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Optimization problems often involve vector norms, which has led to extensive research on developing algorithms that can handle objectives beyond the $\ell_p$ norms. Our work introduces the concept of submodular norms, which are a versatile…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-10-10 Kalen Patton , Matteo Russo , Sahil Singla

This paper investigates the problem of Online Convex-Concave Optimization, which extends Online Convex Optimization to two-player time-varying convex-concave games. The goal is to minimize the dynamic duality gap (D-DGap), a critical…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-09-10 Qing-xin Meng , Xia Lei , Jian-wei Liu

We study online scheduling problems on a single processor that can be viewed as extensions of the well-studied problem of minimizing total weighted flow time. In particular, we provide a framework of analysis that is derived by duality…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-01-08 Spyros Angelopoulos , Giorgio Lucarelli , Nguyen Kim Thang

We study multi-product inventory control problems where a manager makes sequential replenishment decisions based on partial historical information in order to minimize its cumulative losses. Our motivation is to consider general demands,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-27 Massil Hihat , Stéphane Gaïffas , Guillaume Garrigos , Simon Bussy

Using an optimization algorithm to solve a machine learning problem is one of mainstreams in the field of science. In this work, we demonstrate a comprehensive comparison of some state-of-the-art first-order optimization algorithms for…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2014-04-29 Yu Wei , Pock Thomas

Max-norm regularizer has been extensively studied in the last decade as it promotes an effective low-rank estimation for the underlying data. However, such max-norm regularized problems are typically formulated and solved in a batch manner,…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2016-05-17 Jie Shen , Huan Xu , Ping Li

Robust optimization is a common framework in optimization under uncertainty when the problem parameters are not known, but it is rather known that the parameters belong to some given uncertainty set. In the robust optimization framework the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-02-27 Aharon Ben-Tal , Elad Hazan , Tomer Koren , Shie Mannor

We consider the online problem of scheduling jobs on identical machines, where jobs have precedence constraints. We are interested in the demanding setting where the jobs sizes are not known up-front, but are revealed only upon completion…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-05-07 Naveen Garg , Anupam Gupta , Amit Kumar , Sahil Singla

We consider online optimization in the 1-lookahead setting, where the objective does not decompose additively over the rounds of the online game. The resulting formulation enables us to deal with non-stationary and/or long-term constraints…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2016-06-09 Rodolphe Jenatton , Jim Huang , Dominik Csiba , Cedric Archambeau

This text presents an introduction to an emerging paradigm in control of dynamical systems and differentiable reinforcement learning called online nonstochastic control. The new approach applies techniques from online convex optimization…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-28 Elad Hazan , Karan Singh

In this paper, we show an improved bound and new algorithm for the online square-into-square packing problem. This two-dimensional packing problem involves packing an online sequence of squares into a unit square container without any two…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2014-01-23 Brian Brubach

Making use of predictions is a crucial, but under-explored, area of online algorithms. This paper studies a class of online optimization problems where we have external noisy predictions available. We propose a stochastic prediction error…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2015-04-28 Niangjun Chen , Anish Agarwal , Adam Wierman , Siddharth Barman , Lachlan L. H. Andrew

In this paper, we investigate the framework of Online Convex Optimization (OCO) for online learning. OCO offers a very powerful online learning framework for many applications. In this context, we study a specific framework of OCO called…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-11-01 Deepan Muthirayan , Jianjun Yuan , Pramod P. Khargonekar

Centered around solving the Online Saddle Point problem, this paper introduces the Online Convex-Concave Optimization (OCCO) framework, which involves a sequence of two-player time-varying convex-concave games. We propose the generalized…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-12-18 Qing-xin Meng , Jian-wei Liu

Online optimization problems arise in many resource allocation tasks, where the future demands for each resource and the associated utility functions change over time and are not known apriori, yet resources need to be allocated at every…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-02-06 Reza Eghbali , Jon Swenson , Maryam Fazel

We introduce the problem of $k$-chasing of convex functions, a simultaneous generalization of both the famous k-server problem in $R^d$, and of the problem of chasing convex bodies and functions. Aside from fundamental interest in this…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-04-17 Sébastien Bubeck , Yuval Rabani , Mark Sellke

This paper presents a family of algorithms for decentralized convex composite problems. We consider the setting of a network of agents that cooperatively minimize a global objective function composed of a sum of local functions plus a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-02-14 Yichuan Li , Petros G. Voulgaris , Dusan M. Stipanovic , Nikolaos M. Freris

Conventional online multi-task learning algorithms suffer from two critical limitations: 1) Heavy communication caused by delivering high velocity of sequential data to a central machine; 2) Expensive runtime complexity for building task…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2020-04-06 Peng Yang , Ping Li

Lagrangian relaxation and approximate optimization algorithms have received much attention in the last two decades. Typically, the running time of these methods to obtain a $\epsilon$ approximate solution is proportional to…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Elad Hazan

Online algorithms that allow a small amount of migration or recourse have been intensively studied in the last years. They are essential in the design of competitive algorithms for dynamic problems, where objects can also depart from the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-05-21 Sebastian Berndt , Valentin Dreismann , Kilian Grage , Klaus Jansen , Ingmar Knof