Submodular function maximization is a central problem in combinatorial optimization, generalizing many important problems including Max Cut in directed/undirected graphs and in hy...
Jon Lee, Vahab S. Mirrokni, Viswanath Nagarajan, M...
A key problem of interest to biologists and medical researchers is the selection of a subset of queries or treatments that provide maximum utility for a population of targets. For ...
Delbert Dueck, Brendan J. Frey, Nebojsa Jojic, Vla...
Consider a setting in which a group of nodes, situated in a large underlying network, wishes to reserve bandwidth on which to support communication. Virtual private networks (VPNs...
Anupam Gupta, Jon M. Kleinberg, Amit Kumar, Rajeev...
In this paper, we address the problem of energy-conscious cache placement in wireless ad hoc networks. We consider a network comprising a server with an interface to the wired net...
Submodular maximization generalizes many important problems including Max Cut in directed/undirected graphs and hypergraphs, certain constraint satisfaction problems and maximum f...