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16 Sep 2026 edition

47 articles · 3 sources · 47 papers ·

Top topics: Algorithms · AI

Algorithms

Pseudometric-Weighted Correlation Clustering via Spectral Preclustering

arXiv:2609.17403v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We study pseudometric-weighted correlation clustering, where every pair of vertices carries a nonnegative disagreement weight and the weights satisfy the triangle…

Source: arXiv cs.DS Chenglin Fan, Dahoon Lee, Euiwoong Lee
Algorithms

Stuffed IBLTs: Optimal Linear Multiset Sketches

arXiv:2609.17487v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: A \emph{linear sketch} is a randomized linear mapping of a vector $v$ to a lower dimensional sketch vector, designed to preserve relevant information about $v$. We…

Source: arXiv cs.DS Jonas Klausen, Rasmus Pagh, Stefan Walzer
Algorithms AI

A Fresh Look at Lamarckian Evolution and the Baldwin Effect

arXiv:2605.28703v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Baldwinian and Lamarckian evolution have existed for a long time in evolutionary algorithms (EAs) without ever dominating the academic literature or practical…

Source: arXiv cs.DS In\`es Benito, Johannes F. Lutzeyer, Benjamin Doerr
Algorithms

A Cheeger Inequality for Hypergraphs and Its Applications

arXiv:2609.16286v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Hypergraphs provide a natural framework for modeling higher-order relationships, but the development of spectral techniques with provable guarantees for general…

Source: arXiv cs.DS Raj Kamal, Amitabha Bagchi
Algorithms

Quadratic Probing Insertions Are $\epsilon^{-(1+o(1))}$ Time

arXiv:2608.28512v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: First proposed in 1968, quadratic probing has stood for more than half a century as one of the simplest and most widely used hash-table designs in computer science. It…

Source: arXiv cs.DS Yang Hu, William Kuszmaul, Jingxun Liang, Stefan Walzer, Huacheng Yu, Renfei Zhou
Algorithms

Should Tables Be Sorted? Revisited with a Large Language Model

arXiv:2609.14032v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: We revisit the implicit membership problem in Yao's full-table model [Yao, 1981] and obtain, to our knowledge, the first quantitative improvements to his 45-year-old…

Source: arXiv cs.DS Songhua He
Algorithms

List Decoding, Linear Hashing, and Furstenberg over $\mathbb{F}_q$

arXiv:2609.17020v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We give new bounds for list sizes of random linear codes at capacity, max loads of linear hash functions, and Furstenberg sets, over every finite field $\mathbb{F}_q$.…

Source: arXiv cs.DS Vinayak M. Kumar, Geoffrey Mon
Algorithms

Rank-One Matrix Discrepancy and Algorithmic Kadison--Singer

arXiv:2609.17266v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We give a deterministic polynomial-time algorithm that, given rational Hermitian matrices $H_1,\dots,H_N$ of rank at most one, finds signs $s\in\{\pm1\}^N$ with $\|\sum_i…

Source: arXiv cs.DS Ekene Ezeunala, Haotian Jiang
Algorithms

Extending Courcelle's Theorem with Optimality Predicates

arXiv:2608.20175v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Courcelle's theorem and its optimization variants yield fixed-parameter tractable algorithms for a wide range of graph problems on graphs of bounded treewidth or…

Source: arXiv cs.DS Tatsuya Gima
Algorithms AI

High Probability Streaming Lower Bounds for $F_2$ Estimation

arXiv:2609.17286v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Estimating the second frequency moment ($F_2$) of an underlying frequency vector is a fundamental problem in the streaming model. While recent work by Braverman and Zamir…

Source: arXiv cs.DS William Swartworth, David P. Woodruff, Samson Zhou
Algorithms

High-Multiplicity Bin Packing is FPT

arXiv:2609.16923v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Bin packing asks whether a collection of items can be packed into at most a given number of bins of a given capacity. We consider the high-multiplicity setting with $d$…

Source: arXiv cs.DS Tomohiro Koana, Soh Kumabe
Algorithms

Scalable Algorithms for Approximate DNF Model Counting

arXiv:2601.10511v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Model counting of Disjunctive Normal Form (DNF) formulas is a critical problem in applications such as probabilistic inference and network reliability. For example, it…

Source: arXiv cs.DS Paul Burkhardt, David G. Harris, Kevin T Schmitt
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Improved Regular Expression Matching with Simple Backreferences

arXiv:2609.16914v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: A regular expression with backreferences (rewb) specifies a set of strings formed by characters combined with concatenation, union, star operators, and backreferences. A…

Source: arXiv cs.DS Philip Bille, Inge Li G{\o}rtz, Rikke Schjeldrup Jessen
Algorithms

Scheduling Jobs with Multiple Operational Modes and Tail Times

arXiv:2609.16001v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This study explores a scheduling challenge inspired by the production of programmable materials, such as advanced liquid crystal displays. In these systems, the final…

Source: arXiv cs.DS Bo Chen, Jelmer Pier van der Gaast, Xiandong Zhang
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SETH-based Lower Bound for Dynamic Degeneracy

arXiv:2609.16303v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: In this work, we consider the problem of maintaining an approximate value of degeneracy of a given dynamic $n$-vertex graph $G$ updated by edge insertions and deletions.…

Source: arXiv cs.DS Konrad Majewski, Micha{\l} Pilipczuk

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