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How to solve the optimization problem $\max_{\mathbf{w}}\sum_i\text{sign}(\mathbf{w}^T \mathbf{x}_i)$?

I am looking for an algorithm to solve the following optimization problem $$\max_{\mathbf{w}}\sum_i\text{sign}(\mathbf{w}^T \mathbf{x}_i)$$ where $\mathbf{w}$ and each $\mathbf{x}_i\in\mathbb{R}^d$. ...
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How do you call a linear programming problem when the solution should be "constrained" to a norm?

(apologies for the n00b question) Let's say we have a vector of length $n$, with to-be-determined values: $a_1, a_2, ...,a_n$. And we have information that partial sums of these elements are equal to ...
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Maximizing supermodular functions

I have a real supermodular objective function which I want to maximize with constraint. The constraint is on the size, like |A|=k . I am wondering if anyone can give me more information about a ...
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