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Linear system solving is one of the main workhorses in applied mathematics. Recently, theoretical computer scientists have contributed sophisticated algorithms for solving linear systems with symmetric diagonally dominant matrices (a class…
Packing and covering linear programs belong to the narrow class of linear programs that are efficiently solvable in parallel and distributed models of computation, yet are a powerful modeling tool for a wide range of fundamental problems in…
Partitioning a graph into blocks of "roughly equal" weight while cutting only few edges is a fundamental problem in computer science with a wide range of applications. In particular, the problem is a building block in applications that…
The efficient parallel execution of complex computations requires balancing the workload across processors while minimizing the communication between them. This inherent trade-off is often captured by graph partitioning or DAG scheduling…
Motivated from the theory of quantum error correcting codes, we investigate a combinatorial problem that involves a symmetric $n$-vertices colourable graph and a group of operations (colouring rules) on the graph: find the minimum sequence…
We consider 4-block $n$-fold integer programming, which can be written as $\max\{w\cdot x: H x=b, l\le x\le u, x\in \mathbb{Z}^{N} \}$ where the constraint matrix $H$ is composed of small submatrices $A,B,C,D$ such that the first row of $H$…
We consider robust combinatorial optimization problems where the decision maker can react to a scenario by choosing from a finite set of $k$ solutions. This approach is appropriate for decision problems under uncertainty where the…
We study the combinatorial FIFO Stack-Up problem, where bins have to be stacked-up from conveyor belts onto pallets. Given k sequences of labeled bins and a positive integer p, the goal is to stack-up the bins by iteratively removing the…
In this paper, the problem of the minimal description of the structure of a vector function f(x) over an $N$-dimensional interval is studied. Methods adaptively subdividing the original interval in smaller subintervals and evaluating f(x)…
In symmetric block eigenvalue algorithms, such as the subspace iteration algorithm and the locally optimal block preconditioned conjugate gradient (LOBPCG) algorithm, a large block size is often employed to achieve robustness and rapid…
We study fundamental block-structured integer programs called tree-fold and multi-stage IPs. Tree-fold IPs admit a constraint matrix with independent blocks linked together by few constraints in a recursive pattern; and transposing their…
Given an undirected graph, the k-vertex cut problem (k-VCP) asks for a minimum-cost set of vertices whose removal yields at least k connected components in the resulting graph. The k-VCP is an important problem in network optimization, with…
In this paper, we describe a comprehensive algorithmic framework for solving mixed integer bilevel linear optimization problems (MIBLPs) using a generalized branch-and-cut approach. The framework presented merges features from existing…
Divide-and-conquer is a central paradigm for the design of algorithms, through which some fundamental computational problems, such as sorting arrays and computing convex hulls, are solved in optimal time within $\Theta(n\log{n})$ in the…
We present a novel algorithm that solves the turbo code LP decoding problem in a fininte number of steps by Euclidean distance minimizations, which in turn rely on repeated shortest path computations in the trellis graph representing the…
Splitting methods are widely used for solving initial value problems (IVPs) due to their ability to simplify complicated evolutions into more manageable subproblems which can be solved efficiently and accurately. Traditionally, these…
Symmetric tensor operations arise in a wide variety of computations. However, the benefits of exploiting symmetry in order to reduce storage and computation is in conflict with a desire to simplify memory access patterns. In this paper, we…
In this paper, we present a new framework that exploits combinatorial optimization for efficiently generating a large variety of combinatorial objects based on graphs, matroids, posets and polytopes. Our method relies on a simple and…
Interval scheduling is a basic problem in the theory of algorithms and a classical task in combinatorial optimization. We develop a set of techniques for partitioning and grouping jobs based on their starting and ending times, that enable…
Current quantum computers can only solve optimization problems of a very limited size. For larger problems, decomposition methods are required in which the original problem is broken down into several smaller sub-problems. These are then…