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The goal of this paper is to present two algorithms for solving systems of inclusion problems, with all component of the systems being a sum of two maximal monotone operators. The algorithms are variants of the forward-backward splitting…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-05-28 R. Díaz Millán

Many democratic societies use district-based elections, where the region under consideration is geographically divided into districts and a representative is chosen for each district based on the preferences of the electors who reside…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2022-03-09 Adway Mitra

We study the problem of fairly allocating indivisible goods and focus on the classic fairness notion of proportionality. The indivisibility of the goods is long known to pose highly non-trivial obstacles to achieving fairness, and a very…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2021-01-15 Artem Baklanov , Pranav Garimidi , Vasilis Gkatzelis , Daniel Schoepflin

The two-sample problem, which consists in testing whether independent samples on $\mathbb{R}^d$ are drawn from the same (unknown) distribution, finds applications in many areas. Its study in high-dimension is the subject of much attention,…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2023-02-09 Stephan Clémençon , Myrto Limnios , Nicolas Vayatis

Sorting is one of the most used and well investigated algorithmic problem [1]. Traditional postulation supposes the sorting data archived, and the elementary operation as comparisons of two numbers. In a view of appearance of new processors…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2011-07-22 Hakob Aslanyan

In party-approval multiwinner elections the goal is to allocate the seats of a fixed-size committee to parties based on the approval ballots of the voters over the parties. In particular, each voter can approve multiple parties and each…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2022-11-28 Théo Delemazure , Tom Demeulemeester , Manuel Eberl , Jonas Israel , Patrick Lederer

We formulate a well-posedness and approximation theory for a class of generalised saddle point problems with a specific form of constraints. In this way we develop an approach to a class of fourth order elliptic partial differential…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-03-26 Charles M. Elliott , Philip J. Herbert

With AI systems widely applied to assist humans in decision-making processes such as talent hiring, school admission, and loan approval; there is an increasing need to ensure that the decisions made are fair. One major challenge for…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-05 Zhe Yu , Xiaoyin Xi , Pranam Prakash Shetty

Selecting representatives based on voters' preferences is a fundamental problem in social choice theory. While cardinal utility functions offer a detailed representation of preferences, ordinal rankings are often the only available…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2024-12-17 Kiarash Banihashem , Diptarka Chakraborty , Shayan Chashm Jahan , Iman Gholami , MohammadTaghi Hajiaghayi , Mohammad Mahdavi , Max Springer

The partition problem is a well-known basic NP-complete problem. We mainly consider the optimization version of it in this paper. The problem has been investigated from various perspectives for a long time and can be solved efficiently in…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2024-05-10 Susumu Kubo

Recent empirical work demonstrates that online advertisement can exhibit bias in the delivery of ads across users even when all advertisers bid in a non-discriminatory manner. We study the design of ad auctions that, given fair bids, are…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2021-12-02 Shuchi Chawla , Meena Jagadeesan

We study two influential voting rules proposed in the 1890s by Phragm\'en and Thiele, which elect a committee or parliament of k candidates which proportionally represents the voters. Voters provide their preferences by approving an…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2022-11-01 Dominik Peters , Piotr Skowron

Inspired by real-world applications such as the assignment of pupils to schools or the allocation of social housing, the one-sided matching problem studies how a set of agents can be assigned to a set of objects when the agents have…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-06-26 Tom Demeulemeester , Dries Goossens , Ben Hermans , Roel Leus

Sponsored search auctions are commonly modeled as an assignment of a fixed set of slots (positions) to a set of advertisers, with welfare maximization being reducible to a standard matching problem. Motivated by modern ad formats, we study…

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Bipartite matching, where agents on one side of a market are matched to agents or items on the other, is a classical problem in computer science and economics, with widespread application in healthcare, education, advertising, and general…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-08-17 Faez Ahmed , John P. Dickerson , Mark Fuge

We study the classical rent division problem, where $n$ agents must allocate $n$ indivisible rooms and split a fixed total rent $R$. The goal is to compute an envy-free (EF) allocation, where no agent prefers another agent's room and rent…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-10-08 Rohith Reddy Gangam , Shayan Taherijam , Vijay V. Vazirani

Fair division with unequal shares is an intensively studied recourse allocation problem. For $ i\in [n] $, let $ \mu_i $ be an atomless probability measure on the measurable space $(C,\mathcal{S}) $ and let $ t_i $ be positive numbers…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-02-15 Zsuzsanna Jankó , Attila Joó

Estimation of parameters that obey specific constraints is crucial in statistics and machine learning; for example, when parameters are required to satisfy boundedness, monotonicity, or linear inequalities. Traditional approaches impose…

Methodology · Statistics 2026-04-03 Lachlan Astfalck , Deborshee Sen , Sayan Patra , Edward Cripps , David Dunson

Rankings of people and items are at the heart of selection-making, match-making, and recommender systems, ranging from employment sites to sharing economy platforms. As ranking positions influence the amount of attention the ranked subjects…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2018-05-07 Asia J. Biega , Krishna P. Gummadi , Gerhard Weikum

We introduce a family of normative principles to assess fairness in the context of participatory budgeting. These principles are based on the fundamental idea that budget allocations should be fair in terms of the resources invested into…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2023-02-21 Jan Maly , Simon Rey , Ulle Endriss , Martin Lackner