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We study the online submodular maximization problem with free disposal under a matroid constraint. Elements from some ground set arrive one by one in rounds, and the algorithm maintains a feasible set that is independent in the underlying…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2016-10-26 T-H. Hubert Chan , Zhiyi Huang , Shaofeng H. -C. Jiang , Ning Kang , Zhihao Gavin Tang

Submodular maximization constitutes a prominent research topic in combinatorial optimization and theoretical computer science, with extensive applications across diverse domains. While substantial advancements have been achieved in…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-03-17 Shengminjie Chen , Yiwei Gao , Kaifeng Lin , Xiaoming Sun , Jialin Zhang

In a graph $G$ with a source $s$, we design a distance oracle that can answer the following query: Query$(s,t,e)$ -- find the length of shortest path from a fixed source $s$ to any destination vertex $t$ while avoiding any edge $e$. We…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-07-01 Dipan Dey , Manoj Gupta

In the matroid center problem, which generalizes the $k$-center problem, we need to pick a set of centers that is an independent set of a matroid with rank $r$. We study this problem in streaming, where elements of the ground set arrive in…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-07-21 Sagar Kale

We study the problem of maximizing a non-monotone, non-negative submodular function subject to a matroid constraint. The prior best-known deterministic approximation ratio for this problem is $\frac{1}{4}-\epsilon$ under…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-10-23 Kai Han , Zongmai Cao , Shuang Cui , Benwei Wu

This paper deals with the problem of representing the matching independence system in a graph as the intersection of finitely many matroids. After characterizing the graphs for which the matching independence system is the intersection of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Sandor P. Fekete , Robert T. Firla , Bianca Spille

We study the algebraic matroid induced by the ideal of (r+1)-minors of a matrix of variables over a field. This is inherently connected to the bounded-rank matrix completion problem, in which the aim is to complete a partially observed rank…

Commutative Algebra · Mathematics 2026-01-09 Lisa Nicklasson , Manolis C. Tsakiris

In this work we present an algorithm to construct sparse-paving matroids over finite set $S$. From this algorithm we derive some useful bounds on the cardinality of the set of circuits of any Sparse-Paving matroids which allow us to prove…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-10-18 B. Mederos , M. Takane , G. Tapia-Sanchez , B. Zavala

Connectivity is a fundamental structural property of matroids, and has been studied algorithmically over 50 years. In 1974, Cunningham proposed a deterministic algorithm consuming $O(n^{2})$ queries to the independence oracle to determine…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-06-22 Xiaowei Huang , Shiguang Feng , Lvzhou Li

The Matroid Secretary Problem is a central question in online optimization, modeling sequential decision-making under combinatorial constraints. We introduce a bipartite graph framework that unifies and extends several known formulations,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-11-07 Kristóf Bérczi , Vasilis Livanos , José A. Soto , Victor Verdugo

In this article, we investigate the multi-parametric matroid problem. The weights of the elements of the matroid's ground set depend linearly on an arbitrary but fixed number of parameters, each of which is taken from a real interval. The…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-03-13 Nils Hausbrandt , Stefan Ruzika

Let $ E $ be a possibly infinite set and let $ M $ and $ N $ be matroids defined on $ E $. We say that the pair $ \{ M,N \} $ has the Intersection property if $ M $ and $ N $ share an independent set $ I $ admitting a bipartition $…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-06-11 Attila Joó

We present deterministic algorithms for maintaining a $(3/2 + \epsilon)$ and $(2 + \epsilon)$-approximate maximum matching in a fully dynamic graph with worst-case update times $\hat{O}(\sqrt{n})$ and $\tilde{O}(1)$ respectively. The…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-11-22 Peter Kiss

Diversity maximization is a fundamental problem in web search and data mining. For a given dataset $S$ of $n$ elements, the problem requires to determine a subset of $S$ containing $k\ll n$ "representatives" which minimize some diversity…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2020-02-11 Matteo Ceccarello , Andrea Pietracaprina , Geppino Pucci

Linear matroid intersection is an important problem in combinatorial optimization. Given two linear matroids over the same ground set, the linear matroid intersection problem asks you to find a common independent set of maximum size. The…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-09-10 Aryan Agarwala , Yaroslav Alekseev , Antoine Vinciguerra

In the matroid secretary problem, the elements of a matroid $\mathcal{M}$ arrive in random order. Once we observe an item we need to irrevocably decide whether or not to accept it. The set of selected elements should form an independent set…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-01-06 Mohammad Shadravan

The maximization for the independence systems defined on graphs is a generalization of combinatorial optimization problems such as the maximum $b$-matching, the unweighted MAX-SAT, the matchoid, and the maximum timed matching problems. In…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-08-23 Yuki Amano

In the Maximum Independent Set of Objects problem, we are given an $n$-vertex planar graph $G$ and a family $\mathcal{D}$ of $N$ objects, where each object is a connected subgraph of $G$. The task is to find a subfamily $\mathcal{F}…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2023-11-01 Jana Cslovjecsek , Michał Pilipczuk , Karol Węgrzycki

Preconditioning has long been a staple technique in optimization, often applied to reduce the condition number of a matrix and speed up the convergence of algorithms. Although there are many popular preconditioning techniques in practice,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-11-08 Zhaonan Qu , Wenzhi Gao , Oliver Hinder , Yinyu Ye , Zhengyuan Zhou

We exhibit a randomized algorithm which given a matrix $A\in \mathbb{C}^{n\times n}$ with $\|A\|\le 1$ and $\delta>0$, computes with high probability an invertible $V$ and diagonal $D$ such that $\|A-VDV^{-1}\|\le \delta$ using…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-07-21 Jess Banks , Jorge Garza-Vargas , Archit Kulkarni , Nikhil Srivastava