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07 Oct 2026 edition

56 articles · 3 sources · 56 papers ·

Top topics: Algorithms · AI

Algorithms

Optimal and Efficient Online Inverse Optimization

arXiv:2610.08735v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: In online inverse linear optimization, a learner recommends an action and then observes the choice of an expert who maximizes a fixed, unknown linear objective on…

Source: arXiv cs.DS Anupam Gupta, Guru Guruganesh, Honghao Lin, Vahab Mirrokni, Renato Paes Leme, David P. Woodruff
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Online Fair Allocation with Best-of-Many-Worlds Guarantees

arXiv:2408.02403v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: We investigate the online fair allocation problem with sequentially arriving items under various input models, with the goal of balancing fairness and…

Source: arXiv cs.DS Zongjun Yang, Luofeng Liao, Yuan Gao, Christian Kroer
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Temporal Graph Reconfiguration for Always-Connected Graphs

arXiv:2510.15593v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Network redesign problems ask for modifications to the edges of a given graph to satisfy certain properties. In temporal graphs, where edges are only active at certain…

Source: arXiv cs.DS Paul Sievers, George Skretas, Georg Tennigkeit
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Algorithmic Aspects of the Fermi--Hubbard Model

arXiv:2604.08408v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Preparing Gibbs states on a quantum computer offers a way to computationally probe how microscopic interactions give rise to macroscopic phenomena at finite…

Source: arXiv cs.DS Ainesh Bakshi, Ankur Moitra, Xinyu Tan
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Minimizing the Weighted Makespan with Restarts on a Single Machine

arXiv:2510.09589v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: We consider the problem of minimizing the weighted makespan on a single machine with restarts. Restarts are similar to preemptions but weaker: a job can be…

Source: arXiv cs.DS Aflatoun Amouzandeh, Klaus Jansen, Lis Pirotton, Rob van Stee, Corinna Wambsganz
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Tarski Fixed Points in Quasi-FPT Queries

arXiv:2610.07055v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We study the query complexity of finding a Tarski fixed point over $[n]^k$. Previous work has left a large gap between $\smash{{\Omega}(\log^2 n)}$ and…

Source: arXiv cs.DS Xi Chen, Ruiquan Gao, Yuhao Li, Aviad Rubinstein, Mihalis Yannakakis
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Sample-Optimal Estimation of the Fr\'echet Inception Distance

arXiv:2610.07114v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The Fr\'echet Inception Distance (FID) is widely used to evaluate generative models, but its empirical plug-in estimator suffers from finite-sample bias [BSAG18, CF20].…

Source: arXiv cs.DS Ziyun Chen, Jerry Li, Kevin Tian, Yusong Zhu
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A Tardos-Type Algorithm for Separable Convex Quadratic Programming

arXiv:2610.07465v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We give an exact algorithm for continuous separable convex quadratic programming with an integer equality matrix and nonnegative variables. The number of rational…

Source: arXiv cs.DS Hanqing Li (Peking University)
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Explicit tensors beyond the linear flattening barrier

arXiv:2610.08504v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We construct explicit n x n x n tensors of border rank at least 3n-o(n), improving the previous record of (2 + $\varepsilon$)n due to (Landsberg and Michalek 2025). We…

Source: arXiv cs.DS Benjamin Lovitz
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The k-bit Sensitivity of LZ77

arXiv:2602.19649v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: In this paper, we study the sensitivity of the Lempel--Ziv 77 (LZ77) algorithm under multiple substitutions. Akagi, Funakoshi and Inenaga [JIC, 2023] showed that when…

Source: arXiv cs.DS Gabriel Bathie, Paul Huber, Guillaume Lagarde, Akka Zemmari
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Almost Instance Optimal Sum and Moment Estimation Using Weighted Sampling

arXiv:2610.08134v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We design an almost instance optimal algorithm for the sum estimation problem using weighted sampling. We show that the sample complexity for sum estimation is closely…

Source: arXiv cs.DS Anup Bhattacharya, Suryendu Mondal, Pinki Pradhan
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How to Fix a Broken Metric: A Linear Kernel, Tight Bounds, and Tree Metrics

arXiv:2610.07690v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Given a complete graph whose edge weights represent dissimilarities, Metric Violation Distance asks whether at most $k$ weights can be changed to form a metric. Motivated…

Source: arXiv cs.DS Sayan Bandyapadhyay, William Lochet, Daniel Lokshtanov, Saket Saurabh, Chinmay Sonar, Vaishali Surianarayanan, Jie Xue
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Finite Pinwheel Covering

arXiv:2607.28574v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: In perpetual scheduling theory, the Pinwheel Covering problem asks, given $n$ frequencies $f_i$, whether there exists an infinite schedule such that every $f_i$…

Source: arXiv cs.DS Sotiris Kanellopoulos
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Express Language Modeling

arXiv:2606.10944v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: We introduce a new tool, Express, for converting a non-causal attention approximation into a causal approximation with matching approximation guarantees. When…

Source: arXiv cs.DS Albert Gong, Annabelle Michael Carrell, Raaz Dwivedi, Lester Mackey
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Faster dynamic programming for tridiagonal maximum-entropy sampling

arXiv:2610.08466v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The maximum-entropy sampling problem (MESP) seeks, for an order-$n$ covariance matrix $C$, a principal submatrix of order $s$ with maximum log-determinant. Mostly for…

Source: arXiv cs.DS Marcia Fampa, Jon Lee
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Parametrized Exact Hardware-Software Partitioning

arXiv:2610.08645v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: When optimizing computing architecture for specific computationally intensive tasks, such as evaluating or training a neural network, it is important to identify what…

Source: arXiv cs.DS Cameron Ibrahim, S M Ferdous, Erdal Mutlu, Ilya Safro, Mahantesh Halappanavar

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