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We study settings where gradient penalties are used alongside risk minimization with the goal of obtaining predictors satisfying different notions of monotonicity. Specifically, we present two sets of contributions. In the first part of the…

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A default assumption in the design of reinforcement-learning algorithms is that a decision-making agent always explores to learn optimal behavior. In sufficiently complex environments that approach the vastness and scale of the real world,…

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Large data-driven image models are extensively used to support creative and artistic work. Under the currently predominant distribution-fitting paradigm, a dataset is treated as ground truth to be approximated as closely as possible. Yet,…

Stochastic optimisation algorithms are the de facto standard for machine learning with large amounts of data. Handling only a subset of available data in each optimisation step dramatically reduces the per-iteration computational costs,…

Designing bounded-memory algorithms is becoming increasingly important nowadays. Previous works studying bounded-memory algorithms focused on proving impossibility results, while the design of bounded-memory algorithms was left relatively…

Nonlinear programming targets nonlinear optimization with constraints, which is a generic yet complex methodology involving humans for problem modeling and algorithms for problem solving. We address the particularly hard challenge of…

Heuristic forward search is currently the dominant paradigm in classical planning. Forward search algorithms typically rely on a single, relatively simple variation of best-first search and remain fixed throughout the process of solving a…