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Various applications involve assigning discrete label values to a collection of objects based on some pairwise noisy data. Due to the discrete---and hence nonconvex---structure of the problem, computing the optimal assignment (e.g.~maximum…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-12-11 Yuxin Chen , Emmanuel Candes

Scalable load balancing algorithms are of great interest in cloud networks and data centers, necessitating the use of tractable techniques to compute optimal load balancing policies for good performance. However, most existing scalable…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-03-25 Anam Tahir , Kai Cui , Heinz Koeppl

Traditional task assignment approaches for multi-agent motion control do not take the possibility of collisions into account. This can lead to challenging requirements for path planning. We derive an assignment method that not only…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-08-26 Tony A. Wood , Mitchell Khoo , Elad Michael , Chris Manzie , Iman Shames

Propensity score matching (PSM) and augmented inverse propensity weighting (AIPW) are widely used in observational studies to estimate causal effects. The two approaches present complementary features. The AIPW estimator is doubly robust…

Methodology · Statistics 2025-12-12 Tanchumin Xu , Yunshu Zhang , Shu Yang

Scalability is the key roadstone towards the application of cooperative intelligent algorithms in large-scale networks. Reinforcement learning (RL) is known as model-free and high efficient intelligent algorithm for communication problems…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-08 Fenghe Hu , Yansha Deng , A. Hamid Aghvami

In this work, we consider a method of searching of the direction of a wireless network development (the places of new access points or base stations etc.) optimized with criteria of coverage of important territories and minimum cost of…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2012-09-03 Lev Kazakovtsev

We consider a problem of placing generators of rewards to be collected by randomly moving agents in a network. In many settings, the precise mobility pattern may be one of several possible, based on parameters outside our control, such as…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-06-04 Petros Petsinis , Kaichen Zhang , Andreas Pavlogiannis , Jingbo Zhou , Panagiotis Karras

We study contextual chance-constrained programming under decision-dependent uncertainty. In this setting, a decision not only needs to satisfy constraints but also alters the distribution of uncertain outcomes. This dependency makes the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-10 Xiangting Liu , Shengran Wang , Kaile Yan , Zhi-Hai Zhang

In this paper, we present long-awaited algorithmic advances toward the efficient construction of near-optimal replenishment policies for a true inventory management classic, the economic warehouse lot scheduling problem. While this paradigm…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-01-23 Danny Segev

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) have emerged as a promising technique to rapidly provide wireless services to a group of mobile users simultaneously. The paper aims to address a challenging issue that each user is selfish and may misreport…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2019-10-08 Xinping Xu , Lingjie Duan , Minming Li

In this paper, we introduce and study the Facility Location Problem with Aleatory Agents (FLPAA), where the facility accommodates n agents larger than the number of agents reporting their preferences, namely n_r. The spare capacity is used…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2024-09-30 Gennaro Auricchio , Jie Zhang

Two popular approaches for distributed training of SVMs on big data are parameter averaging and ADMM. Parameter averaging is efficient but suffers from loss of accuracy with increase in number of partitions, while ADMM in the feature space…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2015-10-01 Ayan Das , Sourangshu Bhattacharya

Improving algorithms via predictions is a very active research topic in recent years. This paper initiates the systematic study of mechanism design in this model. In a number of well-studied mechanism design settings, we make use of…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2023-01-13 Chenyang Xu , Pinyan Lu

Current affine formation maneuver of multi-agent systems (MASs) relys on the affine localizability determined by generic assumption for nominal configuration and global construction manner. This does not live up to practical constraints of…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-25 Cheng Zhu , Xiaotao Zhou , Bing Huang

Machine learning is central to empirical asset pricing, but portfolio construction still relies on point predictions and largely ignores asset-specific estimation uncertainty. We propose a simple change: sort assets using…

Portfolio Management · Quantitative Finance 2026-01-05 Yan Liu , Ye Luo , Zigan Wang , Xiaowei Zhang

Performative prediction is a framework that captures distribution shifts that occur during the training of machine learning models due to their deployment. As the trained model is used, data generation causes the model to evolve, leading to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-11-10 Xue Zheng , Tian Xie , Xuwei Tan , Aylin Yener , Xueru Zhang

The growing uncertainty from renewable power and electricity demand brings significant challenges to unit commitment (UC). While various advanced forecasting and optimization methods have been developed to predict better and address this…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-30 Rui Xie , Yue Chen , Pierre Pinson

Dynamic max-min fair allocation (DMMF) is a simple and popular mechanism for the repeated allocation of a shared resource among competing agents: in each round, each agent can choose to request or not for the resource, which is then…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-01-28 Chido Onyeze , Siddhartha Banerjee , Giannis Fikioris , Éva Tardos

This paper presents a non-manual design engineering method based on heuristic search algorithm to search for candidate agents in the solution space which formed by artificial intelligence agents modeled on the base of bionics.Compared with…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2018-07-30 Zengkun Li

We study learning dynamics induced by strategic agents who repeatedly play a game with an unknown payoff-relevant parameter. In each step, an information system estimates a belief distribution of the parameter based on the players'…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-10-20 Manxi Wu , Saurabh Amin , Asuman Ozdaglar