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This paper examines the integration of computational complexity into game theoretic models. The example focused on is the Prisoner's Dilemma, repeated for a finite length of time. We show that a minimal bound on the players' computational…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Yishay Mor , Jeffrey S. Rosenschein

This paper presents a comprehensive theoretical investigation into the parameterized complexity of explanation problems in various machine learning (ML) models. Contrary to the prevalent black-box perception, our study focuses on models…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-07-23 Sebastian Ordyniak , Giacomo Paesani , Mateusz Rychlicki , Stefan Szeider

Various practical problems within the class $\Sigma_{2}^P$ possess an unambiguity property, meaning that yes-instances correspond with a unique witness. The semantic class containing all unambiguous $\Sigma_{2}^P$ problems is denoted…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2026-04-02 Matan Gilboa , Paul W. Goldberg , Elias Koutsoupias , Noam Nisan

Real-life agents seldom have unlimited reasoning power. In this paper, we propose and study a new formal notion of computationally bounded strategic ability in multi-agent systems. The notion characterizes the ability of a set of agents to…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2023-10-27 Catalin Dima , Wojciech Jamroga

This paper considers large families of Markov chains (MCs) that are defined over a set of parameters with finite discrete domains. Such families occur in software product lines, planning under partial observability, and sketching of…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2019-03-27 Milan Ceska , Nils Jansen , Sebastian Junges , Joost-Pieter Katoen

In the computational social choice literature, there has been great interest in understanding how computational complexity can act as a barrier against manipulation of elections. Much of this literature, however, makes the assumption that…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2015-07-27 Vijay Menon , Kate Larson

Several different ways exist for approaching hard optimization problems. Mathematical programming techniques, including (integer) linear programming-based methods and metaheuristic approaches, are two highly successful streams for…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-02-08 Hengameh Fakhravar

Sofic shifts are symbolic dynamical systems defined by the set of bi-infinite sequences on an edge-labeled directed graph, called a presentation. We study the computational complexity of an array of natural decision problems about…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2022-09-29 Justin Cai , Rafael Frongillo

Shifted combinatorial optimization is a new nonlinear optimization framework which is a broad extension of standard combinatorial optimization, involving the choice of several feasible solutions at a time. This framework captures well…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2021-02-25 Jakub Gajarský , Petr Hliněný , Martin Koutecký , Shmuel Onn

The key to reconciling the polynomial-time intractability of many machine learning tasks in the worst case with the surprising solvability of these tasks by heuristic algorithms in practice seems to be exploiting restrictions on real-world…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-05-11 Todd Wareham

We study computational aspects of three prominent voting rules that use approval ballots to elect multiple winners. These rules are satisfaction approval voting, proportional approval voting, and reweighted approval voting. We first show…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2014-07-14 Haris Aziz , Serge Gaspers , Joachim Gudmundsson , Simon Mackenzie , Nicholas Mattei , Toby Walsh

Hedonic games provide a natural model of coalition formation among self-interested agents. The associated problem of finding stable outcomes in such games has been extensively studied. In this paper, we identify simple conditions on…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2015-07-14 Dominik Peters , Edith Elkind

Answering an open question by Betzler et al. [Betzler et al., JAIR'13], we resolve the parameterized complexity of the multi-winner determination problem under two famous representation voting rules: the Chamberlin-Courant (in short CC)…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2022-02-25 Jiehua Chen , Sanjukta Roy

It is important to study how strategic agents can affect the outcome of an election. There has been a long line of research in the computational study of elections on the complexity of manipulative actions such as manipulation and bribery.…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2023-07-24 Zack Fitzsimmons , Edith Hemaspaandra

This paper studies the growing domain of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) problems. Motivated by scheduling problems arising in RPA, we study the parameterized complexity of the single-machine problem $1|\text{prec},r_j,d_j|*$. We focus on…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-01-21 Michal Dvořák , Antonín Novák , Přemysl Šůcha , Dušan Knop , Claire Hanen

The problem of delegated choice has been of long interest in economics and recently on computer science. We overview a list of papers on delegated choice problem, from classic works to recent papers with algorithmic perspectives.

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-08-13 Mohammad T. Hajiaghayi , Suho Shin

We consider the problem of protecting and manipulating elections by recounting and changing ballots, respectively. Our setting involves a plurality-based election held across multiple districts, and the problem formulations are based on the…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2020-11-24 Kishen N. Gowda , Neeldhara Misra , Vraj Patel

Incorporating constraints is a major concern in probabilistic machine learning. A wide variety of problems require predictions to be integrated with reasoning about constraints, from modelling routes on maps to approving loan predictions.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-01-31 Ioannis Papantonis , Vaishak Belle

We study stochastic two-player turn-based games in which the objective of one player is to ensure several infinite-horizon total reward objectives, while the other player attempts to spoil at least one of the objectives. The games have…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2016-05-13 Romain Brenguier , Vojtěch Forejt

We consider a setting where one has to organize one or several group activities for a set of agents. Each agent will participate in at most one activity, and her preferences over activities depend on the number of participants in the…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2014-02-03 Andreas Darmann , Edith Elkind , Sascha Kurz , Jérôme Lang , Joachim Schauer , Gerhard Woeginger