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In the setting of online algorithms, the input is initially not present but rather arrive one-by-one over time and after each input, the algorithm has to make a decision. Depending on the formulation of the problem, the algorithm might be…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-01-10 Mustafa Safa Ozdayi

Choosing a suitable algorithm from the myriads of different search heuristics is difficult when faced with a novel optimization problem. In this work, we argue that the purely academic question of what could be the best possible algorithm…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-12-07 Shouda Wang , Weijie Zheng , Benjamin Doerr

Future 5G wireless networks will rely on agile and automated network management, where the usage of diverse resources must be jointly optimized with surgical accuracy. A number of key wireless network functionalities (e.g., traffic…

We consider the classical online scheduling problem P||C_{max} in which jobs are released over list and provide a nearly optimal online algorithm. More precisely, an online algorithm whose competitive ratio is at most (1+\epsilon) times…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2013-02-19 Lin Chen , Deshi Ye , Guochuan Zhang

We present an adaptive online gradient descent algorithm to solve online convex optimization problems with long-term constraints , which are constraints that need to be satisfied when accumulated over a finite number of rounds T , but can…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2015-12-24 Rodolphe Jenatton , Jim Huang , Cédric Archambeau

An acceptable response time of a server is an important aspect in many client-server applications; this is evident in situations in which the server is overloaded by many computationally intensive requests. In this work, we consider that…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2018-02-09 István Módos , Přemysl Šůcha , Roman Václavík , Jan Smejkal , Zdeněk Hanzálek

In this study, we investigated several online and semi-online scheduling problems on two hierarchical machines with a common due date to maximize the total early work. For the pure online case, we designed an optimal online algorithm with a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-09-20 Man Xiao , Xiaoqiao Liu , Weidong Li , Xin Chen , Malgorzata Sterna , Jacek Blazewicz

We study online configuration selection with admission control problem, which arises in LLM serving, GPU scheduling, and revenue management. In a planning horizon with $T$ periods, we consider a two-layer framework for the decisions made…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-10 Owen Shen , Haoran Xu , Yinyu Ye , Peter Glynn , Patrick Jaillet

We consider online convex optimization (OCO) with multi-slot feedback delay, where an agent makes a sequence of online decisions to minimize the accumulation of time-varying convex loss functions, subject to short-term and long-term…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-08-17 Juncheng Wang , Ben Liang , Min Dong , Gary Boudreau , Hatem Abou-zeid

We consider an off-line optimisation problem where $k$ robots must service $n$ requests on a single line. A request $i$ has weight $w_i$ and takes place at time $t_i$ at location $d_i$ on the line. A robot can service a request and collect…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-12-01 A. Gkikas , T. Radzik

Online resource allocation under budget constraints critically depends on proper modeling of user arrival dynamics. Classical approaches employ stochastic user arrival models to derive near-optimal solutions through fractional matching…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2025-05-29 Bin Li , Diwei Liu , Zehong Hu , Jia Jia

This paper proposes online algorithms for dynamic matching markets in power distribution systems, which at any real-time operation instance decides about matching -- or delaying the supply of -- flexible loads with available renewable…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-07-17 Deepan Muthirayan , Masood Parvania , Pramod P. Khargonekar

Topology optimization has emerged as a popular approach to refine a component's design and increase its performance. However, current state-of-the-art topology optimization frameworks are compute-intensive, mainly due to multiple finite…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-10-27 Jaydeep Rade , Aditya Balu , Ethan Herron , Jay Pathak , Rishikesh Ranade , Soumik Sarkar , Adarsh Krishnamurthy

We present a unified framework for designing and analyzing algorithms for online budgeted allocation problems (including online matching) and their generalization, the Online Generalized Assignment Problem (OnGAP). These problems have been…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2013-08-27 Rad Niazadeh , Robert D. Kleinberg

We study the well-motivated problem of online distribution shift in which the data arrive in batches and the distribution of each batch can change arbitrarily over time. Since the shifts can be large or small, abrupt or gradual, the length…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-04-11 Dheeraj Baby , Boran Han , Shuai Zhang , Cuixiong Hu , Yuyang Wang , Yu-Xiang Wang

The online knapsack problem is a classic online resource allocation problem in networking and operations research. Its basic version studies how to pack online arriving items of different sizes and values into a capacity-limited knapsack.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-03-16 Bo Sun , Lin Yang , Mohammad Hajiesmaili , Adam Wierman , John C. S. Lui , Don Towsley , Danny H. K. Tsang

We consider online algorithms for the $k$-server problem on trees. There is a $k$-competitive algorithm for this problem, and it is the best competitive ratio. M. Chrobak and L. Larmore provided it. At the same time, the existing…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-05-02 Kamil Khadiev , Maxim Yagafarov

We study Online Convex Optimization (OCO) with adversarial constraints, where an online algorithm must make sequential decisions to minimize both convex loss functions and cumulative constraint violations. We focus on a setting where the…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2025-03-14 Jordan Lekeufack , Michael I. Jordan

In [1, 2], we have explored the theoretical aspects of feature extraction optimization processes for solving largescale problems and overcoming machine learning limitations. Majority of optimization algorithms that have been introduced in…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-08-28 Farid Ghareh Mohammadi , M. Hadi Amini , Hamid R. Arabnia

In this paper, we study $k$-Way Min-cost Perfect Matching with Delays - the $k$-MPMD problem. This problem considers a metric space with $n$ nodes. Requests arrive at these nodes in an online fashion. The task is to match these requests…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-09-15 Darya Melnyk , Yuyi Wang , Roger Wattenhofer