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We consider the online unrelated-machine load balancing problem with recourse, where the algorithm is allowed to re-assign prior jobs. We give a $(2+\epsilon)$-competitive algorithm for the problem with $O_\epsilon(\log n)$ amortized…

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The deployment of machine learning in high-stakes services relies on ``human-in-the-loop'' architectures to mitigate algorithmic uncertainty. However, existing static policies fail to address a fundamental tension: algorithms suffer from…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-02 Ziyao Wang , Svetlozar T Rachev

Correlation Clustering is an elegant model that captures fundamental graph cut problems such as Min $s-t$ Cut, Multiway Cut, and Multicut, extensively studied in combinatorial optimization. Here, we are given a graph with edges labeled $+$…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-04-04 Moses Charikar , Neha Gupta , Roy Schwartz

Matrix completion is the problem of recovering a low rank matrix by observing a small fraction of its entries. A series of recent works [KOM12,JNS13,HW14] have proposed fast non-convex optimization based iterative algorithms to solve this…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2014-11-06 Prateek Jain , Praneeth Netrapalli

This paper gives simple distributed algorithms for the fundamental problem of computing graph distances in the Congested Clique model. One of the main components of our algorithms is fast matrix multiplication, for which we show an…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2015-03-24 Keren Censor-Hillel , Ami Paz

We consider a system of $N$ servers inter-connected by some underlying graph topology $G_N$. Tasks arrive at the various servers as independent Poisson processes of rate $\lambda$. Each incoming task is irrevocably assigned to whichever…

Probability · Mathematics 2019-04-09 Debankur Mukherjee , Sem C. Borst , Johan S. H. van Leeuwaarden

Low-rank matrix completion (LRMC) problems arise in a wide variety of applications. Previous theory mainly provides conditions for completion under missing-at-random samplings. This paper studies deterministic conditions for completion. An…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2016-10-12 Daniel L. Pimentel-Alarcón , Nigel Boston , Robert D. Nowak

In this work, we present a fast distributed algorithm for local potential problems: these are graph problems where the task is to find a locally optimal solution where no node can unilaterally improve the utility in its local neighborhood…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2026-02-20 Alkida Balliu , Thomas Boudier , Francesco d'Amore , Fabian Kuhn , Dennis Olivetti , Gustav Schmid , Jukka Suomela

Optimization is fundamental in many areas of science, from computer science and information theory to engineering and statistical physics, as well as to biology or social sciences. It typically involves a large number of variables and a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-07-08 Lenka Zdeborová

Fast distributed algorithms that output a feasible solution for constraint satisfaction problems, such as maximal independent sets, have been heavily studied. There has been much less research on distributed sampling problems, where one…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2023-03-07 Sriram V. Pemmaraju , Joshua Z. Sobel

It was experimentally observed that the majority of real-world networks follow power law degree distribution. The aim of this paper is to study the algorithmic complexity of such "typical" networks. The contribution of this work is twofold.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-07-10 Paweł Brach , Marek Cygan , Jakub Łącki , Piotr Sankowski

We study the dynamic correlation clustering problem with $\textit{adaptive}$ edge label flips. In correlation clustering, we are given a $n$-vertex complete graph whose edges are labeled either $(+)$ or $(-)$, and the goal is to minimize…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-02-10 Vladimir Braverman , Prathamesh Dharangutte , Shreyas Pai , Vihan Shah , Chen Wang

One of the most fundamental problems in Computer Science is the Knapsack problem. Given a set of n items with different weights and values, it asks to pick the most valuable subset whose total weight is below a capacity threshold T. Despite…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-07-16 Kyriakos Axiotis , Christos Tzamos

The $k$-defective clique model relaxes the strict completeness constraint of the traditional clique by allowing up to $k$ missing edges, providing a robust formulation for detecting cohesive structures in noisy graphs. Consequently, the…

Databases · Computer Science 2026-05-19 Kewu Yang , Kaiqiang Yu , Shengxin Liu , Zhaoquan Gu

One way to define the Matching Cut problem is: Given a graph $G$, is there an edge-cut $M$ of $G$ such that $M$ is an independent set in the line graph of $G$? We propose the more general Conflict-Free Cut problem: Together with the graph…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-11-03 Johannes Rauch , Dieter Rautenbach , Uéverton S. Souza

We study the phase diagram and the algorithmic hardness of the random `locked' constraint satisfaction problems, and compare them to the commonly studied 'non-locked' problems like satisfiability of boolean formulas or graph coloring. The…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2008-12-09 Lenka Zdeborová , Marc Mézard

Consider a scheduling problem in which jobs need to be processed on a single machine. Each job has a weight and is composed of several operations belonging to different families. The machine needs to perform a setup between the processing…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-10-22 Alexander Mäcker , Friedhelm Meyer auf der Heide , Simon Pukrop

Analysis of algorithms on time-varying networks (often called evolving graphs) is a modern challenge in theoretical computer science. The edge-Markovian is a relatively simple and comprehensive model of evolving graphs: every pair of…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2022-08-26 Takeharu Shiraga , Shuji Kijima

We consider the problem of capacitated kinetic clustering in which $n$ mobile terminals and $k$ base stations with respective operating capacities are given. The task is to assign the mobile terminals to the base stations such that the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-02-29 Chien-Chun Ni , Zhengyu Su , Jie Gao , Xianfeng David Gu

We consider the weighted completion time minimization problem for capacitated parallel machines, which is a fundamental problem in modern cloud computing environments. We study settings in which the processed jobs may have varying duration,…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2022-06-28 Ilan Reuven Cohen , Izack Cohen , Iyar Zaks