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In this paper, we study the problem of maximizing $k$-submodular functions subject to a knapsack constraint. For monotone objective functions, we present a $\frac{1}{2}(1-e^{-2})\approx 0.432$ greedy approximation algorithm. For the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-09-18 Hao Xiao , Qian Liu , Yang Zhou , Min Li

We study the problem of maximizing a monotone submodular function subject to a matroid constraint, and present for it a deterministic non-oblivious local search algorithm that has an approximation guarantee of $1 - 1/e - \varepsilon$ (for…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-09-18 Niv Buchbinder , Moran Feldman

As the scales of data sets expand rapidly in some application scenarios, increasing efforts have been made to develop fast submodular maximization algorithms. This paper presents a currently the most efficient algorithm for maximizing…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-11-20 Teng Li , Hyo-Sang Shin , Antonios Tsourdos

Submodular optimization has numerous applications such as crowdsourcing and viral marketing. In this paper, we study the fundamental problem of non-negative submodular function maximization subject to a $k$-system constraint, which…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-06-16 Kai Han , Shuang Cui , Tianshuai Zhu , Jing Tang , Benwei Wu , He Huang

Submodular maximization is one of the central topics in combinatorial optimization. It has found numerous applications in the real world. Streaming algorithms for submodule maximization have gained attention in recent years, allowing for…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-11-08 Xiaoming Sun , Jialin Zhang , Shuo Zhang

We study the problem of maximizing a monotone submodular function subject to a Multiple Knapsack constraint. The input is a set $I$ of items, each has a non-negative weight, and a set of bins of arbitrary capacities. Also, we are given a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-04-19 Yaron Fairstein , Ariel Kulik , Joseph , Naor , Danny Raz , Hadas Shachnai

A deterministic approximation algorithm is presented for the maximization of non-monotone submodular functions over a ground set of size $n$ subject to cardinality constraint $k$; the algorithm is based upon the idea of interlacing two…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-10-28 Alan Kuhnle

We study the problem of maximizing constrained non-monotone submodular functions and provide approximation algorithms that improve existing algorithms in terms of either the approximation factor or simplicity. Our algorithms combine…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-03-01 Salman Fadaei , MohammadAmin Fazli , MohammadAli Safari

For the problem of maximizing a monotone, submodular function with respect to a cardinality constraint $k$ on a ground set of size $n$, we provide an algorithm that achieves the state-of-the-art in both its empirical performance and its…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-08-20 Yixin Chen , Tonmoy Dey , Alan Kuhnle

A multiple knapsack constraint over a set of items is defined by a set of bins of arbitrary capacities, and a weight for each of the items. An assignment for the constraint is an allocation of subsets of items to the bins which adheres to…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-06-29 Yaron Fairstein , Ariel Kulik , Hadas Shachnai

In this paper, we introduce a novel technique for constrained submodular maximization, inspired by barrier functions in continuous optimization. This connection not only improves the running time for constrained submodular maximization but…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-02-11 Ashwinkumar Badanidiyuru , Amin Karbasi , Ehsan Kazemi , Jan Vondrak

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

This paper presents a polynomial-time $1/2$-approximation algorithm for maximizing nonnegative $k$-submodular functions. This improves upon the previous $\max\{1/3, 1/(1+a)\}$-approximation by Ward and \v{Z}ivn\'y~(SODA'14), where…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-02-27 Satoru Iwata , Shin-ichi Tanigawa , Yuichi Yoshida

We investigate a more generalized form of submodular maximization, referred to as $k$-submodular maximization, with applications across social networks and machine learning domains. In this work, we propose the multilinear extension of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-09-13 Lingxiao Huang , Baoxiang Wang , Huanjian Zhou

In this work, we study the classical problem of maximizing a submodular function subject to a matroid constraint. We develop deterministic algorithms that are very parsimonious with respect to querying the submodular function, for both the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-08-29 Eric Balkanski , Steven DiSilvio , Alan Kuhnle , ChunLi Peng

We propose the first adversarially robust algorithm for monotone submodular maximization under single and multiple knapsack constraints with scalable implementations in distributed and streaming settings. For a single knapsack constraint,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-05-08 Dmitrii Avdiukhin , Slobodan Mitrović , Grigory Yaroslavtsev , Samson Zhou

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

In this paper, we provide the first deterministic algorithm that achieves the tight $1-1/e$ approximation guarantee for submodular maximization under a cardinality (size) constraint while making a number of queries that scales only linearly…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-04-13 Wenxin Li , Moran Feldman , Ehsan Kazemi , Amin Karbasi

In this paper we describe a new algorithm called Fast Adaptive Sequencing Technique (FAST) for maximizing a monotone submodular function under a cardinality constraint $k$ whose approximation ratio is arbitrarily close to $1-1/e$, is…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-07-16 Adam Breuer , Eric Balkanski , Yaron Singer

We consider fairness in submodular maximization subject to a knapsack constraint, a fundamental problem with various applications in economics, machine learning, and data mining. In the model, we are given a set of ground elements, each…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-05-20 Lijun Li , Chenyang Xu , Liuyi Yang , Ruilong Zhang