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The discrete $\alpha$-neighbor $p$-center problem (d-$\alpha$-$p$CP) is an emerging variant of the classical $p$-center problem which recently got attention in literature. In this problem, we are given a discrete set of points and we need…
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We investigate approximation algorithms for several fundamental optimization problems on geometric packing. The geometric objects considered are very generic, namely $d$-dimensional convex fat objects. Our main contribution is a versatile…
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We apply the generalized sphere-packing bound to two classes of subblock-constrained codes. A la Fazeli et al. (2015), we made use of automorphism to significantly reduce the number of variables in the associated linear programming problem.…
Knapsack problems are classic models that can formulate a wide range of applications. In this work, we deal with the Budgeted Maximum Coverage Problem (BMCP), which is a generalized 0-1 knapsack problem. Given a set of items with…
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We consider the task of decentralized minimization of the sum of smooth strongly convex functions stored across the nodes of a network. For this problem, lower bounds on the number of gradient computations and the number of communication…
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Solving exactly Combinatorial Optimization Problems (COPs) using a Branch-and-Bound (B&B) algorithm requires a huge amount of computational resources. Therefore, we recently investigated designing B&B algorithms on top of graphics…
The geometrical features of the (non-convex) loss landscape of neural network models are crucial in ensuring successful optimization and, most importantly, the capability to generalize well. While minimizers' flatness consistently…
We use computational experiments to find the rectangles of minimum area into which a given number n of non-overlapping congruent circles can be packed. No assumption is made on the shape of the rectangles. Most of the packings found have…
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Correlation clustering is a central topic in unsupervised learning, with many applications in ML and data mining. In correlation clustering, one receives as input a signed graph and the goal is to partition it to minimize the number of…
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