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New Graph Algorithms via Polyhedral Techniques

Jakub Tarnawski

In this thesis we give new algorithms for two fundamental graph problems. We develop novel ways of using linear programming formulations, even exponential-sized ones, to extract structure from problem instances and to guide algorithms in making progress. S ...

EPFL2019

On approximation algorithms and polyhedral relaxations for knapsack problems, and clustered planarity testing

Igor Malinovic

Knapsack problems give a simple framework for decision making. A classical example is the min-knapsack problem (MinKnap): choose a subset of items with minimum total cost, whose total profit is above a given threshold. While this model successfully general ...

EPFL2019

No Small Linear Program Approximates Vertex Cover Within a Factor 2-epsilon

Ola Nils Anders Svensson, Abbas Bazzi

The vertex cover problem is one of the most important and intensively studied combinatorial optimization problems. Khot and Regev [Khot S, Regev O (2008) Vertex cover might be hard to approximate to within 2 - epsilon. J. Comput. System Sci. 74(3): 335-349 ...

INFORMS2019

Analytical Approach for Active Distribution Network Restoration Including Optimal Voltage Regulation

Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui, Hossein Sekhavatmanesh

The ever-increasing utilization of sensitive loads in the industrial, commercial, and residential areas in distribution networks requires enhanced reliability and quality of supply. This can be achieved, thanks to self-healing features of smart grids that ...

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2019

New Algorithmic Paradigms for Discrete Problems using Dynamical Systems and Polynomials

Damian Mateusz Straszak

Optimization is a fundamental tool in modern science. Numerous important tasks in biology, economy, physics and computer science can be cast as optimization problems. Consider the example of machine learning: recent advances have shown that even the most s ...

EPFL2018

Algorithms For Clustering Problems : Theoretical Guarantees and Empirical Evaluations

Ashkan Norouzi Fard

Clustering is a classic topic in combinatorial optimization and plays a central role in many areas, including data science and machine learning. In this thesis, we first focus on the dynamic facility location problem (i.e., the facility location problem in ...

EPFL2018

Small Extended Formulation for Knapsack Cover Inequalities from Monotone Circuits

Ola Nils Anders Svensson, Abbas Bazzi, Sangxia Huang

Initially developed for the min-knapsack problem, the knapsack cover inequalities are used in the current best relaxations for numerous combinatorial optimization problems of covering type. In spite of their widespread use, these inequalities yield linear ...

UNIV CHICAGO, DEPT COMPUTER SCIENCE2018

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

Robust auction design under multiple priors by linear and integer programming

Cagil Kocyigit

It is commonly assumed in the optimal auction design literature that valuations of buyers are independently drawn from a unique distribution. In this paper we study auctions under ambiguity, that is, in an environment where valuation distribution is uncert ...

2018

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

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