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Submodular optimization is a special class of combinatorial optimization arising in several machine learning problems, but also in cooperative control of complex systems. In this paper, we consider agents in an asynchronous, unreliable and…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-12-17 Andrea Testa , Ivano Notarnicola , Giuseppe Notarstefano

We study the \emph{Submodular Welfare Problem} (SWP), where items are partitioned among agents with monotone submodular utilities to maximize the total welfare under \emph{bandit feedback}. Classical SWP assumes full value-oracle access,…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2026-02-19 Subham Pokhriyal , Shweta Jain , Vaneet Aggarwal

We consider the problem of maximizing a nonnegative (possibly non-monotone) submodular set function with or without constraints. Feige et al. [FOCS'07] showed a 2/5-approximation for the unconstrained problem and also proved that no…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2010-07-12 Shayan Oveis Gharan , Jan Vondrák

In this paper, we study the classic submodular maximization problem subject to a group equality constraint under both non-adaptive and adaptive settings. It has been shown that the utility function of many machine learning applications,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-08-30 Shaojie Tang , Jing Yuan

We study the problem of maximizing a monotone submodular set function subject to linear packing constraints. An instance of this problem consists of a matrix $A \in [0,1]^{m \times n}$, a vector $b \in [1,\infty)^m$, and a monotone…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2012-05-01 Yossi Azar , Iftah Gamzu

Submodularity is a fundamental phenomenon in combinatorial optimization. Submodular functions occur in a variety of combinatorial settings such as coverage problems, cut problems, welfare maximization, and many more. Therefore, a lot of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2011-11-08 Shaddin Dughmi

Existing multi-agent PPO algorithms lack compatibility with different types of parameter sharing when extending the theoretical guarantee of PPO to cooperative multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL). In this paper, we propose a novel and…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-10-10 Lang Feng , Dong Xing , Junru Zhang , Gang Pan

The submodular Santa Claus problem was introduced in a seminal work by Goemans, Harvey, Iwata, and Mirrokni (SODA'09) as an application of their structural result. In the mentioned problem $n$ unsplittable resources have to be assigned to…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-11-16 Etienne Bamas , Paritosh Garg , Lars Rohwedder

In recent years, multi-objective optimization (MOO) emerges as a foundational problem underpinning many multi-agent multi-task learning applications. However, existing algorithms in MOO literature remain limited to centralized learning…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-01-09 Haibo Yang , Zhuqing Liu , Jia Liu , Chaosheng Dong , Michinari Momma

Given a connected graph on whose edges we can build roads to connect the nodes, a number of agents hold possibly different perspectives on which edges should be selected by assigning different edge weights. Our task is to build a minimum…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2022-12-02 Bo Li , Xiaowei Wu , Chenyang Xu , Ruilong Zhang

We introduce the problem of minimal actuator placement in a linear control system so that a bound on the minimum control effort for a given state transfer is satisfied while controllability is ensured. We first show that this is an NP-hard…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2015-03-17 Vasileios Tzoumas , Mohammad Amin Rahimian , George J. Pappas , Ali Jadbabaie

While multi-agent systems have been shown to significantly enhance the performance of Large Language Models (LLMs) across various tasks and applications, the dense interaction between scaling agents potentially hampers their efficiency and…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-11-06 Dawei Li , Zhen Tan , Peijia Qian , Yifan Li , Kumar Satvik Chaudhary , Lijie Hu , Jiayi Shen

We study an abstract optimal auction problem for a single good or service. This problem includes environments where agents have budgets, risk preferences, or multi-dimensional preferences over several possible configurations of the good…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2012-03-23 Saeed Alaei , Hu Fu , Nima Haghpanah , Jason Hartline , Azarakhsh Malekian

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

This paper investigates the problem of cooperative tuning of multi-agent optimal control systems, where a network of agents (i.e. multiple coupled optimal control systems) adjusts parameters in their dynamics, objective functions, or…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-09-27 Zehui Lu , Wanxin Jin , Shaoshuai Mou , Brian D. O. Anderson

This study extends the recently-developed LaCAM algorithm for multi-agent pathfinding (MAPF). LaCAM is a sub-optimal search-based algorithm that uses lazy successor generation to dramatically reduce the planning effort. We present two…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-05-08 Keisuke Okumura

Submodular maximization is a classic algorithmic problem with multiple applications in data mining and machine learning; there, the growing need to deal with massive instances motivates the design of algorithms balancing the quality of the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-02-20 Georgios Amanatidis , Federico Fusco , Philip Lazos , Stefano Leonardi , Alberto Marchetti Spaccamela , Rebecca Reiffenhäuser

Recent advancements in automatic code generation using large language model (LLM) agent have brought us closer to the future of automated software development. However, existing single-agent approaches face limitations in generating and…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-04-04 Yoichi Ishibashi , Yoshimasa Nishimura

Large language models (LLMs) increasingly rely on multi-turn tool-integrated planning for knowledge-intensive and complex reasoning tasks. Existing implementations typically rely on a single agent, but they suffer from limited context…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-10-07 Zhanfeng Mo , Xingxuan Li , Yuntao Chen , Lidong Bing

This paper investigates a new hybridization of multi-objective particle swarm optimization (MOPSO) and cooperative agents (MOPSO-CA) to handle the problem of stagnation encounters in MOPSO, which leads solutions to trap in local optima. The…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2019-01-29 Najwa Kouka , Raja Fdhila , Adel M. Alimi