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In fully-dynamic consistent clustering, we are given a finite metric space $(M,d)$, and a set $F\subseteq M$ of possible locations for opening centers. Data points arrive and depart, and the goal is to maintain an approximately optimal…

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A classical problem in power systems is to allocate in-coming (elastic or inelastic) demands without violating the operating constraints of electric networks in an online fashion. Although online decision problems have been well-studied in…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-10-26 Areg Karapetyan , Majid Khonji , Chi-Kin Chau , Khaled Elbassioni

We present new distributed algorithms for constructing a Steiner Forest in the CONGEST model. Our deterministic algorithm finds, for any given constant $\epsilon>0$, a $(2+\epsilon)$-approximation in $\tilde{O}(sk+\sqrt{\min(st,n)})$…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2014-05-09 Christoph Lenzen , Boaz Patt-Shamir

The high proportions of demand charges in electric bills motivate large-power customers to leverage energy storage for reducing the peak procurement from the outer grid. Given limited energy storage, we expect to maximize the peak-demand…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-08-25 Yanfang Mo , Qiulin Lin , Minghua Chen , Si-Zhao Joe Qin

The problem of online scheduling of multi-server jobs is considered, where there are a total of $K$ servers, and each job requires concurrent service from multiple servers for it to be processed. Each job on its arrival reveals its…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-07-02 Rahul Vaze

We consider the setting of online computation with advice, and study the bin packing problem and a number of scheduling problems. We show that it is possible, for any of these problems, to arbitrarily approach a competitive ratio of $1$…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-08-06 Marc P. Renault , Adi Rosén , Rob van Stee

We consider the online unrelated-machine load balancing problem with recourse, where the algorithm is allowed to re-assign prior jobs. We give a $(2+\epsilon)$-competitive algorithm for the problem with $O_\epsilon(\log n)$ amortized…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-11-30 Ravishankar Krishnaswamy , Shi Li , Varun Suriyanarayana

We consider the following scheduling problem. There is a single machine and the jobs will arrive for completion online. Each job j is preemptive and, upon its arrival, its other characteristics are immediately revealed to the machine: the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-09-14 Patrick Loiseau , Xiaohu Wu

We study the on-line minimum weighted bipartite matching problem in arbitrary metric spaces. Here, $n$ not necessary disjoint points of a metric space $M$ are given, and are to be matched on-line with $n$ points of $M$ revealed one by one.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2007-06-06 Béla Csaba , András S. Pluhár

By exploiting the superiority of non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA), NOMA-aided mobile edge computing (MEC) can provide scalable and low-latency computing services for the Internet of Things. However, given the prevalent stochasticity of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-07-01 Meihui Hua , Hui Tian , Xinchen Lyu , Wanli Ni , Gaofeng Nie

In this work, we present a fast distributed algorithm for local potential problems: these are graph problems where the task is to find a locally optimal solution where no node can unilaterally improve the utility in its local neighborhood…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2026-02-20 Alkida Balliu , Thomas Boudier , Francesco d'Amore , Fabian Kuhn , Dennis Olivetti , Gustav Schmid , Jukka Suomela

We devise a deterministic algorithm for minimum Steiner cut, which uses $(\log n)^{O(1)}$ maximum flow calls and additional near-linear time. This algorithm improves on Li and Panigrahi's (FOCS 2020) algorithm, which uses $(\log…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-07-03 Matthew Ding , Jason Li

We develop deterministic approximation algorithms for the minimum dominating set problem in the CONGEST model with an almost optimal approximation guarantee. For $\epsilon>1/{\text{{poly}}}\log \Delta$ we obtain two algorithms with…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-12-24 Janosch Deurer , Fabian Kuhn , Yannic Maus

The online assignment problem plays an important role in operational research and computer science which is why immense attention has been given to improving its solution quality. Due to the incomplete information about the input, it is…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2022-08-09 Clarence Gabriel R. Kasilag , Pollux M. Rey , Jhoirene B. Clemente

In the \emph{budgeted rooted node-weighted Steiner tree} problem, we are given a graph $G$ with $n$ nodes, a predefined node $r$, two weights associated to each node modelling costs and prizes. The aim is to find a tree in $G$ rooted at $r$…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-11-15 Gianlorenzo D'Angelo , Esmaeil Delfaraz

This article studies the problem of online non-parametric change point detection in multivariate data streams. We approach the problem through the lens of kernel-based two-sample testing and introduce a sequential testing procedure based on…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2025-10-31 Florian Kalinke , Shakeel Gavioli-Akilagun

This paper studies an online optimal resource reservation problem in communication networks with job transfers where the goal is to minimize the reservation cost while maintaining the blocking cost under a certain budget limit. To tackle…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-05-07 Ahmed Sid-Ali , Ioannis Lambadaris , Yiqiang Q. Zhao , Gennady Shaikhet , Amirhossein Asgharnia

The importance of classifying connections in large graphs has been the motivation for a rich line of work on distributed subgraph finding that has led to exciting recent breakthroughs. A crucial aspect that remained open was whether…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2022-09-27 Keren Censor-Hillel , Dean Leitersdorf , David Vulakh

We show fast deterministic algorithms for fundamental problems on forests in the challenging low-space regime of the well-known Massive Parallel Computation (MPC) model. A recent breakthrough result by Coy and Czumaj [STOC'22] shows that,…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2022-11-08 Alkida Balliu , Rustam Latypov , Yannic Maus , Dennis Olivetti , Jara Uitto

In this paper, we study a facility location problem within a competitive market context, where customer demand is predicted by a random utility choice model. Unlike prior research, which primarily focuses on simple constraints such as a…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-03-12 Hoang Giang Pham , Tien Thanh Dam , Ngan Ha Duong , Tien Mai , Minh Hoang Ha