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We study the awake complexity of graph problems that belong to the class O-LOCAL, which includes a subset of problems solvable by sequential greedy algorithms, such as $(\Delta+1)$-coloring and maximal independent set. It is known from…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-11-26 Alkida Balliu , Pierre Fraigniaud , Dennis Olivetti , Mikaël Rabie

In a random linear graph, vertices are points on a line, and pairs of vertices are connected, independently, with a link probability that decreases with distance. We study the problem of reconstructing the linear embedding from the graph,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-05-25 Israel Rocha , Jeannette Janssen , Nauzer Kalyaniwalla

We investigate various aspects of the "weighted" greedy algorithm with respect to a Schauder basis. For a weight w, we describe w-greedy, w-almost-greedy and w-partially-greedy bases, and show some properties of w-semi-greedy bases. To…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2018-06-19 P. M. Berná , S. J. Dilworth , D. Kutzarova , T. Oikhberg , B. Wallis

We present an order-theoretic approach to the study of countably infinite locally 2-arc-transitive bipartite graphs. Our approach is motivated by techniques developed by Warren and others during the study of cycle-free partial orders. We…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2014-06-09 Robert D. Gray , John K. Truss

We consider parametrized linear-quadratic optimal control problems and provide their online-efficient solutions by combining greedy reduced basis methods and machine learning algorithms. To this end, we first extend the greedy control…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-07-31 Hendrik Kleikamp , Martin Lazar , Cesare Molinari

In this paper we consider coloring problems on graphs and other combinatorial structures on standard Borel spaces. Our goal is to obtain sufficient conditions under which such colorings can be made well-behaved in the sense of topology or…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-07-19 Anton Bernshteyn

For the classical maximum coverage problem, the greedy algorithm achieves a worst-case $1-1/e$ approximation, which is optimal unless $\text{P} = \text{NP}$. The notion of coverage appears in a wide range of optimization tasks, where…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-04-29 Eric Balkanski , Jason Chatzitheodorou , Flore Sentenac

By providing a new framework, we extend previous results on locally checkable problems in bounded treewidth graphs. As a consequence, we show how to solve, in polynomial time for bounded treewidth graphs, double Roman domination and Grundy…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2023-04-04 Flavia Bonomo-Braberman , Carolina Lucía Gonzalez

We show how to compute a 20-approximation of a minimum dominating set in a planar graph in a constant number of rounds in the LOCAL model of distributed computing. This improves on the previously best known approximation factor of 52, which…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2021-11-30 Ozan Heydt , Sebastian Siebertz , Alexandre Vigny

We present an algorithm for recovering planted solutions in two well-known models, the stochastic block model and planted constraint satisfaction problems, via a common generalization in terms of random bipartite graphs. Our algorithm…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-04-30 Vitaly Feldman , Will Perkins , Santosh Vempala

We study a variant of the parallel Moser-Tardos Algorithm. We prove that if we restrict attention to a class of problems whose dependency graphs have subexponential growth, then the expected total number of random bits used by the algorithm…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-04-27 Endre Csóka , Łukasz Grabowski , András Máthé , Oleg Pikhurko , Konstantinos Tyros

We study countable graphs that -- up to isomorphism and with probability one -- arise from a random process, in a similar fashion as the Rado graph. Unlike in the classical case, we do not require that probabilities assigned to pairs of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-01-23 Ziemowit Kostana , Jarosław Swaczyna , Agnieszka Widz

We consider the exploration problem: an agent equipped with a depth sensor must map out a previously unknown environment using as few sensor measurements as possible. We propose an approach based on supervised learning of a greedy…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-03-29 Louis Ly , Yen-Hsi Richard Tsai

Hypergraphs are structures that can be decomposed or described; in other words they are recursively countable. Here, we get exact and asymptotic enumeration results on hypergraphs by means of exponential generating functions. The number of…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2008-06-20 Tsiriniaina Andriamampianina

Finding efficient tensor contraction paths is essential for a wide range of problems, including model counting, quantum circuits, graph problems, and language models. There exist several approaches to find efficient paths, such as the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-05-17 Sheela Orgler , Mark Blacher

We study the greedy independent set algorithm on sparse Erd\H{o}s-R\'enyi random graphs ${\mathcal G}(n,c/n)$. This range of $p$ is of interest due to the threshold at $c=e$, beyond which it appears that greedy algorithms are affected by a…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-11-18 Brett Kolesnik

Random intersection graphs model networks with communities, assuming an underlying bipartite structure of groups and individuals, where these groups may overlap. Group memberships are generated through the bipartite configuration model.…

Probability · Mathematics 2026-01-14 Remco van der Hofstad , Julia Komjathy , Viktoria Vadon

Sampling and interpolation have been extensively studied, in order to reconstruct or estimate the entire graph signal from the signal values on a subset of vertexes, of which most achievements are about continuous signals. While in a lot of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-09-28 Wenwei Liu , Hui Feng , Kaixuan Wang , Feng Ji , Bo Hu

Online matching and its variants are some of the most fundamental problems in the online algorithms literature. In this paper, we study the online weighted bipartite matching problem. Karp et al. (STOC 1990) gave an elegant algorithm in the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-11-22 Matthew Fahrbach , Morteza Zadimoghaddam

An ordering of the vertices of a graph is \emph{connected} if every vertex (but the first) has a neighbor among its predecessors. The greedy colouring algorithm of a graph with a connected order consists in taking the vertices in order, and…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2018-06-08 Ngoc Khang Le , Nicolas Trotignon