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We consider AC electrical systems where each electrical device has a power demand expressed as a complex number, and there is a limit on the magnitude of total power supply. Motivated by this scenario, we introduce the complex-demand…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-01-28 Lan Yu , Chi-Kin Chau

We give an $\alpha(1+\epsilon)$-approximation algorithm for solving covering LPs, assuming the presence of a $(1/\alpha)$-approximation algorithm for a certain optimization problem. Our algorithm is based on a simple modification of the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-12-18 Eklavya Sharma

This work proposes an efficient parallel algorithm for non-monotone submodular maximization under a knapsack constraint problem over the ground set of size $n$. Our algorithm improves the best approximation factor of the existing parallel…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-09-09 Tan D. Tran , Canh V. Pham , Dung T. K. Ha , Phuong N. H. Pham

We consider the 0-1 Penalized Knapsack Problem (PKP). Each item has a profit, a weight and a penalty and the goal is to maximize the sum of the profits minus the greatest penalty value of the items included in a solution. We propose an…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-02-15 Federico Della Croce , Ulrich Pferschy , Rosario Scatamacchia

We give an asymptotic approximation scheme (APTAS) for the problem of packing a set of circles into a minimum number of unit square bins. To obtain rational solutions, we use augmented bins of height $1+\gamma$, for some arbitrarily small…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-12-16 Flávio K. Miyazawa , Lehilton L. C. Pedrosa , Rafael C. S. Schouery , Maxim Sviridenko , Yoshiko Wakabayashi

Knapsack is one of the most fundamental problems in theoretical computer science. In the $(1 - \epsilon)$-approximation setting, although there is a fine-grained lower bound of $(n + 1 / \epsilon) ^ {2 - o(1)}$ based on the $(\min,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-08-12 Xiao Mao

We give a deterministic, polynomial-time algorithm for approximately counting the number of {0,1}-solutions to any instance of the knapsack problem. On an instance of length n with total weight W and accuracy parameter eps, our algorithm…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2010-08-20 Parikshit Gopalan , Adam Klivans , Raghu Meka

In stochastic combinatorial optimization, algorithms differ in their adaptivity: whether or not they query realized randomness and adapt to it. Dean et al. (FOCS '04) formalize the adaptivity gap, which compares the performance of fully…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-03-03 Zohar Barak , Inbal Talgam-Cohen

The purpose of this paper is to solve the 0-1 $k$-item quadratic knapsack problem $(kQKP)$, a problem of maximizing a quadratic function subject to two linear constraints. We propose an exact method based on semidefinite optimization. The…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-07-13 Lucas Létocart , Angelika Wiegele

In this paper, we obtain a number of new simple pseudo-polynomial time algorithms on the well-known knapsack problem, focusing on the running time dependency on the number of items $n$, the maximum item weight $w_\mathrm{max}$, and the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-01-30 Qizheng He , Zhean Xu

We introduce and study a novel generalization of the classical Knapsack Problem (KP), called the Colored Knapsack Problem (CKP). In this problem, the items are partitioned into classes of colors and the packed items need to be ordered such…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-13 Fabio Ciccarelli , Alexander Helber , Erik Mühmer

General factors are a generalization of matchings. Given a graph $G$ with a set $\pi(v)$ of feasible degrees, called a degree constraint, for each vertex $v$ of $G$, the general factor problem is to find a (spanning) subgraph $F$ of $G$…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2024-05-24 Shuai Shao , Stanislav Živný

The problem of non-monotone $k$-submodular maximization under a knapsack constraint ($\kSMK$) over the ground set size $n$ has been raised in many applications in machine learning, such as data summarization, information propagation, etc.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-09-22 Dung T. K. Ha , Canh V. Pham , Tan D. Tran , Huan X. Hoang

When uncertainty meets costly information gathering, a fundamental question emerges: which data points should we probe to unlock near-optimal solutions? Sparsification of stochastic packing problems addresses this trade-off. The existing…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-12-02 Shaddin Dughmi , Yusuf Hakan Kalayci , Xinyu Liu

We study online multidimensional variants of the generalized assignment problem which are used to model prominent real-world applications, such as the assignment of virtual machines with multiple resource requirements to physical…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-07-02 David Naori , Danny Raz

The subspace approximation problem Subspace($k$,$p$) asks for a $k$-dimensional linear subspace that fits a given set of points optimally, where the error for fitting is a generalization of the least squares fit and uses the $\ell_{p}$ norm…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2011-01-04 Amit Deshpande , Kasturi Varadarajan , Madhur Tulsiani , Nisheeth K. Vishnoi

A searcher is tasked with exploring a graph with edge lengths and vertex weights, starting from a designated vertex. Initially, only the starting vertex is considered explored. At each step, the searcher adds an edge to the solution,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-05-13 Svenja M. Griesbach , Felix Hommelsheim , Max Klimm , Kevin Schewior

In the Maximum Weight Independent Set of Rectangles problem (MWISR) we are given a weighted set of $n$ axis-parallel rectangles in the plane. The task is to find a subset of pairwise non-overlapping rectangles with the maximum possible…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-12-06 Jana Cslovjecsek , Michał Pilipczuk , Karol Węgrzycki

We study the optimal design problems where the goal is to choose a set of linear measurements to obtain the most accurate estimate of an unknown vector in $d$ dimensions. We study the $A$-optimal design variant where the objective is to…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-07-18 Aleksandar Nikolov , Mohit Singh , Uthaipon Tao Tantipongpipat

We initiate a systematic study of utilizing predictions to improve over approximation guarantees of classic algorithms, without increasing the running time. We propose a systematic method for a wide class of optimization problems that ask…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-11-26 Antonios Antoniadis , Marek Eliáš , Adam Polak , Moritz Venzin