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Fast algorithms for submodular maximization problems have a vast potential use in applicative settings, such as machine learning, social networks, and economics. Though fast algorithms were known for some special cases, only recently…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-10-06 Niv Buchbinder , Moran Feldman , Roy Schwartz

Submodular maximization under matroid and cardinality constraints are classical problems with a wide range of applications in machine learning, auction theory, and combinatorial optimization. In this paper, we consider these problems in the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-12-27 Kiarash Banihashem , Leyla Biabani , Samira Goudarzi , MohammadTaghi Hajiaghayi , Peyman Jabbarzade , Morteza Monemizadeh

We show that if the ground set of a matroid can be partitioned into $k\ge 2$ bases, then for any given subset $S$ of the ground set, there is a partition into $k$ bases such that the sizes of the intersections of the bases with $S$ may…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-12-02 Hannaneh Akrami , Siyue Liu , Roshan Raj , László A. Végh

Matroids are a fundamental object of study in combinatorial optimization. Three closely related and important problems involving matroids are maximizing the size of the union of $k$ independent sets (that is, $k$-fold matroid union),…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-03-03 Kent Quanrud

In the \textit{Matroid Secretary Problem} (MSP), the elements of the ground set of a Matroid are revealed on-line one by one, each together with its value. An algorithm for the MSP is \textit{Matroid-Unknown} if, at every stage of its…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-09-03 Oded Lachish

We consider the Bin Packing problem with a partition matroid constraint. The input is a set of items of sizes in $(0,1]$, and a partition matroid over the items. The goal is to pack all items in a minimum number of unit-size bins, such that…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-05-16 Ilan Doron-Arad , Ariel Kulik , Hadas Shachnai

We study algorithms for construction of composable coresets for the task of Determinant Maximization under partition constraint. Given a point set $V\subset \mathbb{R}^d$ that is partitioned into $s$ groups $V_1,\cdots, V_s$, and integers…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-10-08 Sepideh Mahabadi , Thuy-Duong Vuong

A matroid is a notion of independence in combinatorial optimization which is closely related to computational efficiency. In particular, it is well known that the maximum of a constrained modular function can be found greedily if and only…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2015-04-15 Branislav Kveton , Zheng Wen , Azin Ashkan , Hoda Eydgahi , Brian Eriksson

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

The Matroid Secretary Problem is a central question in online optimization, modeling sequential decision-making under combinatorial constraints. We introduce a bipartite graph framework that unifies and extends several known formulations,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-11-07 Kristóf Bérczi , Vasilis Livanos , José A. Soto , Victor Verdugo

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

We consider the problem of finding an independent set of maximum weight simultaneously contained in $k$ matroids over a common ground set. This $k$-matroid intersection problem appears naturally in many contexts, for example in generalizing…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-12-10 Neta Singer , Theophile Thiery

Our main contribution is a polynomial-time algorithm to reduce a $k$-colorable gammoid to a $(2k-2)$-colorable partition matroid. It is known that there are gammoids that can not be reduced to any $(2k-3)$-colorable partition matroid, so…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-07-09 Marilena Leichter , Benjamin Moseley , Kirk Pruhs

We consider the following Stochastic Boolean Function Evaluation problem, which is closely related to several problems from the literature. A matroid $\mathcal{M}$ (in compact representation) on ground set $E$ is given, and each element…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-01-13 Lisa Hellerstein , Benedikt M. Plank , Kevin Schewior

We consider the basic problem of learning an unknown partition of $n$ elements into at most $k$ sets using simple queries that reveal information about a small subset of elements. Our starting point is the well-studied pairwise same-set…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-06-24 Hadley Black , Arya Mazumdar , Barna Saha

Maintaining a maximum bipartite matching online while minimizing recourse/augmentations is a well studied problem, motivated by content delivery, job scheduling, and hashing. A breakthrough result of Bernstein, Holm, and Rotenberg…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-09-20 Niv Buchbinder , Anupam Gupta , Daniel Hathcock , Anna R. Karlin , Sherry Sarkar

The present note is a strengthening of a recent paper by K. Takazawa and Y. Yokoi (A generalized-polymatroid approach to disjoint common independent sets in two matroids, Discrete Mathematics (2019)). For given two matroids on $E$, under…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-10-01 Satoru Fujishige , Kenjiro Takazawa , Yu Yokoi

When we deal with a matroid ${\mathcal M}=(U,{\mathcal I})$, we usually assume that it is implicitly given by means of the independence (IND) oracle. Time complexity of many existing algorithms is polynomially bounded with respect to $|U|$…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-09-15 Yuki Nishimura , Kazuya Haraguchi

In this paper, we investigate the classes of matroid intersection admitting a solution for the problem of partitioning the ground set $E$ into $k$ common independent sets, where $E$ can be partitioned into $k$ independent sets in each of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-01-29 Kenjiro Takazawa , Yu Yokoi