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A stationary Stokes problem with a piecewise constant viscosity coefficient in multiple subdomains is considered in the paper. For standard finite element pairs, a robust inf-sup condition is required to show the robustness of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-22 Yuxiang Liang , Shun Zhang

Robust discrete optimization is a highly active field of research where a plenitude of combinations between decision criteria, uncertainty sets and underlying nominal problems are considered. Usually, a robust problem becomes harder to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-01-14 Marc Goerigk , Mohammad Khosravi

We study set selection problems where the weights are uncertain. Instead of its exact weight, only an uncertainty interval containing its true weight is available for each element. In some cases, some solutions are universally optimal;…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-04-29 Christoph Dürr , Arturo Merino , José A. Soto , José Verschae

In this paper, we consider the weighted online set k-multicover problem. In this problem, we have a universe V of elements, a family S of subsets of V with a positive real cost for every set in S and a "coverage factor" (positive integer)…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-03-19 Piotr Berman , Bhaskar DasGupta

Nowadays, fast delivery services have created the need for high-density warehouses. The puzzle-based storage system is a practical way to enhance the storage density, however, facing difficulties in the retrieval process. In this work, a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-02-09 Jing He , Xinglu Liu , Qiyao Duan , Wai Kin Victor Chan , Mingyao Qi

A procedure and theoretical results are presented for the problem of determining a minimal robust positively invariant (RPI) set for a linear discrete-time system subject to unknown, bounded disturbances. The procedure computes, via the…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2016-07-22 Paul Trodden

In this paper, we address two minimal controllability problems, where the goal is to determine a minimal subset of state variables in a linear time-invariant system to be actuated to ensure controllability under additional constraints.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-04-20 Sergio Pequito , Guilherme Ramos , Soummya Kar , A. Pedro Aguiar , Jaime Ramos

We consider robust submodular maximization problems (RSMs), where given a set of $m$ monotone submodular objective functions, the robustness is with respect to the worst-case (scaled) objective function. The model we consider generalizes…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-06-12 Hsin-Yi Huang , Hao-Hsiang Wu , Simge Kucukyavuz

We study the minimum weight basis problem on matroid when elements' weights are uncertain. For each element we only know a set of possible values (an uncertainty area) that contains its real weight. In some cases there exist bases that are…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-04-29 Arturo I. Merino , José A. Soto

Robustness of linear systems with constant coefficients is considered. There exist methods and tools for analyzing the stability of systems with random or deterministic uncertainties. At the same time, there are no approaches for the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-12-08 Andrey Tremba

In this paper we present a new bound obtained with the probabilistic method for the solution of the Set Covering problem with unit costs. The bound is valid for problems of fixed dimension, thus extending previous similar asymptotic…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-07-18 Giovanni Felici , Sokol Ndreca , Aldo Procacci , Benedetto Scoppola

In this paper we examine multi-objective linear programming problems in the face of data uncertainty both in the objective function and the constraints. First, we derive a formula for radius of robust feasibility guaranteeing constraint…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-02-14 M. A. Goberna , V. Jeyakumar , G. Li , J. Vicente-Pérez

Robust optimization is becoming increasingly important in machine learning applications. In this paper, we study a unified framework of robust submodular optimization. We study this problem both from a minimization and maximization…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-03-22 Rishabh Iyer

This paper investigates the robust uncertain two-level cooperative set covering problem (RUTLCSCP). Given two types of facilities, which are called y-facility and z-facility. The problem is to decide which facilities of both types to be…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-03-31 Shuxin Ding , Qi Zhang , Zhiming Yuan

In this work, we propose a robust optimization approach to mitigate the impact of uncertainties in particle precipitation. Our model incorporates partial differential equations, more particular nonlinear and nonlocal population balance…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-08-03 Martina Kuchlbauer , Jana Dienstbier , Adeel Muneer , Hanna Hedges , Michael Stingl , Frauke Liers , Lukas Pflug

In submodular covering problems, we are given a monotone, nonnegative submodular function $f: 2^N \rightarrow\mathbb{R}_+$ and wish to find the min-cost set $S\subseteq N$ such that $f(S)=f(N)$. This captures SetCover when $f$ is a coverage…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-10-13 Anupam Gupta , Roie Levin

In robust optimization, the uncertainty set is used to model all possible outcomes of uncertain parameters. In the classic setting, one assumes that this set is provided by the decision maker based on the data available to her. Only…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-01-23 Trivikram Dokka , Marc Goerigk , Rahul Roy

Range Minimum Query (RMQ) is an important building brick of many compressed data structures and string matching algorithms. Although this problem is essentially solved in theory, with sophisticated data structures allowing for constant time…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-11-29 Tomasz Kowalski , Szymon Grabowski

In this paper the following selection problem is discussed. A set of $n$ items is given and we wish to choose a subset of exactly $p$ items of the minimum total cost. This problem is a special case of 0-1 knapsack in which all the item…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-08-15 Adam Kasperski , Pawel Zielinski

We consider two conceptually different approaches for assessing the reliability of the individual predictions of a classifier: Robustness Quantification (RQ) and Uncertainty Quantification (UQ). We compare both approaches on a number of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-18 Adrián Detavernier , Jasper De Bock