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In this paper, we present improved learning-augmented algorithms for the multi-option ski rental problem. Learning-augmented algorithms take ML predictions as an added part of the input and incorporates these predictions in solving the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-02-15 Yongho Shin , Changyeol Lee , Gukryeol Lee , Hyung-Chan An

In this work we study the problem of using machine-learned predictions to improve the performance of online algorithms. We consider two classical problems, ski rental and non-clairvoyant job scheduling, and obtain new online algorithms that…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-07-26 Ravi Kumar , Manish Purohit , Zoya Svitkina

In this paper, we study the two-level ski-rental problem,where a user needs to fulfill a sequence of demands for multiple items by choosing one of the three payment options: paying for the on-demand usage (i.e., rent), buying individual…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-02-13 Keyuan Zhang , Zhongdong Liu , Nakjung Choi , Bo Ji

The classical 'buy or rent' ski-rental problem was recently considered in the setting where multiple experts (such as Machine Learning algorithms) advice on the length of the ski season. Here, robust algorithms were developed with improved…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-04-22 Anant Shah , Arun Rajkumar

In the Multislope Ski Rental problem, the user needs a certain resource for some unknown period of time. To use the resource, the user must subscribe to one of several options, each of which consists of a one-time setup cost (``buying…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2008-02-21 Zvi Lotker , Boaz Patt-Shamir , Dror Rawitz

We consider a variant of the classic Ski Rental online algorithm with applications to machine learning. In our variant, we allow the skier access to a black-box machine-learning algorithm that provides an estimate of the probability that…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-03-14 Rohan Kodialam

The field of algorithms with predictions incorporates machine learning advice in the design of online algorithms to improve real-world performance. A central consideration is the extent to which predictions can be trusted -- while existing…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2026-03-26 Judy Hanwen Shen , Ellen Vitercik , Anders Wikum

We consider the {\em multi-shop ski rental} problem. This problem generalizes the classic ski rental problem to a multi-shop setting, in which each shop has different prices for renting and purchasing a pair of skis, and a \emph{consumer}…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2014-04-11 Lingqing Ai , Xian Wu , Lingxiao Huang , Longbo Huang , Pingzhong Tang , Jian Li

The learning-augmented multi-option ski rental problem generalizes the classical ski rental problem in two ways: the algorithm is provided with a prediction on the number of days we can ski, and the ski rental options now come with a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-12-06 Yongho Shin , Changyeol Lee , Hyung-Chan An

We study the online problem of minimizing power consumption in systems with multiple power-saving states. During idle periods of unknown lengths, an algorithm has to choose between power-saving states of different energy consumption and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-10-26 Antonios Antoniadis , Christian Coester , Marek Eliáš , Adam Polak , Bertrand Simon

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

The ski rental problem is a canonical model for online decision-making under uncertainty, capturing the fundamental trade-off between repeated rental costs and a one-time purchase. While classical algorithms focus on worst-case competitive…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-01 Jihwan Kim , Chenglin Fan

We revisit the central online problem of ski rental in the "algorithms with predictions" framework from the point of view of distributional predictions. Ski rental was one of the first problems to be studied with predictions, where a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-25 Qiming Cui , Michael Dinitz

We study the problem of improving the performance of online algorithms by incorporating machine-learned predictions. The goal is to design algorithms that are both consistent and robust, meaning that the algorithm performs well when…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-10-23 Alexander Wei , Fred Zhang

The burgeoning field of algorithms with predictions studies the problem of using possibly imperfect machine learning predictions to improve online algorithm performance. While nearly all existing algorithms in this framework make no…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-06-05 Bo Sun , Jerry Huang , Nicolas Christianson , Mohammad Hajiesmaili , Adam Wierman , Raouf Boutaba

We revisit the classic ski rental problem through the lens of Bayesian decision-making and machine-learned predictions. While traditional algorithms minimize worst-case cost without assumptions, and recent learning-augmented approaches…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-09 Bosun Kang , Hyejun Park , Chenglin Fan

The emerging field of learning-augmented online algorithms uses ML techniques to predict future input parameters and thereby improve the performance of online algorithms. Since these parameters are, in general, real-valued functions, a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-05-26 Keerti Anand , Rong Ge , Amit Kumar , Debmalya Panigrahi

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 initiate the systematic study of decision-theoretic metrics in the design and analysis of algorithms with machine-learned predictions. We introduce approaches based on both deterministic measures such as distance-based evaluation, that…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-09-16 Spyros Angelopoulos , Christoph Dürr , Georgii Melidi

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…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-04-17 Spyros Angelopoulos , Christoph Dürr , Shendan Jin , Shahin Kamali , Marc Renault
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