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In this paper, we introduce the Maximum Matrix Contraction problem, where we aim to contract as much as possible a binary matrix in order to maximize its density. We study the complexity and the polynomial approximability of the problem.…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2023-06-05 Dimitri Watel , Pierre-Louis Poirion

Many-to-many matching seeks to match multiple points in one set and multiple points in another set, which is a basis for a wide range of data mining problems. It can be naturally recast in the framework of Optimal Transport (OT). However,…

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We consider decision problems of rating alternatives based on their pairwise comparisons according to two criteria. Given pairwise comparison matrices for each criterion, the problem is to find the overall scores of the alternatives. We…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-04-02 Nikolai Krivulin

Many real-world decision-making problems involve optimizing multiple objectives simultaneously, rendering the selection of the most preferred solution a non-trivial problem: All Pareto optimal solutions are viable candidates, and it is…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-11-17 Niclas Boehmer , Maximilian T. Wittmann

Constrained multiobjective optimization has gained much interest in the past few years. However, constrained multiobjective optimization problems (CMOPs) are still unsatisfactorily understood. Consequently, the choice of adequate CMOPs for…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-02-07 Aljoša Vodopija , Tea Tušar , Bogdan Filipič

This paper studies a class of multi-robot coordination problems where a team of robots aim to reach their goal regions with minimum time and avoid collisions with obstacles and other robots. A novel numerical algorithm is proposed to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-09-02 Guoxiang Zhao , Minghui Zhu

We settle the computational complexity of fundamental questions related to multicriteria integer linear programs, when the dimensions of the strategy space and of the outcome space are considered fixed constants. In particular we construct:…

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We study the problem of minimizing total completion time on parallel machines subject to varying processing capacity. In this paper, we develop an approximation scheme for the problem under the data stream model where the input data is…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-04-06 Bin Fu , Yumei Huo , Hairong Zhao

Finding a stable matching is one of the central problems in algorithmic game theory. If participants are allowed to have ties and incomplete preferences, computing a stable matching of maximum cardinality is known to be NP-hard. In this…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2020-07-15 Jochen Koenemann , Kanstantsin Pashkovich , Natig Tofigzade

Multiobjective combinatorial optimization (MOCO) problems can be found in many real-world applications. However, exactly solving these problems would be very challenging, particularly when they are NP-hard. Many handcrafted heuristic…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-05-10 Xi Lin , Zhiyuan Yang , Qingfu Zhang

The matching of multiple objects (e.g. shapes or images) is a fundamental problem in vision and graphics. In order to robustly handle ambiguities, noise and repetitive patterns in challenging real-world settings, it is essential to take…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-03-15 Florian Bernard , Johan Thunberg , Paul Swoboda , Christian Theobalt

The stable roommates problem can admit multiple different stable matchings. We have different criteria for deciding which one is optimal, but computing those is often NP-hard. We show that the problem of finding generous or rank-maximal…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-10-07 Sofia Simola , David Manlove

In bi-criteria optimization problems, the goal is typically to compute the set of Pareto-optimal solutions. Many algorithms for these types of problems rely on efficient merging or combining of partial solutions and filtering of dominated…

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Stable matching theory is the foundation of centralized clearinghouses worldwide, from school choice programs to medical residency allocations. However, incorporating complex distributional goals-such as multi-dimensional diversity quotas…

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It is well known that, under very weak assumptions, multiobjective optimization problems admit $(1+\varepsilon,\dots,1+\varepsilon)$-approximation sets (also called $\varepsilon$-Pareto sets) of polynomial cardinality (in the size of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-05-25 Cristina Bazgan , Arne Herzel , Stefan Ruzika , Clemens Thielen , Daniel Vanderpooten

Multi-objective optimization (MOO) problems require balancing competing objectives, often under constraints. The Pareto optimal solution set defines all possible optimal trade-offs over such objectives. In this work, we present a novel…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-04-19 Soumyajit Gupta , Gurpreet Singh , Raghu Bollapragada , Matthew Lease

A variety of large-scale machine learning problems can be cast as instances of constrained submodular maximization. Existing approaches for distributed submodular maximization have a critical drawback: The capacity - number of instances…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2016-06-01 Mario Lucic , Olivier Bachem , Morteza Zadimoghaddam , Andreas Krause

Multi-task learning solves multiple correlated tasks. However, conflicts may exist between them. In such circumstances, a single solution can rarely optimize all the tasks, leading to performance trade-offs. To arrive at a set of optimized…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-03-26 Lu Bai , Abhishek Gupta , Yew-Soon Ong

The goal of multi-objective optimization is to understand optimal trade-offs between competing objective functions by finding the Pareto front, i.e., the set of all Pareto optimal solutions, where no objective can be improved without…