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We consider the unconstrained optimization problem whose objective function is composed of a smooth and a non-smooth conponents where the smooth component is the expectation a random function. This type of problem arises in some interesting…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-07-01 Qihang Lin , Xi Chen , Javier Pena

Many problems in signal processing and machine learning can be formalized as weak submodular optimization tasks. For such problems, a simple greedy algorithm (\textsc{Greedy}) is guaranteed to find a solution achieving the objective with a…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2021-11-24 Abolfazl Hashemi , Haris Vikalo , Gustavo de Veciana

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

Single-shot auctions are commonly used as a means to sell goods, for example when selling ad space or allocating radio frequencies, however devising mechanisms for auctions with multiple bidders and multiple items can be complicated. It has…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-03-02 Alex Stein , Avi Schwarzschild , Michael Curry , Tom Goldstein , John Dickerson

Learning-augmented algorithms have emerged as a powerful paradigm to surpass traditional worst-case lower bounds by integrating potentially noisy predictions. While this framework has seen success in online scheduling, existing work…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-25 Mugen Blue , Sungjin Im , Alexander Lindermayr

We advance a recently flourishing line of work at the intersection of learning theory and computational economics by studying the learnability of two classes of mechanisms prominent in economics, namely menus of lotteries and two-part…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2024-07-17 Maria-Florina Balcan , Hedyeh Beyhaghi

Many U.S. metropolitan cities are notorious for their severe shortage of parking spots. To this end, we present a proactive prediction-driven optimization framework to dynamically adjust parking prices. We use state-of-the-art deep learning…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-08-31 Seoyoung Hong , Heejoo Shin , Jeongwhan Choi , Noseong Park

We consider the online stochastic matching problem proposed by Feldman et al. [FMMM09] as a model of display ad allocation. We are given a bipartite graph; one side of the graph corresponds to a fixed set of bins and the other side…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2011-08-03 Vahideh H. Manshadi , Shayan Oveis Gharan , Amin Saberi

We study a single-buyer pricing problem with unreliable side information, motivated by the increasing use of AI-assisted decision-making and LLM-based predictions. The seller observes a private sample that may be either accurate (coinciding…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2026-04-06 Zhihao Gavin Tang , Yixin Tao , Shixin Wang

Rankings on online platforms help their end-users find the relevant information -- people, news, media, and products -- quickly. Fair ranking tasks, which ask to rank a set of items to maximize utility subject to satisfying group-fairness…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2023-06-22 Sruthi Gorantla , Anay Mehrotra , Amit Deshpande , Anand Louis

We study problems with stochastic uncertainty information on intervals for which the precise value can be queried by paying a cost. The goal is to devise an adaptive decision tree to find a correct solution to the problem in consideration…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-09-27 Steven Chaplick , Magnús M. Halldórsson , Murilo S. de Lima , Tigran Tonoyan

This paper studies the maximum cardinality matching problem in stochastically evolving graphs. We formally define the arrival-departure model with stochastic departures. There, a graph is sampled from a specific probability distribution and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-05-19 Eleni C. Akrida , Argyrios Deligkas , George B. Mertzios , Paul G. Spirakis , Viktor Zamaraev

Optimization problems are ubiquitous in our societies and are present in almost every segment of the economy. Most of these optimization problems are NP-hard and computationally demanding, often requiring approximate solutions for…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-06-23 James Kotary , Ferdinando Fioretto , Pascal Van Hentenryck

The assortment problem in revenue management is the problem of deciding which subset of products to offer to consumers in order to maximise revenue. A simple and natural strategy is to select the best assortment out of all those that are…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-02-22 Gerardo Berbeglia , Gwenaël Joret

The primary contribution of this paper resides in devising constant-factor approximation guarantees for revenue maximization in two-sided matching markets, under general pairwise rewards. A major distinction between our work and…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2024-11-26 Dan Nissim , Danny Segev , Alfredo Torrico

We introduce the Smoothed Online Optimization for Target Tracking (SOOTT) problem, a new framework that integrates three key objectives in online decision-making under uncertainty: (1) tracking cost for following a dynamically moving…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-09-09 Ali Zeynali , Mahsa Sahebdel , Qingsong Liu , Mohammad Hajiesmaili , Ramesh K. Sitaraman

This paper analyzes a service system modeled as a single-server queue, in which the service provider aims to dynamically maximize the expected revenue per unit of time. This is achieved by constructing a stochastic gradient descent…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-05 Shreehari Anand Bodas , Harsha Honnappa , Michel Mandjes , Liron Ravner

Price prediction algorithms propose prices for every product or service according to market trends, projected demand, and other characteristics, including government rules, international transactions, and speculation and expectation. As the…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2024-04-01 Amir Eshaghi Chaleshtori

Mathematical Selection is a method in which we select a particular choice from a set of such. It have always been an interesting field of study for mathematicians. Combinatorial optimisation is the practice of selecting the best constituent…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-01-31 Anurag Dutta , K. Lakshmanan , John Harshith , A. Ramamoorthy

In a sponsored search auction the advertisement slots on a search result page are generally ordered by click-through rate. Bidders have a valuation, which is usually assumed to be linear in the click-through rate, a budget constraint, and…

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