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We study a generalization of the advice complexity model of online computation in which the advice is provided by an untrusted source. Our objective is to quantify the impact of untrusted advice so as to design and analyze online algorithms…

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Stochastic optimization is one of the central problems in Machine Learning and Theoretical Computer Science. In the standard model, the algorithm is given a fixed distribution known in advance. In practice though, one may acquire at a cost…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-06-07 Mingchen Ma , Christos Tzamos

Algorithms with predictions} has emerged as a powerful framework to combine the robustness of traditional online algorithms with the data-driven performance benefits of machine-learned (ML) predictions. However, most existing approaches in…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-10-17 Sizhe Li , Nicolas Christianson , Tongxin Li

A popular line of recent research incorporates ML advice in the design of online algorithms to improve their performance in typical instances. These papers treat the ML algorithm as a black-box, and redesign online algorithms to take…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-05-19 Keerti Anand , Rong Ge , Debmalya Panigrahi

We study the design of risk-sensitive online algorithms, in which risk measures are used in the competitive analysis of randomized online algorithms. We introduce the CVaR$_\delta$-competitive ratio ($\delta$-CR) using the conditional…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-05-28 Nicolas Christianson , Bo Sun , Steven Low , Adam Wierman

We consider the Online Rent Minimization problem, where online jobs with release times, deadlines, and processing times must be scheduled on machines that can be rented for a fixed length period of $T$. The objective is to minimize the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-07-03 Enze Sun , Zonghan Yang , Yuhao Zhang

This thesis explores the benefits machine learning algorithms can bring to online planning and scheduling for autonomous vehicles in off-road situations. Mainly, we focus on typical problems of interest which include computing itineraries…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-08-03 Kevin Osanlou

Pricing a rental property on Airbnb is a challenging task for the owner as it determines the number of customers for the place. On the other hand, customers have to evaluate an offered price with minimal knowledge of an optimal value for…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-09-08 Pouya Rezazadeh Kalehbasti , Liubov Nikolenko , Hoormazd Rezaei

We study the optimal solution to a general two-slope ski rental problem with a tail risk, i.e., the chance of the competitive ratio exceeding a value $\gamma$ is bounded by $\delta$. This extends the recent study of tail bounds for ski…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-08-14 Qiming Cui , Michael Dinitz

We study the power of (competitive) algorithms with predictions in a multiagent setting. We introduce a two predictor framework, that assumes that agents use one predictor for their future (self) behavior, and one for the behavior of the…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-07-18 Gabriel Istrate , Cosmin Bonchis , Victor Bogdan

Urban transportation and land use models have used theory and statistical modeling methods to develop model systems that are useful in planning applications. Machine learning methods have been considered too 'black box', lacking…

Econometrics · Economics 2020-12-01 Paul Waddell , Arezoo Besharati-Zadeh

We study the power of (competitive) algorithms with predictions in a multiagent setting. To this goal, we introduce a multiagent version of the ski-rental problem. In this problem agents can collaborate by pooling resources to get a group…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-07-15 Gabriel Istrate , Cosmin Bonchiş , Victor Bogdan

The co-existence of small cell base stations (SBSs) with conventional macrocell base station is a promising approach to boost the capacity and coverage of cellular networks. However, densifying the network with a viral deployment of SBSs…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-03-14 Gilsoo Lee , Walid Saad , Mehdi Bennis , Abolfazl Mehbodniya , Fumiyuki Adachi

Designing online algorithms with machine learning predictions is a recent technique beyond the worst-case paradigm for various practically relevant online problems (scheduling, caching, clustering, ski rental, etc.). While most previous…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-12-25 Enikő Kevi , Kim-Thang Nguyen

We consider an online version of the well-studied network utility maximization problem, where users arrive one by one and an operator makes irrevocable decisions for each user without knowing the details of future arrivals. We propose a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-01-27 Ying Cao , Bo Sun , Danny H. K. Tsang

A burgeoning paradigm in algorithm design is the field of algorithms with predictions, in which algorithms can take advantage of a possibly-imperfect prediction of some aspect of the problem. While much work has focused on using predictions…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-10-18 Mikhail Khodak , Maria-Florina Balcan , Ameet Talwalkar , Sergei Vassilvitskii

Rental-based business models and increasing sustainability requirements intensify the need for efficient strategies to manage large machine and vehicle fleet renewal and upgrades. Optimized fleet upgrade strategies maximize overall utility,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-08-11 Kenrick Howin Chai , Stefan Hildebrand , Tobias Lachnit , Martin Benfer , Gisela Lanza , Sandra Klinge

Given the rapid rise in energy demand by data centers and computing systems in general, it is fundamental to incorporate energy considerations when designing (scheduling) algorithms. Machine learning can be a useful approach in practice by…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-12-07 Antonios Antoniadis , Peyman Jabbarzade Ganje , Golnoosh Shahkarami

In software engineering, software maintenance is the process of correction, updating, and improvement of software products after handed over to the customer. Through offshore software maintenance outsourcing clients can get advantages like…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-03-03 Atif Ikram , Masita Abdul Jalil , Amir Bin Ngah , Ahmad Salman Khan , Tahir Iqbal

In this paper, we study learning-augmented algorithms for the Bahncard problem. The Bahncard problem is a generalization of the ski-rental problem, where a traveler needs to irrevocably and repeatedly decide between a cheap short-term…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-10-22 Hailiang Zhao , Xueyan Tang , Peng Chen , Shuiguang Deng