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Decision making problems are typically concerned with maximizing efficiency. In contrast, we address problems where there are multiple stakeholders and a centralized decision maker who is obliged to decide in a fair manner. Different…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-12-21 Andrea Lodi , Philippe Olivier , Gilles Pesant , Sriram Sankaranarayanan

In this paper, we consider the resource allocation problem in a network with a large number of connections which are used by a huge number of users. The resource allocation problem under discussion is a maximization problem with linear…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-02-09 Anastasiya Ivanova , Dmitry Pasechnyuk , Pavel Dvurechensky , Alexander Gasnikov , Evgeniya Vorontsova

5G mobile networks are expected to provide pervasive high speed wireless connectivity, to support increasingly resource intensive user applications. Network hyper-densification therefore becomes necessary, though connecting to the Internet…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-04-11 Rui Li , Paul Patras

Over the past two decades, fair resource allocation problems have received considerable attention in a variety of application areas. However, little progress has been made in the design of distributed algorithms with convergence guarantees…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2016-02-17 Jelena Marasevic , Cliff Stein , Gil Zussman

We study the basic allocation problem of assigning resources to players so as to maximize fairness. This is one of the few natural problems that enjoys the intriguing status of having a better estimation algorithm than approximation…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-11-24 Chidambaram Annamalai , Christos Kalaitzis , Ola Svensson

Resource allocation problems in many computer systems can be formulated as mathematical optimization problems. However, finding exact solutions to these problems using off-the-shelf solvers in an online setting is often intractable for…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2021-04-15 Deepak Narayanan , Fiodar Kazhamiaka , Firas Abuzaid , Peter Kraft , Matei Zaharia

Conventionally, the resource allocation is formulated as an optimization problem and solved online with instantaneous scenario information. Since most resource allocation problems are not convex, the optimal solutions are very difficult to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2017-12-20 Jun-Bo Wang , Junyuan Wang , Yongpeng Wu , Jin-Yuan Wang , Huiling Zhu , Min Lin , Jiangzhou Wang

In relay-enabled cellular networks, the intertwined nature of network agents calls for complex schemes to allocate wireless resources. Resources need to be distributed among mobile users while considering how relay resources are allocated,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-02-06 Edgar Arribas , Vicent Cholvi , Vincenzo Mancuso

Traffic load balancing and resource allocation is set to play a crucial role in leveraging the dense and increasingly heterogeneous deployment of multi-radio wireless networks. Traffic aggregation across different access points (APs)/radio…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-03-29 Sarabjot Singh , Mikhail Geraseminko , Shu-ping Yeh , Nageen Himayat , Shilpa Talwar

We introduce and study a multi-class online resource allocation problem with group fairness guarantees. The problem involves allocating a fixed amount of resources to a sequence of agents, each belonging to a specific group. The primary…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-01-28 Faraz Zargari , Hossein Nekouyan Jazi , Bo Sun , Xiaoqi Tan

Designing efficient and fair algorithms for sharing multiple resources between heterogeneous demands is becoming increasingly important. Applications include compute clusters shared by multi-task jobs and routers equipped with middleboxes…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2014-10-06 Thomas Bonald , James Roberts

We formulate and study the algorithmic mechanism design problem for a general class of resource allocation settings, where the center redistributes the private resources brought by individuals. Money transfer is forbidden. Distinct from the…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2015-03-24 Qipeng Liu , Yicheng Liu , Pingzhong Tang

We address deterministic resource allocation in point-to-point multi-terminal AWGN channels without inter-terminal interference, with particular focus on optimizing quantile transmission rates for cell-edge terminal service. Classical…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-16 Gokberk Yaylali , Ahmad Ali Khan , Dionysios S. Kalogerias

Water-filling is the term for the classic solution to the problem of allocating constrained power to a set of parallel channels to maximize the total data-rate. It is used widely in practice, for example, for power allocation to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2011-09-12 Yi Gai , Bhaskar Krishnamachari

Inspired by the recent COVID-19 pandemic, we study a generalization of the multi-resource allocation problem with heterogeneous demands and Leontief utilities. Unlike existing settings, we allow each agent to specify requirements to only…

Theoretical Economics · Economics 2021-08-16 Steven Yin , Shatian Wang , Lingyi Zhang , Christian Kroer

In this paper, we investigate the problem of max-min rate maximization in fluid antenna relay (FAR)-assisted multi-user uplink multiple-input single-output (MISO) wireless systems, where each user is equipped with a single fluid antenna…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-02 Ruopeng Xu , Zhaohui Yang , Ting Zhang , Mingzhe Chen , Chen Zhu , Zhaoyang Zhang

In this paper, we consider random access, wireless, multi-hop networks, with multi-packet reception capabilities, where multiple flows are forwarded to the gateways through node disjoint paths. We explore the issue of allocating flow on…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-03-29 Manolis Ploumidis , Nikolaos Pappas , Apostolos Traganitis

The restricted max-min fair allocation problem seeks an allocation of resources to players that maximizes the minimum total value obtained by any player. It is NP-hard to approximate the problem to a ratio less than 2. Comparing the current…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-08-09 Siu-Wing Cheng , Yuchen Mao

We present prior robust algorithms for a large class of resource allocation problems where requests arrive one-by-one (online), drawn independently from an unknown distribution at every step. We design a single algorithm that, for every…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-03-12 Nikhil R. Devanur , Kamal Jain , Balasubramanian Sivan , Christopher A. Wilkens

This letter introduces a novel resource allocation algorithm for achieving max-min fairness (MMF) in a rate-splitting multiple access (RSMA) empowered multi-antenna broadcast channel. Specifically, we derive the closed-form solution for the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-10-31 Facheng Luo , Yijie Mao