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Node-weighted network design and maximum sub-determinants

Carsten Moldenhauer

We consider the Node-weighted Steiner Forest problem on planar graphs. Demaine et al. showed that a generic primal-dual algorithm gives a 6-approximation. We present two different proofs of an approximation factor of~

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EPFL2014

Opaque Sets

János Pach

The problem of finding "small" sets that meet every straight-line which intersects a given convex region was initiated by Mazurkiewicz in 1916. We call such a set an opaque set or a barrier for that region. We consider the problem of computing the shortest ...

Springer2014

Polynomial-Time Computation Of Homotopy Groups And Postnikov Systems In Fixed Dimension

For several computational problems in homotopy theory, we obtain algorithms with running time polynomial in the input size. In particular, for every fixed k >= 2, there is a polynomial-time algorithm that, for a 1-connected topological space X given as a f ...

Siam Publications2014

Strong LP Formulations for Scheduling Splittable Jobs on Unrelated Machines

Ola Nils Anders Svensson

We study a natural generalization of the problem of minimizing makespan on unrelated machines in which jobs may be split into parts. The different parts of a job can be (simultaneously) processed on different machines, but each part requires a setup time b ...

Springer2014

Near-Optimal Source Placement for Linear Physical Fields

Martin Vetterli, Juri Ranieri

In real-word applications, signal processing is often used to measure and control a physical field by means of sensors and sources, respectively. An aspect that has been often neglected is the optimization of the sources' locations. In this work, we discus ...

Ieee2014

Fixed-Rank Rayleigh Quotient Maximization by an MPSK Sequence

Anastasios Kyrillidis

Certain optimization problems in communication systems, such as limited-feedback constant-envelope beamforming or noncoherent M-ary phase-shift keying (MPSK) sequence detection, result in the maximization of a fixed-rank positive semidefinite quadratic for ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2014

A quasi-optimal sparse grids procedure for groundwater flows

Fabio Nobile, Lorenzo Tamellini

In this work we explore the extension of the quasi-optimal sparse grids method proposed in our previous work "On the optimal polynomial approximation of stochastic PDEs by Galerkin and Collocation methods" to a Darcy problem where the permeability is model ...

Springer2014

Almost Polynomial Factor Hardness for Closest Vector Problem with Preprocessing

Nisheeth Vishnoi

We prove that for an arbitrarily small constant < 0, the preprocessing versions of the closest vector problem and the nearest codeword problem are hard to approximate within a factor 2log1-en, under the assumption that NP ⊈ SIZE(2logO(1/e)n). © 2014 Soc ...

Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics2014

On the Configuration LP for Maximum Budgeted Allocation

Ola Nils Anders Svensson, Christos Kalaitzis, Lukas Polacek, Aleksander Madry

We study the Maximum Budgeted Allocation problem, i.e., the problem of selling a set of m indivisible goods to n players, each with a separate budget, such that we maximize the collected revenue. Since the natural assignment LP is known to have an integral ...

Springer2014

Majority Logic Representation and Satisfiability

Giovanni De Micheli, Pierre-Emmanuel Julien Marc Gaillardon, Luca Gaetano Amarù

Majority logic is a powerful generalization of common AND/OR logic. Original two-level and multi-level logic networks can use majority operators as primitive connective, in place of AND/ORs. In such a way, Boolean functions have novel means for compact rep ...

2014

Node-weighted network design and maximum sub-determinants

Carsten Moldenhauer

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. Then, we draw a connection to Goem ...

EPFL2014