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Quadratic constrained quadratic programming problems often occur in various fields such as engineering practice, management science, and network communication. This article mainly studies a non convex quadratic programming problem with…

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In this work we design graph neural network architectures that capture optimal approximation algorithms for a large class of combinatorial optimization problems, using powerful algorithmic tools from semidefinite programming (SDP).…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-10-08 Morris Yau , Nikolaos Karalias , Eric Lu , Jessica Xu , Stefanie Jegelka

Temporal logic is a concise way of specifying complex tasks. But motion planning to achieve temporal logic specifications is difficult, and existing methods struggle to scale to complex specifications and high-dimensional system dynamics.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-06-02 Vince Kurtz , Hai Lin

We present improved deterministic algorithms for approximating shortest paths in the Congested Clique model of distributed computing. We obtain $poly(\log\log n)$-round algorithms for the following problems in unweighted undirected…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-03-09 Michal Dory , Merav Parter

In graph signal processing, data samples are associated to vertices on a graph, while edge weights represent similarities between those samples. We propose a convex optimization problem to learn sparse well connected graphs from data. We…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-21 Eduardo Pavez , Antonio Ortega

Many discrete optimization problems amount to selecting a feasible set of edges of least weight. We consider in this paper the context of spatial graphs where the positions of the vertices are uncertain and belong to known uncertainty sets.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-09-27 Marin Bougeret , Jérémy Omer , Michael Poss

We present a novel method for global motion planning of robotic systems that interact with the environment through contacts. Our method directly handles the hybrid nature of such tasks using tools from convex optimization. We formulate the…

Visualizing graphs using virtual physical models is probably the most heavily used technique for drawing graphs in practice. There are many algorithms that are efficient and produce high-quality layouts. If one requires that the layout also…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2013-09-09 Emden R. Gansner , Yifan Hu , Shankar Krishnan

We investigate robust optimization problems defined for maximizing convex functions. For finite uncertainty set, we develop a geometric branch-and-bound algorithmic approach to solve this problem. The geometric branch-and-bound algorithm…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-11-21 Fengqiao Luo , Sanjay Mehrotra

Multi-vehicle autonomous driving couples strategic interaction with hybrid (discrete-continuous) maneuver planning under shared safety constraints. We introduce IBR-GCS, an Iterative Best Response (IBR) planning approach based on the Graphs…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2026-01-29 Nikolaj Käfer , Ahmed Khalil , Edward Huynh , Efstathios Bakolas , David Fridovich-Keil

In this report, we study decentralized stochastic optimization to minimize a sum of smooth and strongly convex cost functions when the functions are distributed over a directed network of nodes. In contrast to the existing work, we use…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-07-24 Muhammad I. Qureshi , Ran Xin , Soummya Kar , Usman A. Khan

Many combinatorial optimization problems can be phrased in the language of constraint satisfaction problems. We introduce a graph neural network architecture for solving such optimization problems. The architecture is generic; it works for…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-02-12 Jan Toenshoff , Martin Ritzert , Hinrikus Wolf , Martin Grohe

In this study, we present a simple and intuitive method for accelerating optimal Reeds-Shepp path computation. Our approach uses geometrical reasoning to analyze the behavior of optimal paths, resulting in a new partitioning of the state…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-08-14 Ibrahim Ibrahim , Wilm Decré , Jan Swevers

All traditional methods of computing shortest paths depend upon edge-relaxation where the cost of reaching a vertex from a source vertex is possibly decreased if that edge is used. We introduce a method which maintains lower bounds as well…

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This introduction to graphs and graph algebras provides the optimal bound for the number of all paths of length $k$ in a graph with $N\geq k$ edges and no loops. Our proof relies on a construction of a number of terminating algorithms that…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2019-12-12 Piotr M. Hajac , Mariusz Tobolski

We propose a universal Graph Neural Network architecture which can be trained as an end-2-end search heuristic for any Constraint Satisfaction Problem (CSP). Our architecture can be trained unsupervised with policy gradient descent to…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-08-23 Jan Tönshoff , Berke Kisin , Jakob Lindner , Martin Grohe

This paper introduces a novel algorithm for solving the point-to-point shortest path problem in a static regular 8-neighbor connectivity (G8) grid. This algorithm can be seen as a generalization of Hadlock algorithm to G8 grids, and is…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-08-23 Adel Ammar

Sampling-based algorithms for robot path planning offer probabilistic completeness and strong empirical convergence properties across environments with diverse obstacle configurations. However, in practice, these methods often require many…

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This paper aims to maximize algebraic connectivity of networks via topology design under the presence of constraints and an adversary. We are concerned with three problems. First, we formulate the concave maximization topology design…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-11-15 Tor Anderson , Chin-Yao Chang , Sonia Martinez

We consider single-source shortest path algorithms that perform a sequence of relaxation steps whose ordering depends only on the input graph structure and not on its weights or the results of prior steps. Each step examines one edge of the…

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