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This paper studies bandit convex optimization in non-stationary environments with two-point feedback, using dynamic regret as the performance measure. We propose an algorithm based on bandit mirror descent that extends naturally to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-26 Chang He , Bo Jiang , Shuzhong Zhang

We study the Convex Set Disjointness (CSD) problem, where two players have input sets taken from an arbitrary fixed domain~$U\subseteq \mathbb{R}^d$ of size $\lvert U\rvert = n$. Their mutual goal is to decide using minimum communication…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-09-10 Mark Braverman , Gillat Kol , Shay Moran , Raghuvansh R. Saxena

It is known that the curvature of the feasible set in convex optimization allows for algorithms with better convergence rates, and there has been renewed interest in this topic both for offline as well as online problems. In this paper,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-05-12 Marco Molinaro

This paper investigates online composite optimization in dynamic environments, where each objective or loss function contains a time-varying nondifferentiable regularizer. To resolve it, an online proximal gradient algorithm is studied for…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-03-24 Ruijie Hou , Xiuxian Li , Yang Shi

We consider a stochastic online problem where $n$ applicants arrive over time, one per time step. Upon arrival of each applicant their cost per time step is revealed, and we have to fix the duration of employment, starting immediately. This…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-05-31 Yann Disser , John Fearnley , Martin Gairing , Oliver Göbel , Max Klimm , Daniel Schmand , Alexander Skopalik , Andreas Tönnis

In the online metric traveling salesperson problem, $n$ points of a metric space arrive one by one and have to be placed (immediately and irrevocably) into empty cells of a size-$n$ array. The goal is to minimize the sum of distances…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-07-08 Christian Bertram

This paper considers convex games involving multiple agents that aim to minimize their own cost functions using locally available information. A common assumption in the study of such games is that the agents are symmetric, meaning that…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-25 Zifan Wang , Xinlei Yi , Yi Shen , Michael M. Zavlanos , Karl H. Johansson

Inspired by the diverse set of technologies used in underground object detection and imaging, we introduce a novel multimodal linear search problem whereby a single searcher starts at the origin and must find a target that can only be…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2025-03-03 Jared Coleman , Dmitry Ivanov , Evangelos Kranakis , Danny Krizanc , Oscar Morales Ponce

A well-studied generalization of the standard online convex optimization (OCO) framework is constrained online convex optimization (COCO). In COCO, on every round, a convex cost function and a convex constraint function are revealed to the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-10-29 Abhishek Sinha , Rahul Vaze

We study the $b$-matching problem in bipartite graphs $G=(S,R,E)$. Each vertex $s\in S$ is a server with individual capacity $b_s$. The vertices $r\in R$ are requests that arrive online and must be assigned instantly to an eligible server.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-07-01 Susanne Albers , Sebastian Schubert

Consider a convex set of which we remove an arbitrarily number of disjoints convex sets -- the obstacles -- and a convex function whose minimum is the agent's goal. We consider a local and stochastic approximation of the gradient of a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-01-03 Santiago Paternain , Alejandro Ribeiro

We consider the online bipartite matching problem on $(k,d)$-bounded graphs, where each online vertex has at most $d$ neighbors, each offline vertex has at least $k$ neighbors, and $k\geq d\geq 2$. The model of $(k,d)$-bounded graphs is…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-12-05 Yilong Feng , Xiaowei Wu , Shengwei Zhou

We introduce and study the problem of dueling optimization with a monotone adversary, which is a generalization of (noiseless) dueling convex optimization. The goal is to design an online algorithm to find a minimizer $\mathbf{x}^{*}$ for a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-11-21 Avrim Blum , Meghal Gupta , Gene Li , Naren Sarayu Manoj , Aadirupa Saha , Yuanyuan Yang

In a pursuit-evasion game, a team of pursuers attempt to capture an evader. The players alternate turns, move with equal speed, and have full information about the state of the game. We consider the most restictive capture condition: a…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2015-05-05 Andrew Beveridge , Yiqing Cai

We consider algorithms for "smoothed online convex optimization" problems, a variant of the class of online convex optimization problems that is strongly related to metrical task systems. Prior literature on these problems has focused on…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-08-18 Lachlan L. H. Andrew , Siddharth Barman , Katrina Ligett , Minghong Lin , Adam Meyerson , Alan Roytman , Adam Wierman

We consider multi-agent decision making where each agent optimizes its convex cost function subject to individual and coupling constraints. The constraint sets are compact convex subsets of a Euclidean space. To learn Nash equilibria, we…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-10-16 Tatiana Tatarenko , Maryam Kamgarpour

In this paper, we study the online Euclidean spanners problem for points in $\mathbb{R}^d$. Suppose we are given a sequence of $n$ points $(s_1,s_2,\ldots, s_n)$ in $\mathbb{R}^d$, where point $s_i$ is presented in step~$i$ for $i=1,\ldots,…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2021-07-05 Sujoy Bhore , Csaba D. Tóth

In this paper, we revisit the problem of smoothed online learning, in which the online learner suffers both a hitting cost and a switching cost, and target two performance metrics: competitive ratio and dynamic regret with switching cost.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-05-19 Lijun Zhang , Wei Jiang , Shiyin Lu , Tianbao Yang

Correlated equilibrium generalizes Nash equilibrium by allowing a central coordinator to guide players' actions through shared recommendations, similar to how routing apps guide drivers. We investigate how a coordinator can learn a…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-09-16 Zhenlong Fang , Aryan Deshwal , Yue Yu

We consider concurrent games played by two-players on a finite-state graph, where in every round the players simultaneously choose a move, and the current state along with the joint moves determine the successor state. We study a…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2014-09-19 Krishnendu Chatterjee , Rasmus Ibsen-Jensen