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The online search problem is a fundamental problem in finance. The numerous direct applications include searching for optimal prices for commodity trading and trading foreign currencies. In this paper, we analyze the advice complexity of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-01-10 Jhoirene Clemente , Juraj Hromkovic , Dennis Komm , Christian Kudahl

In the (discrete) CNN problem, online requests appear as points in $\mathbb{R}^2$. Each request must be served before the next one is revealed. We have a server that can serve a request simply by aligning either its $x$ or $y$ coordinate…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2012-06-20 John Augustine , Nick Gravin

We consider Online Facility Location in the framework of learning-augmented online algorithms. In Online Facility Location (OFL), demands arrive one-by-one in a metric space and must be (irrevocably) assigned to an open facility upon…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-08-20 Dimitris Fotakis , Evangelia Gergatsouli , Themis Gouleakis , Nikolas Patris , Thanos Tolias

The classic Dial-A-Ride Problem (DARP) aims at designing the minimum-cost routing that accommodates a set of user requests under constraints at an operations planning level, where users' preferences and revenue management are often…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-11-19 Xiaotong Dong , Joseph YJ Chow , S Travis Waller , David Rey

We revisit the online Unit Covering problem in higher dimensions: Given a set of $n$ points in $\mathbb{R}^d$, that arrive one by one, cover the points by balls of unit radius, so as to minimize the number of balls used. In this paper, we…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2018-08-29 Adrian Dumitrescu , Anirban Ghosh , Csaba D. Tóth

The online $k$-taxi problem, introduced in 1990 by Fiat, Rabani and Ravid, is a generalization of the $k$-server problem where $k$ taxis must serve a sequence of requests in a metric space. Each request is a pair of two points, representing…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-10-31 Christian Coester , Tze-Yang Poon

We study the online list update problem under the advice model of computation. Under this model, an online algorithm receives partial information about the unknown parts of the input in the form of some bits of advice generated by a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-06-07 Joan Boyar , Shahin Kamali , Kim S. Larsen , Alejandro López-Ortiz

In this paper, we consider the online version of the machine minimization problem (introduced by Chuzhoy et al., FOCS 2004), where the goal is to schedule a set of jobs with release times, deadlines, and processing lengths on a minimum…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2014-03-06 Nikhil Devanur , Konstantin Makarychev , Debmalya Panigrahi , Grigory Yaroslavtsev

We consider the Online Rent Minimization problem, where online jobs with release times, deadlines, and processing times must be scheduled on machines that can be rented for a fixed length period of $T$. The objective is to minimize the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-07-03 Enze Sun , Zonghan Yang , Yuhao Zhang

We study a common delivery problem encountered in nowadays online food-ordering platforms: Customers order dishes online, and the restaurant delivers the food after receiving the order. Specifically, we study a problem where $k$ vehicles of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-11-04 Xiangyu Guo , Shi Li , Kelin Luo , Yuhao Zhang

In the online metric matching problem, $n$ servers and $n$ requests lie in a metric space. Servers are available upfront, and requests arrive sequentially. An arriving request must be matched immediately and irrevocably to an available…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-04-22 Yingxi Li , Ellen Vitercik , Mingwei Yang

Cooperation between mobile robots and wireless sensor networks is a line of research that is currently attracting a lot of attention. In this context, we study the following problem of barrier coverage by stationary wireless sensors that…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-10-27 J. Czyzowicz , E. Kranakis , D. Krizanc , L. Narayanan , J. Opatrny

We consider the List Update problem where the cost of each swap is assumed to be 1. This is in contrast to the ``standard'' model, in which an algorithm is allowed to swap the requested item with previous items for free. We construct an…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-08-11 Mateusz Basiak , Marcin Bienkowski , Martin Böhm , Marek Chrobak , Łukasz Jeż , Jiří Sgall , Agnieszka Tatarczuk

We consider the online bipartite matching problem on $(k,d)$-bounded graphs, where each online vertex has at most $d$ neighbors, each offline vertex has at least $k$ neighbors, and $k\geq d\geq 2$. The model of $(k,d)$-bounded graphs is…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-12-05 Yilong Feng , Xiaowei Wu , Shengwei Zhou

The paper addresses a variant of the Dial-A-Ride problem with additional features. It is referred to as the DARP with driver preferences, which attempts to determine a solution more driver-oriented by designing a short trip in a specific…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-06-10 Sana Ouasaid , Mohammed Saddoune

We consider the optimal online packet scheduling problem in a single-user energy harvesting wireless communication system, where energy is harvested from natural renewable sources, making future energy arrivals instants and amounts random…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2012-11-22 Rahul Vaze

We study the minimum-cost metric perfect matching problem under online i.i.d arrivals. We are given a fixed metric with a server at each of the points, and then requests arrive online, each drawn independently from a known probability…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-04-22 Anupam Gupta , Guru Guruganesh , Binghui Peng , David Wajc

We consider online algorithms under both the competitive ratio criteria and the regret minimization one. Our main goal is to build a unified methodology that would be able to guarantee both criteria simultaneously. For a general class of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-04-09 Amit Daniely , Yishay Mansour

In this paper, we study a variant of the dynamic ridesharing problem with a specific focus on peak hours: Given a set of drivers and rider requests, we aim to match drivers to each rider request by achieving two objectives: maximizing the…

Databases · Computer Science 2020-04-07 Hui Luo , Zhifeng Bao , Farhana M. Choudhury , J. Shane Culpepper

Integrating demand-responsive mobility services with transit systems is recognized as a practical and effective strategy to mitigate their impact on traffic congestion and the environment. This study develops an efficient hybrid…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-12-04 Yumeng Fang , Tai-Yu Ma