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Proximity results and faster algorithms for Integer Programming using the Steinitz Lemma

Friedrich Eisenbrand

We consider integer programming problems in standard form max{c(T)x : Ax = b; x >= 0, x is an element of Z(n)} where A is an element of Z(mxn), b is an element of Z(m) and c is an element of Z(n). We show that such an integer program can be solved in time ...

ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY2018

A Constant-Factor Approximation Algorithm for the Asymmetric Traveling Salesman Problem

Ola Nils Anders Svensson, Jakub Tarnawski

We give a constant-factor approximation algorithm for the asymmetric traveling salesman problem. Our approximation guarantee is analyzed with respect to the standard LP relaxation, and thus our result confirms the conjectured constant integrality gap of th ...

ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY2018

Using Structural Properties for Integer Programs

Kim-Manuel Klein

Integer programs (IPs) are one of the fundamental tools used to solve combinatorial problems in theory and practice. Understanding the structure of solutions of IPs is thus helpful to argue about the existence of solutions with a certain simple structure, ...

SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG2018

Note on k-planar crossing numbers

János Pach

The crossing number CR(G) of a graph G = (V, E) is the smallest number of edge crossings over all drawings of G in the plane. For any k >= 1, the k-planar crossing number of G, CRk(G), is defined as the minimum of CR(G(0)) + CR(G(1)) + ... + CR(G(k-i)) ove ...

Elsevier Science Bv2018

Strengths and Limitations of Linear Programming Relaxations

Abbas Bazzi

Many of the currently best-known approximation algorithms for NP-hard optimization problems are based on Linear Programming (LP) and Semi-definite Programming (SDP) relaxations. Given its power, this class of algorithms seems to contain the most favourable ...

EPFL2017

The weighted stable matching problem

Linda Farczadi

We study the stable matching problem in non-bipartite graphs with incomplete but strict preference lists, where the edges have weights and the goal is to compute a stable matching of minimum or maximum weight. This problem is known to be NP-hard in general ...

2017

Learning time varying graphs

Pascal Frossard, Andreas Loukas, Vasilis Kalofolias

We consider the problem of inferring the hidden structure of high-dimensional dynamic systems from the perspective of graph learning. In particular, we aim at capturing the dynamic relationships between nodes by a sequence of graphs. Our approach is motiva ...

Ieee2017

Optimal Software Patching Plan for PMUs

Jean-Yves Le Boudec, Ola Nils Anders Svensson, Teklemariam Tsegay Tesfay

Phasor measurement units (PMUs) deployed to monitor the state of an electrical grid need to be patched from time to time to prevent attacks that exploit vulnerabilities in the software. Applying some of these patches requires a PMU reboot, which takes the ...

2017

Subdeterminant Maximization via Nonconvex Relaxations and Anti-Concentration

Nisheeth Vishnoi, Javad Ebrahimi Boroojeni, Damian Mateusz Straszak

Several fundamental problems that arise in optimization and computer science can be cast as follows: Given vectors v(1), ..., v(m) is an element of R-d and a constraint family B subset of 2([m]), find a set S. B that maximizes the squared volume of the sim ...

Ieee2017

GDSP: A graphical perspective on the distributed storage systems

Michael Christoph Gastpar, Saeid Sahraei

The classical distributed storage problem can be modeled by a k-uniform complete hyper-graph where vertices represent servers and hyper-edges represent users. Hence each hyper-edge should be able to recover the full file using only the memories of the vert ...

2017