We study the problem of fair allocation when agents have dichotomous submodular preferences over groups of, rather than individual, items. These preferences naturally extend existing models, and have…
Latent recursion repeatedly processes internal representations through the same neural network. Recent work has shown this approach to be effective on structured reasoning tasks such as Sudoku and…
Metaheuristic comparisons are often reported at evaluation budgets far larger than an expensive engineering simulation can afford. This paper presents REMBGO, an evaluation-budget-aware refinement of…
Software-Defined Networking (SDN) is emerging as a promis- ing technology for EV Charging infrastructure (EVCI) since it enables flexible, programmable control of EVCI networks, yet its security gain…
We study revenue-maximizing multi-item auctions under dominant-strategy incentive compatibility (DSIC) and ex-post individual rationality. Buyers have additive valuations, and all item values are…
We study proportional fairness in graphical resource allocation, where agents are vertices, indivisible items are edges, and each item must be allocated to one of its two endpoints. It has been…
Since their introduction, modern evolution strategies, such as the Covariance Matrix Adaptation Evolution Strategy (CMA-ES), have become established as powerful methods for continuous black-box…
We show that fictitious play can converge at arbitrarily slow polynomial rates in two-player zero-sum games. For every integer $k \ge 2$, we construct a payoff matrix with $(k+1)^2 - 5$ actions per…
We study sender-receiver games in which players commit, before the state is drawn, to payments contingent on the subsequently verified state and the receiver's action. Payments may be transferred or…
Variational quantum algorithms turn choices of Hamiltonian, ansatz, and parameterization into a classical nonconvex optimization problem. We study how this objective function can be visualized and…
We study the problem of computing the tightest \(α\)-potential approximation of a general-sum game over continuous action spaces, within a prescribed class of potential functions and when each player…
The PPAD-completeness of computing Nash equilibria in bimatrix games has driven extensive research into polynomial-time algorithms for $ε$-approximate Nash equilibria. Determining the strongest…
A reliable assessment of an optimizer robustness requires tracking controlled changes in parameters to identify sources of algorithmic weakness. Such an approach was applied to the problem of…
A novel discovery is one which is both useful and surprising: a generative model's output is a useful discovery if it has a low probability of being generated (it's surprising) and a high reward…
We revisit an established Quantum Control objective, characterize its exact local metric geometry, and reposition it as a rigorous benchmark for Search and Optimization. The trap-free topology of the…
We study whether the coordinate dependence of the improved Self-Organizing Migrating Algorithm (iSOMA) can be reduced while retaining its inexpensive leader-directed migration mechanism. We introduce…
Population-based optimization methods often use previous search information through successful solutions, parameter adaptation, or operator performance, but they rarely retain the context in which a…
Dynamic multi-objective optimization with a variable number of objectives is difficult because objective-dimensional variations may significantly change the Pareto front and degrade algorithm…
We benchmark classical optimization of a fixed low-depth Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA) ansatz across four cost-Hamiltonian families at $N=12$, $p=3$, and $D=6$. Ten optimizers are…
Many real-world optimization problems involve noisy objective evaluations and probabilistic constraints, particularly in the form of joint chance constraints, which are computationally expensive to…
Can algorithms be learned and evolved as models, rather than repeatedly redesigned as programs? We explore this question by introducing Algorithm Modelization, a new paradigm that turns iterative…
Scaling laws and hyperparameter tuning remain central challenges in training large-scale models, particularly under differential privacy (DP), where optimization is further complicated by noise…