro Ramírez González , Giorgio Cinacchi

In this work, we study the square min-sum bin packing problem (SMSBPP), where a list of square items has to be packed into indexed square bins of dimensions $1 \times 1$ with no overlap between the areas of the items. The bins are indexed…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-07-14 Rachel Vanucchi Saraiva , Rafael C. S. Schouery

Treemaps have been widely applied to the visualization of hierarchical data. A treemap takes a weighted tree and visualizes its leaves in a nested planar geometric shape, with sub-regions partitioned such that each sub-region has an area…

Graphics · Computer Science 2023-09-01 Mehdi Behroozi , Reyhaneh Mohammadi , Cody Dunne