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We present SimultaneousGreedys, a deterministic algorithm for constrained submodular maximization. At a high level, the algorithm maintains $\ell$ solutions and greedily updates them in a simultaneous fashion. SimultaneousGreedys achieves…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-07-15 Moran Feldman , Christopher Harshaw , Amin Karbasi

In this paper, we investigate the complexity of Maximum Independent Set (MIS) in the class of $H$-free graphs, that is, graphs excluding a fixed graph as an induced subgraph. Given that the problem remains $NP$-hard for most graphs $H$, we…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-02-21 Édouard Bonnet , Nicolas Bousquet , Pierre Charbit , Stéphan Thomassé , Rémi Watrigant

This paper addresses a complex parallel machine scheduling problem with jobs divided into operations and operations grouped in families. Non-anticipatory family setup times are held at the beginning of each batch, defined by the combination…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-02-12 Davi Mecler , Victor Abu-Marrul , Rafael Martinelli , Arild Hoff

We consider a recursive algorithm to construct an aggregated estimator from a finite number of base decision rules in the classification problem. The estimator approximately minimizes a convex risk functional under the l1-constraint. It is…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2007-06-13 Anatoli Juditsky , Alexander Nazin , Alexandre Tsybakov , Nicolas Vayatis

We study the problem of estimating a random process from the observations collected by a network of sensors that operate under resource constraints. When the dynamics of the process and sensor observations are described by a state-space…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-07-24 Abolfazl Hashemi , Mahsa Ghasemi , Haris Vikalo , Ufuk Topcu

We present a fast two-phase algorithm for super-resolution with strong theoretical guarantees. Given the low-frequency part of the spectrum of a sequence of impulses, Phase I consists of a greedy algorithm that roughly estimates the impulse…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-11-12 Armin Eftekhari , Michael B. Wakin

We study the online maximum matching problem in a model in which the edges are associated with a known recourse parameter $k$. An online algorithm for this problem has to maintain a valid matching while edges of the underlying graph are…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-01-06 Spyros Angelopoulos , Christoph Dürr , Shendan Jin

Multiple instance learning (MIL) has attracted great attention recently in machine learning community. However, most MIL algorithms are very slow and cannot be applied to large datasets. In this paper, we propose a greedy strategy to speed…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2012-05-04 Gang Chen , Jason Corso

An independent vertex set of a graph is a set of vertices of the graph in which no two vertices are adjacent, and a maximal independent set is one that is not a proper subset of any other independent set. In this paper we count the number…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-09-13 Seungsang Oh

Since Tinhofer proposed the MinGreedy algorithm for maximum cardinality matching in 1984, several experimental studies found the randomized algorithm to perform excellently for various classes of random graphs and benchmark instances. In…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-05-19 Bert Besser , Matthias Poloczek

We analyze task orderings in continual learning for linear regression, assuming joint realizability of training data. We focus on orderings that greedily maximize dissimilarity between consecutive tasks, a concept briefly explored in prior…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-24 Matan Tsipory , Ran Levinstein , Itay Evron , Mark Kong , Deanna Needell , Daniel Soudry

The Maximum Independent Set problem is fundamental for extracting conflict-free structure from large graphs, with applications in scheduling, recommendation, and network analysis. However, existing heuristics can stagnate when search…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-10-29 Yu Zhang , Witold Pedrycz , Chanjuan Liu , Enqiang Zhu

We consider the classic maximal and maximum independent set problems in three models of graph streams: In the edge-arrival model we see a stream of edges which collectively define a graph, this model has been well-studied for a variety of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-07-24 Graham Cormode , Jacques Dark , Christian Konrad

We generalize the matroid-theoretic approach to greedy algorithms to the setting of poset matroids, in the sense of Barnabei, Nicoletti and Pezzoli (1998) [BNP]. We illustrate our result by providing a generalization of Kruskal algorithm…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-06-18 Luca Ferrari

Motivated by applications in online dating and kidney exchange, the stochastic matching problem was introduced by Chen, Immorlica, Karlin, Mahdian and Rudra (2009). They have proven a 4-approximation of a simple greedy strategy, but…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2013-11-06 Marek Adamczyk

The random greedy algorithm for constructing a large partial Steiner-Triple-System is defined as follows. Begin with a complete graph on $n$ vertices and proceed to remove the edges of triangles one at a time, where each triangle removed is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-10-29 Tom Bohman , Alan Frieze , Eyal Lubetzky

We consider the problem of approximating a given element $f$ from a Hilbert space $\mathcal{H}$ by means of greedy algorithms and the application of such procedures to the regression problem in statistical learning theory. We improve on the…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2009-09-29 Andrew R. Barron , Albert Cohen , Wolfgang Dahmen , Ronald A. DeVore

In this paper we present a greedy algorithm for solving the problem of the maximum partitioning of graphs with supply and demand (MPGSD). The goal of the method is to solve the MPGSD for large graphs in a reasonable time limit. This is done…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2015-07-31 Raka Jovanovic , Abdelkader Bousselham , Stefan Voss

The classical problem of maximizing a submodular function under a matroid constraint is considered. Defining a new measure for the increments made by the greedy algorithm at each step, called the discriminant, improved approximation ratio…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-10-31 Nived Rajaraman , Rahul Vaze

In this work, we investigate the sum-rate performance of multicell and cell-free massive MIMO systems using linear precoding and multiuser scheduling algorithms. We consider the use of a network-centric clustering approach to reduce the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-03-14 S. Mashdour , R. C. de Lamare , J. P. Sales