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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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Deciding if given number is a permanent of matrix
The permanent of an $n$-by- $n$ matrix $A=\left(a_{i j}\right)$ is defined as
$$
\operatorname{perm}(A)=\sum_{\sigma \in S_{n}} \prod_{i=1}^{n} a_{i, \sigma(i)}
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The sum here extends over all ...
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What is this invariant graph?
Let $G$ be a simple graph (finite or infinite), $[n]\mathrel{:=}\{1,...,n\}$. Define the function:
$$\varepsilon_n(G)\mathrel{:=}\min_\phi{\lvert{\operatorname{dom} (\phi)}\rvert},$$
where $\phi$ is ...
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Algorithms for Polynomials Over a Real Algebraic Number Field, a reference
I need to find "Algorithms for Polynomials Over a Real Algebraic Number Field
Ph.D. thesis, University of Wisconsin, Madison (1974) by Rubald". However I cannot find it online nor in my ...
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How to minimize l1-norm constrained by "infinity norm"
Let $A \in \mathbb{R}^{m \times n}$ and $b \in \mathbb{R}^m $. I have the following two problems:
P.1.
\begin{equation}
\underset{x\in\mathbb{R}^n}{\text{minimize}} \| Ax-b \|_1 \\
\text{s.t. } \| x \...
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Low-complexity method for sub-matrix inversion
Assume that $\mathbf{A}$ be an $N\times N$ matrix. We know that the complexity of the computation of matrix inversion is $\mathcal{O}(N^3)$. Let define $\mathbf{D}=\mathbf{A}^{-1}$. Now, assume that $\...
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Is Hamiltonian cycle fixed parameter tractable with parameter clique cover?
Let $G$ be connected simple graph.
Clique cover of graph $G$ is partition of the vertices of $G$
into $k$ disjoint cliques $D'_i$.
Given $G$ and $k$-clique cover, can we solve Hamiltonian cycle
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Perturbation of the value of a general-sum game at a equilibirium
Consider a general-sum game with $N$ players. Let $u_i(a_1, \ldots, a_N)\colon \prod_{i=1}^N A_i \rightarrow \mathbb{R} $ be the payoff of the player $i\in \{ 1, \ldots, N \}$ when each player takes ...
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Complexity classes generated by differential equations
The quantum computer can be represented as a turing machine that sets up initial conditions for Schrodinger-like equation plus a fast ($O(1)$) solver for that equation.
Is there a general study for ...
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Sufficient conditions for a system of linear inequalities to admit a solution
I am looking for sufficient conditions such that a system of linear inequalities of the type $A x >0$ admits a non-negative solution $x \in \mathbb{R}^n_+$. I know a few properties of the $m \times ...
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Quantifier elimination and where is this quantified convex program in the polynomial hierarchy?
I have a quantified convex program of the form that I need to solve
$$\exists(x_{1,1},\dots,x_{1,n})\in\mathbb R^n\quad\forall(x_{2,1},\dots,x_{2,n})\in\mathbb R^n$$
$$\vdots$$
$$\exists(x_{2t-1,1},\...
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LASSO problem but with a maximization instead of minimization
I have the following optimization problem (like the LASSO problem but with maximization instead of minimization):
$\mathbf{maximize}_{\boldsymbol{\alpha}} \|\mathbf{x} -\mathbf{A}\boldsymbol{\alpha}\|...
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Optimization of a continuous function
This is more like an optimization problem but any solution is appreciated.
I have a data set with input specifying power(demand) to be generated for a particular time period(TP).
Input:
Time --- ...
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Complexity Measures for Mathematical Programming
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Are there any complexity measures in use, that allow one to compare mathematical programming formulations of optimization problems on basis of the number of variables that must be subjected ...
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Fractional Coloring
A fractional coloring of $G(V,E)$ is a function $f:{2^{|V|}} \to [0,1]$ such that $f(S) > 0$
only if $S$ is an independent set in $G$, and for all $v \in V$, it holds $\sum\nolimits_{S:v \in S} {...
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Lower bounds for finite difference formulas
I'm interested in approximating higher derivatives of a function via values of the function only. I guess the following question has been studied, but I haven't been able to find a reference. I know ...
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Show $0-1$ Knapsack is polynomially reducible to this problem
I have already posted this question here but have not received an answer so I am cross-posting with hope to reach a larger amount of mathematicians:
Let $T=\{1,\cdots,n\}$ and consider the ...
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Are convex combinations of 0-1 Pareto efficient vectors efficient?
Let $Y$ be any subset of $\{0,1\}^n$ for $n\geq3$. A vector $\alpha\in$ $Y$ is Pareto efficient if there is no $\beta\in$ $Y$ such that $\beta_i$ $\geq$ $\alpha_i$ for each $i\in\{1,...,n\}$ and $\...
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Finding minimum weight codeword of MDS RS code
For a $[n,k,n-k+1]_q$ Reed Solomon code is there a polynomial time algorithm to find at least one minimum weight $(n-k+1)$ codeword? I searched in literature and I could not find one and hence I am ...
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Efficiently Generating the Convex Hulls of Two Polytopes and Counting Faces
Suppose you have two polytopes $P_1, P_2 \in \Bbb{R}^n$ given by
$$ P_1 = \lbrace x: A_1 x \le b_1\rbrace$$
$$ P_2 = \lbrace x: A_2 x \le b_2\rbrace $$
I wish to find their convex hull, that is a ...
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accelerate convex optimization by proximal projection
I am using level method to solve non-smooth convex programming problem (where the objective function is given by an oracle from another program ):
http://www2.isye.gatech.edu/~nemirovs/Lect_EMCO.pdf
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A certain instance of the Set Covering problem
Is there any useful structure associated with the following instance of the Set Covering problem?
Let $G$ be a weighted graph and let $\mathcal{P}$ denote the set of all shortest paths between all ...
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a closed form lower bound solution for linear programming
Given a linear objective function and a system of linear constraints, is there any known closed form lower bounds for it?
to clearly express the problem assume that
$$
z(\mathbf{a,B,c})=\mathop {\inf} ...
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simple cycle analog in 2D (with application in tiling)
We know that any closed cycle of a graph could be decomposed into sum of simple cycles. To translate this theorem into tiling of 1D (Wang tile). We know that any 1D periodic tiling could be ...
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Proof of the lower bounds of time of algorithm working [closed]
I have asked this question on math.stackexchange already: https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/515920/lower-bounds-on-the-running-time
There are some problems, when there is non-trivial lower ...
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Deducing Linear Inequalities
Let $X_1,X_2,\ldots,X_n $ be indeterminates. Denote by $S$ the set of all linear inequalities of the form
$X_{i_1}+X_{i_2}+\ldots+X_{i_k} \geq k,$
with $k \in \{ 1,2,\ldots,n \}$ and $1 \leq i_1< ...
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Is unconstrained integer convex optimization problem NP-hard?
Does anyone know a reference to the answer if unconstrained integer convex optimization problem (i.e. $\min_{x\in \mathbb{Z}^N} F(x)$, $F$ is convex and $N$ is NOT fixed) is NP-hard?
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Is number of quasi-kernels NP-hard?
A quasi-kernel in a directed graph D is an independent subset of vertices $S$ so that for every $v \in V(D)-S$ either $v->s$ for some $s \in S$ or $v->w->s$ for some $w \in V(D)-S, s \in S$.
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Provided a list of sets, $L$, computing an array where each entry $q_i \in Q$ is the family of sets in $L$ that have intersection $k$ with $l_i \in L$
I have a set of $(l_1, ..., l_N) \in L$ smaller sets, each with $(r_1, ..., r_M) \in R$ integer elements. I would like create an ordered array of $(q_1, ..., q_N) \in Q$ sets s.t.:
(1) Each $q_i \in ...
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Redundancy and Structure of computational problems
It is widely believed that some computational problems such as graph isomorphism can not be NP-complete because it does not possess enough structure or redundancy to be computationally hard (NP-hard). ...
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Can i achieve something better with the probabilistic turing machine in matter of space?
Let's suppose that a language $L \in \operatorname{NSPACE}(f(n))$ where $f(n) = \Omega(\log(n))$. And now let's suppose that i have a probabilistic turing machine. Can this machine run in $O(f(n))$ ...
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Model for shipping widgets in an optimal way
I am a programmer and have the following requirement.
We are trying to figure out the optimal way to ship widgets. Below is the scenario:
We need to ship 1,000,000 widgets
We have two different size ...
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Complexity of Max Bisection on cubic planar graphs?
Max Bisection problem is to partition the set of nodes into two equal size sets such that the number of crossing edges is maximized. Max Bisection is $NP$-complete on cubic graphs and also on planar ...
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Hardness of discrete geometric area minimization problem?
This question was originally posted on: cstheory.stackexchange
Given $xyz=C$ where $x, y,$ and $z$ are integer variables and $C$ is integer constant. Assume all integers are encoded in binary.
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Analyzing Weighted Set-Cover variant
A standard greedy algorithm for solving the weighted set-cover problem can be proven to be a $\log(n)$ approximation. I have a variant of weighted set cover, and I came up with a greedy algorithm for ...
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The equation $ax^2 +by^2 =1 \mod P$ in cyclotomic field
Let $L$ be a cyclotomic field, and $P$ a prime ideal of $\mathcal{O}_L$.
is there any symbol for the equation $ax^2 + by^2 =1 \mod P$ and if so, is it computable in polynomial time?
if $a$ is ...
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Adding linear constraint to the domain
I don't know if it is a well-known problem, but I have been struggling to come up with an algorithm.
I have a set of linear constraints $Ax\le b$, $b\ge 0$ ($b$ and $A$ are given, $x$ is a variable). ...
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Best projection on non-convex discrete set with two constraints
I want to compute the projection of a vector $\left( x\right) _{1\leq
i,j\leq n}\in \lbrack 0,1]^{n\times n}$ on the following discrete set
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S=\left\{ x\in \{0,1\}^{n\times n}:x_{i,j}+x_{j,i}\leq 1;\...
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A combinatorial matrix reconstruction problem II
For a positive integer $n$, let an $n$-shuffle be a multiset
$S=[(S_i,d_i)|i=1,\ldots,n]$ of pairs $(S_i,d_i)$, where each
$S_i$ is a multiset of $n$ numbers containing the number $d_i$.
A realization ...
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Linear programming with "nice" matrices
Consider the following linear programming problem
\begin{array}{ll}
\text{minimize} & \mathrm 1^{\top} \mathrm x\\
\text{subject to} & v\le \mathrm A \mathrm x \le u\\
& \mathrm x \geq ...
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What resource do Markov and Shi mean when they estimate tensor contraction complexity?
Markov and Shi in their paper Simulating quantum computation by contracting tensor networks define the contraction complexity as follows (page 10):
The complexity of π is the maximum degree of a ...
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Reverse engineering a Diophantine equation
Recently, due to the help I had with another question, I was able to find a Diophantine equation of degree in four variables which is the condition to be able to construct a "rational" ...
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Problem NP-completeness on a specific graph class
Consider the class of simple connected n/2-regular graphs, n even. Are the maximum clique problem and/or maximum independent set problem NP-complete on such graphs? Is there any known result which ...
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Complexity of games with graph classes
Let $\mathfrak{G}$ be the class of all finite directed and undirected graphs. Let $A,B\subseteq \mathfrak{G} $, $A$ and $B$ are closed under graph isomorphisms, and $A \cap B = \varnothing$. Consider ...
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Check if a point is in the interior of the convex hull of some other points in high dimensions, and lower-bounding the largest enclosed ball [closed]
Given $m$ points $P=\{p_0, p_1, ..., p_m\}$ in high dimensions (e.g. 100), it is known that computing (or even representing) their convex hull $\text{conv}(P)$ is generally intractable due to the ...
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Constructing representations of probability revision functions
Let $P$ be a probability distribution over a finite Boolean algebra $\mathfrak{B}$, and fix a parameter $t_{P} \in (\frac{2}{3}, 1)$. Define the `revision function of $P$', $R_{P}: \mathfrak{B}\...
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Allowing an "OR" option between equations in a linear program
I am looking for a way to express an "or" option in a system of linear inequalities for a linear program I am working on.
I will explain what I mean precisely: Lets say I have a set of ...
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Exact volume calculation of a polytope is NP hard under which restrictions?
Computing the exact volume of a polytope given in half space representation seems to be NP-hard. One paper I found proved it is hard for rational coefficients. (However, the paper itself was behind a ...
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Is the graph minicut with the node cardinality constraint NP-hard?
I wonder whether the following problem is a well-studied NP-hard problem?
Get a graph $G$ and a number $k$, we partition the graph $G$ into two components where each component should have at most $k$ ...
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Integer linear programming (ILP) formulation of connectivity of induced subgraph
Can anyone assist me to find out what should be the ILP formulation of a case when I try to label vertices by say $0$, $1$ and $2$ and want the subgraph of graph $(V,E)$ made by same vertex set but ...