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We consider the robust version of items selection problem, in which the goal is to choose representatives from a family of sets, preserving constraints on the allowed items' combinations. We prove NP-hardness of the deterministic version,…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2019-07-23 Maciej Drwal

Standard algorithms for finding the shortest path in a graph require that the cost of a path be additive in edge costs, and typically assume that costs are deterministic. We consider the problem of uncertain edge costs, with potential…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2013-02-21 Michael P. Wellman , Matthew Ford , Kenneth Larson

We investigate the so-called recoverable robust assignment problem on balanced bipartite graphs with $2n$ vertices, a mainstream problem in robust optimization: For two given linear cost functions $c_1$ and $c_2$ on the edges and a given…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-10-23 Dennis Fischer , Tim A. Hartmann , Stefan Lendl , Gerhard J. Woeginger

This paper considers the robust phase retrieval problem, which can be cast as a nonsmooth and nonconvex optimization problem. We propose a new inexact proximal linear algorithm with the subproblem being solved inexactly. Our contributions…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-02-12 Zhong Zheng , Shiqian Ma , Lingzhou Xue

In this paper we introduce a new network reachability problem where the goal is to find the most reliable path between two nodes in a network, represented as a directed acyclic graph. Individual edges within this network may fail according…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2012-06-26 Allen Chang , Eyal Amir

We consider a constrained version of the shortest path problem on the complete graphs whose edges have independent random lengths and costs. We establish the asymptotic value of the minimum length as a function of the cost-budget within a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-11-16 Alan Frieze , Tomasz Tkocz

We study the replacement paths problem in the $\mathsf{CONGEST}$ model of distributed computing. Given an $s$-$t$ shortest path $P$, the goal is to compute, for every edge $e$ in $P$, the shortest-path distance from $s$ to $t$ avoiding $e$.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-08-28 Yi-Jun Chang , Yanyu Chen , Dipan Dey , Gopinath Mishra , Hung Thuan Nguyen , Bryce Sanchez

In two-stage robust optimization the solution to a problem is built in two stages: In the first stage a partial, not necessarily feasible, solution is exhibited. Then the adversary chooses the "worst" scenario from a predefined set of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2010-10-15 Valentin Polishchuk , Mikko Sysikaski

In this paper, we develop an approach to recursively estimate the quadratic risk for matrix recovery problems regularized with spectral functions. Toward this end, in the spirit of the SURE theory, a key step is to compute the (weak)…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-11-07 Charles-Alban Deledalle , Samuel Vaiter , Gabriel Peyré , Jalal Fadili , Charles Dossal

This paper deals with the recoverable robust spanning tree problem under interval uncertainty representations. A polynomial time, combinatorial algorithm for the recoverable spanning tree problem is first constructed. This problem…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-08-30 Mikita Hradovich , Adam Kasperski , Pawel Zielinski

We consider robust combinatorial optimization problems with cost uncertainty where the decision maker can prepare K solutions beforehand and chooses the best of them once the true cost is revealed. Also known as min-max-min robustness (a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-10-29 Marc Goerigk , Jannis Kurtz , Michael Poss

Planning problems are hard, motion planning, for example, isPSPACE-hard. Such problems are even more difficult in the presence of uncertainty. Although, Markov Decision Processes (MDPs) provide a formal framework for such problems, finding…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2013-01-14 Carlos E. Guestrin , Dirk Ormoneit

The Promise Constraint Satisfaction Problem (PCSP for short) is a generalization of the well-studied Constraint Satisfaction Problem (CSP). The PCSP has its roots in such classic problems as the Approximate Graph Coloring and the…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-12-08 Arash Beikmohammadi , Andrei A. Bulatov

We explore a multiple-stage variant of the min-max robust selection problem with budgeted uncertainty that includes queries. First, one queries a subset of items and gets the exact values of their uncertain parameters. Given this…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-01-07 Xiaoyu Chen , Marc Goerigk , Michael Poss

This paper studies the problem of reconstructing binary matrices that are only accessible through few evaluations of their discrete X-rays. Such question is prominently motivated by the demand in material science for developing a tool for…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Alberto Del Lungo , Andrea Frosini , Maurice Nivat , Laurent Vuillon

The classic Resource Constrained Shortest Path (RCSP) problem aims to find a cost optimal path between a pair of nodes in a network such that the resources used in the path are within a given limit. Having been studied for over a decade,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-04-17 Saman Ahmadi , Andrea Raith , Guido Tack , Mahdi Jalili

We consider the problem of finding an optimal history-dependent routing strategy on a directed graph weighted by stochastic arc costs when the objective is to minimize the risk of spending more than a prescribed budget. To help mitigate the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-02-23 Arthur Flajolet , Sebastien Blandin , Patrick Jaillet

This paper considers a natural fault-tolerant shortest paths problem: for some constant integer $f$, given a directed weighted graph with no negative cycles and two fixed vertices $s$ and $t$, compute (either explicitly or implicitly) for…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-09-16 Virginia Vassilevska Williams , Eyob Woldeghebriel , Yinzhan Xu

We study the canonical statistical estimation problem of linear regression from $n$ i.i.d.~examples under $(\varepsilon,\delta)$-differential privacy when some response variables are adversarially corrupted. We propose a variant of the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-02-01 Xiyang Liu , Prateek Jain , Weihao Kong , Sewoong Oh , Arun Sai Suggala

Recourse provides individuals who received undesirable labels (e.g., denied a loan) from algorithmic decision-making systems with a minimum-cost improvement suggestion to achieve the desired outcome. However, in practice, models often get…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-06 Phone Kyaw , Kshitij Kayastha , Shahin Jabbari