We investigate the problem of maximizing the sum of submodular and supermodular functions under a fairness constraint.This sum function is non-submodular in general.For an offline model,we introduce two approximation ...We investigate the problem of maximizing the sum of submodular and supermodular functions under a fairness constraint.This sum function is non-submodular in general.For an offline model,we introduce two approximation algorithms:A greedy algorithm and a threshold greedy algorithm.For a streaming model,we propose a one-pass streaming algorithm.We also analyze the approximation ratios of these algorithms,which all depend on the total curvature of the supermodular function.The total curvature is computable in polynomial time and widely utilized in the literature.展开更多
Recent progress in maximizing submodular functions with a cardinality constraint through centralized and streaming modes has demonstrated a wide range of applications and also developed comprehensive theoretical guara...Recent progress in maximizing submodular functions with a cardinality constraint through centralized and streaming modes has demonstrated a wide range of applications and also developed comprehensive theoretical guarantees.The submodularity was investigated to capture the diversity and representativeness of the utilities,and the monotonicity has the advantage of improving the coverage.Regularized submodular optimization models were developed in the latest studies(such as a house on fire),which aimed to sieve subsets with constraints to optimize regularized utilities.This study is motivated by the setting in which the input stream is partitioned into several disjoint parts,and each part has a limited size constraint.A first threshold-based bicriteria(1/3,2/3/)-approximation for the problem is provided.展开更多
基金The first author was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.12001025 and 12131003)The second author was supported by the Spark Fund of Beijing University of Technology(No.XH-2021-06-03)+2 种基金The third author was supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada(No.283106)the Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.11771386 and 11728104)The fourth author is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.12001335).
文摘We investigate the problem of maximizing the sum of submodular and supermodular functions under a fairness constraint.This sum function is non-submodular in general.For an offline model,we introduce two approximation algorithms:A greedy algorithm and a threshold greedy algorithm.For a streaming model,we propose a one-pass streaming algorithm.We also analyze the approximation ratios of these algorithms,which all depend on the total curvature of the supermodular function.The total curvature is computable in polynomial time and widely utilized in the literature.
基金This work was supported by the Beijing Natural Science Foundation Project(No.Z200002)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.12001523,12131003,and 12101587)+1 种基金the National Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program for College Students of Beijing University of Technology(No.GJDC-2022-01-39)the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(No.2022M720329).
文摘Recent progress in maximizing submodular functions with a cardinality constraint through centralized and streaming modes has demonstrated a wide range of applications and also developed comprehensive theoretical guarantees.The submodularity was investigated to capture the diversity and representativeness of the utilities,and the monotonicity has the advantage of improving the coverage.Regularized submodular optimization models were developed in the latest studies(such as a house on fire),which aimed to sieve subsets with constraints to optimize regularized utilities.This study is motivated by the setting in which the input stream is partitioned into several disjoint parts,and each part has a limited size constraint.A first threshold-based bicriteria(1/3,2/3/)-approximation for the problem is provided.
