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We study an online stochastic matching problem in which an algorithm sequentially matches $U$ users to $K$ arms, aiming to maximize cumulative reward over $T$ rounds under budget constraints. Without structural assumptions, computing the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-11 Omer Ben-Porat , Gur Keinan , Rotem Torkan

We introduce the abstract problem of rounding an unknown fractional bipartite $b$-matching $\bf{x}$ revealed online (e.g., output by an online fractional algorithm), exposed node-by-node on~one~side. The objective is to maximize the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-10-30 Joseph , Naor , Aravind Srinivasan , David Wajc

In this work, we argue for the importance of an online evaluation budget for a reliable comparison of deep offline RL algorithms. First, we delineate that the online evaluation budget is problem-dependent, where some problems allow for less…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-06-07 Vladislav Kurenkov , Sergey Kolesnikov

Real-time bidding (RTB) is an important mechanism in online display advertising, where a proper bid for each page view plays an essential role for good marketing results. Budget constrained bidding is a typical scenario in RTB where the…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2018-10-24 Di Wu , Xiujun Chen , Xun Yang , Hao Wang , Qing Tan , Xiaoxun Zhang , Jian Xu , Kun Gai

In this survey, we offer an extensive overview of the Online Influence Maximization (IM) problem by covering both theoretical aspects and practical applications. For the integrity of the article and because the online algorithm takes an…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2025-02-19 Jianxiong Guo

Submodular function maximization has been studied extensively in recent years under various constraints and models. The problem plays a major role in various disciplines. We study a natural online variant of this problem in which elements…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-01-26 Niv Buchbinder , Moran Feldman , Roy Schwartz

In the problem of online load balancing on uniformly related machines with bounded migration, jobs arrive online one after another and have to be immediately placed on one of a given set of machines without knowledge about jobs that may…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-09-05 Marten Maack

We design online algorithms for the fair allocation of public goods to a set of $N$ agents over a sequence of $T$ rounds and focus on improving their performance using predictions. In the basic model, a public good arrives in each round,…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2022-10-03 Siddhartha Banerjee , Vasilis Gkatzelis , Safwan Hossain , Billy Jin , Evi Micha , Nisarg Shah

Sampling without replacement is a natural online rounding strategy for converting fractional bipartite matching into an integral one. In Online Bipartite Matching, we can use the Balance algorithm to fractionally match each online vertex,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-10-10 Zhiyi Huang , Chui Shan Lee , Jianqiao Lu , Xinkai Shu

In online ad markets, a rising number of advertisers are employing bidding agencies to participate in ad auctions. These agencies are specialized in designing online algorithms and bidding on behalf of their clients. Typically, an agency…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2023-06-14 Yurong Chen , Qian Wang , Zhijian Duan , Haoran Sun , Zhaohua Chen , Xiang Yan , Xiaotie Deng

Motivated by Internet targeted advertising, we address several ad allocation problems. Prior work has established these problems admit no randomized online algorithm better than $(1-\frac{1}{e})$-competitive…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-04-30 Joseph , Naor , David Wajc

Consider a hiring process with candidates coming from different universities. It is easy to order candidates with the same background, yet it can be challenging to compare them otherwise. The latter case requires additional costly…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2024-11-19 Ziyad Benomar , Evgenii Chzhen , Nicolas Schreuder , Vianney Perchet

The domain of online algorithms with predictions has been extensively studied for different applications such as scheduling, caching (paging), clustering, ski rental, etc. Recently, Bamas et al., aiming for an unified method, have provided…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-10-04 Nguyen Kim Thang , Christoph Durr

This paper studies online optimization under inventory (budget) constraints. While online optimization is a well-studied topic, versions with inventory constraints have proven difficult. We consider a formulation of inventory-constrained…

Performance · Computer Science 2024-12-20 Qiulin Lin , Hanling Yi , John Pang , Minghua Chen , Adam Wierman , Michael Honig , Yuanzhang Xiao

Recently the online advertising market has exhibited a gradual shift from second-price auctions to first-price auctions. Although there has been a line of works concerning online bidding strategies in first-price auctions, it still remains…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2022-05-31 Rui Ai , Chang Wang , Chenchen Li , Jinshan Zhang , Wenhan Huang , Xiaotie Deng

This paper proposes an improved version of the current online learning algorithm for a general fuzzy min-max neural network (GFMM) to tackle existing issues concerning expansion and contraction steps as well as the way of dealing with…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-01-09 Thanh Tung Khuat , Fang Chen , Bogdan Gabrys

The fractional knapsack problem is one of the classical problems in combinatorial optimization, which is well understood in the offline setting. However, the corresponding online setting has been handled only briefly in the theoretical…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-01-31 Jeff Giliberti , Andreas Karrenbauer

The online search problem is a fundamental problem in finance. The numerous direct applications include searching for optimal prices for commodity trading and trading foreign currencies. In this paper, we analyze the advice complexity of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-01-10 Jhoirene Clemente , Juraj Hromkovic , Dennis Komm , Christian Kudahl

Makespan minimization on identical machines is a fundamental problem in online scheduling. The goal is to assign a sequence of jobs to $m$ identical parallel machines so as to minimize the maximum completion time of any job. Already in the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-10-28 Susanne Albers , Maximilian Janke

Online platforms increasingly rely on sequential decision-making algorithms to allocate resources, match users, or control exposure, while facing growing pressure to ensure fairness over time. We study a general online decision-making…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-13 Rui Chen , Oktay Gunluk , Andrea Lodi , Guanyi Wang