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AAAI
2006
13 years 9 months ago
Optimal Scheduling of Contract Algorithms for Anytime Problems
A contract algorithm is an algorithm which is given, as part of the input, a specified amount of allowable computation time. The algorithm must then compute a solution within the ...
Alejandro López-Ortiz, Spyros Angelopoulos,...
ALT
2002
Springer
14 years 4 months ago
Optimally-Smooth Adaptive Boosting and Application to Agnostic Learning
We describe a new boosting algorithm that is the first such algorithm to be both smooth and adaptive. These two features make possible performance improvements for many learning ...
Dmitry Gavinsky
CORR
2006
Springer
104views Education» more  CORR 2006»
13 years 8 months ago
Asymptotically Optimal Multiple-access Communication via Distributed Rate Splitting
We consider the multiple-access communication problem in a distributed setting for both the additive white Gaussian noise channel and the discrete memoryless channel. We propose a ...
Jian Cao, Edmund M. Yeh
APPROX
2009
Springer
142views Algorithms» more  APPROX 2009»
14 years 2 months ago
Optimal Sherali-Adams Gaps from Pairwise Independence
Abstract. This work considers the problem of approximating fixed predicate constraint satisfaction problems (MAX k-CSP(P)). We show that if the set of assignments accepted by P co...
Konstantinos Georgiou, Avner Magen, Madhur Tulsian...
IJCAI
2001
13 years 9 months ago
CABOB: A Fast Optimal Algorithm for Combinatorial Auctions
Combinatorial auctions where bidders can bid on bundles of items can lead to more economical allocations, but determining the winners is NP-complete and inapproximable. We present...
Tuomas Sandholm, Subhash Suri, Andrew Gilpin, Davi...