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We present algorithms that break the $\tilde O(nr)$-independence-query bound for the Matroid Intersection problem for the full range of $r$; where $n$ is the size of the ground set and $r\leq n$ is the size of the largest common independent…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-05-13 Joakim Blikstad

In the matroid partitioning problem, we are given $k$ matroids $\mathcal{M}_1 = (V, \mathcal{I}_1), \dots , \mathcal{M}_k = (V, \mathcal{I}_k)$ defined over a common ground set $V$ of $n$ elements, and we need to find a partitionable set $S…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-12-04 Tatsuya Terao

One of the classic problems in online decision-making is the *secretary problem* where to goal is to maximize the probability of choosing the largest number from a randomly ordered sequence. A natural extension allows selecting multiple…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-01-16 Kiarash Banihashem , MohammadTaghi Hajiaghayi , Dariusz R. Kowalski , Piotr Krysta , Danny Mittal , Jan Olkowski

Matroids, particularly linear ones, have been a powerful tool in parameterized complexity for algorithms and kernelization. They have sped up or replaced dynamic programming. Delta-matroids generalize matroids by encapsulating structures…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-02-20 Eduard Eiben , Tomohiro Koana , Magnus Wahlström

In this paper, we consider dynamic matroids, where elements can be inserted to or deleted from the ground set over time. The independent sets change to reflect the current ground set. As matroids are central to the study of many…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-02-10 Tijn de Vos , Mara Grilnberger

Given two matroids $\mathcal{M}_1 = (V, \mathcal{I}_1)$ and $\mathcal{M}_2 = (V, \mathcal{I}_2)$ over an $n$-element integer-weighted ground set $V$, the weighted matroid intersection problem aims to find a common independent set $S^{*} \in…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-03-20 Ta-Wei Tu

We study the problem of maximizing a non-negative monotone submodular objective $f$ subject to the intersection of $k$ arbitrary matroid constraints. The natural greedy algorithm guarantees $(k+1)$-approximation for this problem, and the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-05-11 Moran Feldman , Justin Ward

We consider a fast approximation algorithm for the linear matroid intersection problem. In this problem, we are given two $r \times n$ matrices $M_1$ and $M_2$, and the objective is to find a largest set of columns that are linearly…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-04-14 Tatsuya Terao

In this paper, we apply a Threshold-Decreasing Algorithm to maximize $k$-submodular functions under a matroid constraint, which reduces the query complexity of the algorithm compared to the greedy algorithm with little loss in approximation…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-07-27 Shuxian Niu , Qian Liu , Yang Zhou , Min Li

In the matroid intersection problem, we are given two matroids $\mathcal{M}_1 = (V, \mathcal{I}_1)$ and $\mathcal{M}_2 = (V, \mathcal{I}_2)$ defined on the same ground set $V$ of $n$ elements, and the objective is to find a common…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-04-22 Tatsuya Terao

We study the combinatorial semi-bandit problem under matroid constraints. The regret achieved by recent approaches is optimal, in the sense that it matches the lower bound. Yet, time complexity remains an issue for large matroids or for…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-02 Aurélien Delage , Romaric Gaudel

The maximization of submodular functions have found widespread application in areas such as machine learning, combinatorial optimization, and economics, where practitioners often wish to enforce various constraints; the matroid constraint…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-05-02 Monika Henzinger , Paul Liu , Jan Vondrak , Da Wei Zheng

The secretary problem is a classic model for online decision making. Recently, combinatorial extensions such as matroid or matching secretary problems have become an important tool to study algorithmic problems in dynamic markets. Here the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-08-28 Martin Hoefer , Bojana Kodric

This paper is motivated by the fact that many systems need to be maintained continually while the underlying costs change over time. The challenge is to continually maintain near-optimal solutions to the underlying optimization problems,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-04-16 Anupam Gupta , Kunal Talwar , Udi Wieder

Determinant maximization provides an elegant generalization of problems in many areas, including convex geometry, statistics, machine learning, fair allocation of goods, and network design. In an instance of the determinant maximization…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-11-22 Adam Brown , Aditi Laddha , Madhusudhan Pittu , Mohit Singh

In this paper, we introduce the problem of Matroid-Constrained Vertex Cover: given a graph with weights on the edges and a matroid imposed on the vertices, our problem is to choose a subset of vertices that is independent in the matroid,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-06-08 Chien-Chung Huang , François Sellier

We consider online algorithms for the $k$-server problem on trees. Chrobak and Larmore proposed a $k$-competitive algorithm for this problem that has the optimal competitive ratio. However, a naive implementation of their algorithm has…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-07-29 Ruslan Kapralov , Kamil Khadiev , Joshua Mokut , Yixin Shen , Maxim Yagafarov

Matroid intersection is a classical optimization problem where, given two matroids over the same ground set, the goal is to find the largest common independent set. In this paper, we show that there exists a certain "sparsifer": a subset of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-10-26 Chien-Chung Huang , François Sellier

Like most multiobjective combinatorial optimization problems, biobjective optimization problems on matroids are in general intractable and their corresponding decision problems are in general NP-hard. In this paper, we consider biobjective…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-03-15 Jochen Gorski , Kathrin Klamroth , Julia Sudhoff

In the matroid secretary problem, the elements of a matroid $\mathcal{M}$ arrive in random order. Once we observe an item we need to irrevocably decide whether or not to accept it. The set of selected elements should form an independent set…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-01-06 Mohammad Shadravan