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Using Self-learning and Automatic Tuning to Improve the Performance of Sexual Genetic Algorithms for Constraint Satisfaction Problems

Authors: Hu Xu, Karen Petrie, and Iain Murray

Published in: OASIcs, Volume 35, 2013 Imperial College Computing Student Workshop


Abstract
Currently the parameters in a constraint solver are often selected by hand by experts in the field; these parameters might include the level of preprocessing to be used and the variable ordering heuristic. The efficient and automatic choice of a preprocessing level for a constraint solver is a step towards making constraint programming a more widely accessible technology. Self-learning sexual genetic algorithms are a new approach combining a self-learning mechanism with sexual genetic algorithms in order to suggest or predict a suitable solver configuration for large scale problems by learning from the same class of small scale problems. In this paper, Self-learning Sexual genetic algorithms are applied to create an automatic solver configuration mechanism for solving various constraint problems. The starting population of self-learning sexual genetic algorithms will be trained through experience on small instances. The experiments in this paper are a proof-of-concept for the idea of combining sexual genetic algorithms with a self-learning strategy to aid in parameter selection for constraint programming.

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Hu Xu, Karen Petrie, and Iain Murray. Using Self-learning and Automatic Tuning to Improve the Performance of Sexual Genetic Algorithms for Constraint Satisfaction Problems. In 2013 Imperial College Computing Student Workshop. Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs), Volume 35, pp. 128-135, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2013)


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@InProceedings{xu_et_al:OASIcs.ICCSW.2013.128,
  author =	{Xu, Hu and Petrie, Karen and Murray, Iain},
  title =	{{Using Self-learning and Automatic Tuning to Improve the Performance of Sexual Genetic Algorithms for Constraint Satisfaction Problems}},
  booktitle =	{2013 Imperial College Computing Student Workshop},
  pages =	{128--135},
  series =	{Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-939897-63-7},
  ISSN =	{2190-6807},
  year =	{2013},
  volume =	{35},
  editor =	{Jones, Andrew V. and Ng, Nicholas},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/OASIcs.ICCSW.2013.128},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-42811},
  doi =		{10.4230/OASIcs.ICCSW.2013.128},
  annote =	{Keywords: Self-learning Genetic Algorithm, Sexual Genetic algorithm, Constraint Programming, Parameter Tuning}
}
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Self-Learning Genetic Algorithm For Constrains Satisfaction Problems

Authors: Hu Xu and Karen Petrie

Published in: OASIcs, Volume 28, 2012 Imperial College Computing Student Workshop


Abstract
The efficient choice of a preprocessing level can reduce the search time of a constraint solver to find a solution to a constraint problem. Currently the parameters in constraint solver are often picked by hand by experts in the field. Genetic algorithms are a robust machine learning technology for problem optimization such as function optimization. Self-learning Genetic Algorithm are a strategy which suggests or predicts the suitable preprocessing method for large scale problems by learning from the same class of small scale problems. In this paper Self-learning Genetic Algorithms are used to create an automatic preprocessing selection mechanism for solving various constraint problems. The experiments in the paper are a proof of concept for the idea of combining genetic algorithm self-learning ability with constraint programming to aid in the parameter selection issue.

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Hu Xu and Karen Petrie. Self-Learning Genetic Algorithm For Constrains Satisfaction Problems. In 2012 Imperial College Computing Student Workshop. Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs), Volume 28, pp. 156-162, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2012)


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@InProceedings{xu_et_al:OASIcs.ICCSW.2012.156,
  author =	{Xu, Hu and Petrie, Karen},
  title =	{{Self-Learning Genetic Algorithm For Constrains Satisfaction Problems}},
  booktitle =	{2012 Imperial College Computing Student Workshop},
  pages =	{156--162},
  series =	{Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-939897-48-4},
  ISSN =	{2190-6807},
  year =	{2012},
  volume =	{28},
  editor =	{Jones, Andrew V.},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/OASIcs.ICCSW.2012.156},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-37808},
  doi =		{10.4230/OASIcs.ICCSW.2012.156},
  annote =	{Keywords: Self-learning Genetic Algorithm, Constraint Programming, Parameter Tuning}
}

Xu, Chuangjie

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Connecting Constructive Notions of Ordinals in Homotopy Type Theory

Authors: Nicolai Kraus, Fredrik Nordvall Forsberg, and Chuangjie Xu

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 202, 46th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS 2021)


Abstract
In classical set theory, there are many equivalent ways to introduce ordinals. In a constructive setting, however, the different notions split apart, with different advantages and disadvantages for each. We consider three different notions of ordinals in homotopy type theory, and show how they relate to each other: A notation system based on Cantor normal forms, a refined notion of Brouwer trees (inductively generated by zero, successor and countable limits), and wellfounded extensional orders. For Cantor normal forms, most properties are decidable, whereas for wellfounded extensional transitive orders, most are undecidable. Formulations for Brouwer trees are usually partially decidable. We demonstrate that all three notions have properties expected of ordinals: their order relations, although defined differently in each case, are all extensional and wellfounded, and the usual arithmetic operations can be defined in each case. We connect these notions by constructing structure preserving embeddings of Cantor normal forms into Brouwer trees, and of these in turn into wellfounded extensional orders. We have formalised most of our results in cubical Agda.

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Nicolai Kraus, Fredrik Nordvall Forsberg, and Chuangjie Xu. Connecting Constructive Notions of Ordinals in Homotopy Type Theory. In 46th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS 2021). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 202, pp. 70:1-70:16, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2021)


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@InProceedings{kraus_et_al:LIPIcs.MFCS.2021.70,
  author =	{Kraus, Nicolai and Nordvall Forsberg, Fredrik and Xu, Chuangjie},
  title =	{{Connecting Constructive Notions of Ordinals in Homotopy Type Theory}},
  booktitle =	{46th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS 2021)},
  pages =	{70:1--70:16},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-201-3},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2021},
  volume =	{202},
  editor =	{Bonchi, Filippo and Puglisi, Simon J.},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2021.70},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-145100},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2021.70},
  annote =	{Keywords: Constructive ordinals, Cantor normal forms, Brouwer trees}
}
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A Gentzen-Style Monadic Translation of Gödel’s System T

Authors: Chuangjie Xu

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 167, 5th International Conference on Formal Structures for Computation and Deduction (FSCD 2020)


Abstract
We introduce a syntactic translation of Gödel’s System 𝖳 parametrized by a weak notion of a monad, and prove a corresponding fundamental theorem of logical relation. Our translation structurally corresponds to Gentzen’s negative translation of classical logic. By instantiating the monad and the logical relation, we reveal the well-known properties and structures of 𝖳-definable functionals including majorizability, continuity and bar recursion. Our development has been formalized in the Agda proof assistant.

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Chuangjie Xu. A Gentzen-Style Monadic Translation of Gödel’s System T. In 5th International Conference on Formal Structures for Computation and Deduction (FSCD 2020). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 167, pp. 25:1-25:17, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2020)


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@InProceedings{xu:LIPIcs.FSCD.2020.25,
  author =	{Xu, Chuangjie},
  title =	{{A Gentzen-Style Monadic Translation of G\"{o}del’s System T}},
  booktitle =	{5th International Conference on Formal Structures for Computation and Deduction (FSCD 2020)},
  pages =	{25:1--25:17},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-155-9},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2020},
  volume =	{167},
  editor =	{Ariola, Zena M.},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.FSCD.2020.25},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-123472},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.FSCD.2020.25},
  annote =	{Keywords: monadic translation, G\"{o}del’s System T, logical relation, negative translation, majorizability, continuity, bar recursion, Agda}
}
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The Inconsistency of a Brouwerian Continuity Principle with the Curry–Howard Interpretation

Authors: Martín Hötzel Escardó and Chuangjie Xu

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 38, 13th International Conference on Typed Lambda Calculi and Applications (TLCA 2015)


Abstract
If all functions (N -> N) -> N are continuous then 0 = 1. We establish this in intensional (and hence also in extensional) intuitionistic dependent-type theories, with existence in the formulation of continuity expressed as a Sigma type via the Curry-Howard interpretation. But with an intuitionistic notion of anonymous existence, defined as the propositional truncation of Sigma, it is consistent that all such functions are continuous. A model is Johnstone’s topological topos. On the other hand, any of these two intuitionistic conceptions of existence give the same, consistent, notion of uniform continuity for functions (N -> 2) -> N, again valid in the topological topos. It is open whether the consistency of (uniform) continuity extends to homotopy type theory. The theorems of type theory informally proved here are also formally proved in Agda, but the development presented here is self-contained and doesn't show Agda code.

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Martín Hötzel Escardó and Chuangjie Xu. The Inconsistency of a Brouwerian Continuity Principle with the Curry–Howard Interpretation. In 13th International Conference on Typed Lambda Calculi and Applications (TLCA 2015). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 38, pp. 153-164, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2015)


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@InProceedings{hotzelescardo_et_al:LIPIcs.TLCA.2015.153,
  author =	{H\"{o}tzel Escard\'{o}, Mart{\'\i}n and Xu, Chuangjie},
  title =	{{The Inconsistency of a Brouwerian Continuity Principle with the Curry–Howard Interpretation}},
  booktitle =	{13th International Conference on Typed Lambda Calculi and Applications (TLCA 2015)},
  pages =	{153--164},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-939897-87-3},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2015},
  volume =	{38},
  editor =	{Altenkirch, Thorsten},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.TLCA.2015.153},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-51618},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.TLCA.2015.153},
  annote =	{Keywords: Dependent type, intensional Martin-L\"{o}f type theory, Curry-Howard interpretation, constructive mathematics, Brouwerian continuity axioms, anonymous exi}
}

Xu, Jinhui

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Track A: Algorithms, Complexity and Games
In-Range Farthest Point Queries and Related Problem in High Dimensions

Authors: Ziyun Huang and Jinhui Xu

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 229, 49th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2022)


Abstract
Range-aggregate query is an important type of queries with numerous applications. It aims to obtain some structural information (defined by an aggregate function F(⋅)) of the points (from a point set P) inside a given query range B. In this paper, we study the range-aggregate query problem in high dimensional space for two aggregate functions: (1) F(P ∩ B) is the farthest point in P ∩ B to a query point q in ℝ^d and (2) F(P ∩ B) is the minimum enclosing ball (MEB) of P ∩ B. For problem (1), called In-Range Farthest Point (IFP) Query, we develop a bi-criteria approximation scheme: For any ε > 0 that specifies the approximation ratio of the farthest distance and any γ > 0 that measures the "fuzziness" of the query range, we show that it is possible to pre-process P into a data structure of size Õ_{ε,γ}(dn^{1+ρ}) in Õ_{ε,γ}(dn^{1+ρ}) time such that given any ℝ^d query ball B and query point q, it outputs in Õ_{ε,γ}(dn^ρ) time a point p that is a (1-ε)-approximation of the farthest point to q among all points lying in a (1+γ)-expansion B(1+γ) of B, where 0 < ρ < 1 is a constant depending on ε and γ and the hidden constants in big-O notations depend only on ε, γ and Polylog(nd). For problem (2), we show that the IFP result can be applied to develop query scheme with similar time and space complexities to achieve a (1+ε)-approximation for MEB. To the best of our knowledge, these are the first theoretical results on such high dimensional range-aggregate query problems. Our results are based on several new techniques, such as multi-scale construction and ball difference range query, which are interesting in their own rights and could be potentially used to solve other range-aggregate problems in high dimensional space.

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Ziyun Huang and Jinhui Xu. In-Range Farthest Point Queries and Related Problem in High Dimensions. In 49th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2022). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 229, pp. 75:1-75:21, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2022)


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@InProceedings{huang_et_al:LIPIcs.ICALP.2022.75,
  author =	{Huang, Ziyun and Xu, Jinhui},
  title =	{{In-Range Farthest Point Queries and Related Problem in High Dimensions}},
  booktitle =	{49th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2022)},
  pages =	{75:1--75:21},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-235-8},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2022},
  volume =	{229},
  editor =	{Boja\'{n}czyk, Miko{\l}aj and Merelli, Emanuela and Woodruff, David P.},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2022.75},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-164167},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2022.75},
  annote =	{Keywords: Farthest Point Query, Range Aggregate Query, Minimum Enclosing Ball, Approximation, High Dimensional Space}
}
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A Unified Framework of FPT Approximation Algorithms for Clustering Problems

Authors: Qilong Feng, Zhen Zhang, Ziyun Huang, Jinhui Xu, and Jianxin Wang

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 181, 31st International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2020)


Abstract
In this paper, we present a framework for designing FPT approximation algorithms for many k-clustering problems. Our results are based on a new technique for reducing search spaces. A reduced search space is a small subset of the input data that has the guarantee of containing k clients close to the facilities opened in an optimal solution for any clustering problem we consider. We show, somewhat surprisingly, that greedily sampling O(k) clients yields the desired reduced search space, based on which we obtain FPT(k)-time algorithms with improved approximation guarantees for problems such as capacitated clustering, lower-bounded clustering, clustering with service installation costs, fault tolerant clustering, and priority clustering.

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Qilong Feng, Zhen Zhang, Ziyun Huang, Jinhui Xu, and Jianxin Wang. A Unified Framework of FPT Approximation Algorithms for Clustering Problems. In 31st International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2020). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 181, pp. 5:1-5:17, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2020)


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@InProceedings{feng_et_al:LIPIcs.ISAAC.2020.5,
  author =	{Feng, Qilong and Zhang, Zhen and Huang, Ziyun and Xu, Jinhui and Wang, Jianxin},
  title =	{{A Unified Framework of FPT Approximation Algorithms for Clustering Problems}},
  booktitle =	{31st International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2020)},
  pages =	{5:1--5:17},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-173-3},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2020},
  volume =	{181},
  editor =	{Cao, Yixin and Cheng, Siu-Wing and Li, Minming},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2020.5},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-133495},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2020.5},
  annote =	{Keywords: clustering, approximation algorithms, fixed-parameter tractability}
}
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Small Candidate Set for Translational Pattern Search

Authors: Ziyun Huang, Qilong Feng, Jianxin Wang, and Jinhui Xu

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 149, 30th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2019)


Abstract
In this paper, we study the following pattern search problem: Given a pair of point sets A and B in fixed dimensional space R^d, with |B| = n, |A| = m and n >= m, the pattern search problem is to find the translations T’s of A such that each of the identified translations induces a matching between T(A) and a subset B' of B with cost no more than some given threshold, where the cost is defined as the minimum bipartite matching cost of T(A) and B'. We present a novel algorithm to produce a small set of candidate translations for the pattern search problem. For any B' subseteq B with |B'| = |A|, there exists at least one translation T in the candidate set such that the minimum bipartite matching cost between T(A) and B' is no larger than (1+epsilon) times the minimum bipartite matching cost between A and B' under any translation (i.e., the optimal translational matching cost). We also show that there exists an alternative solution to this problem, which constructs a candidate set of size O(n log^2 n) in O(n log^2 n) time with high probability of success. As a by-product of our construction, we obtain a weak epsilon-net for hypercube ranges, which significantly improves the construction time and the size of the candidate set. Our technique can be applied to a number of applications, including the translational pattern matching problem.

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Ziyun Huang, Qilong Feng, Jianxin Wang, and Jinhui Xu. Small Candidate Set for Translational Pattern Search. In 30th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2019). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 149, pp. 26:1-26:17, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2019)


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@InProceedings{huang_et_al:LIPIcs.ISAAC.2019.26,
  author =	{Huang, Ziyun and Feng, Qilong and Wang, Jianxin and Xu, Jinhui},
  title =	{{Small Candidate Set for Translational Pattern Search}},
  booktitle =	{30th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2019)},
  pages =	{26:1--26:17},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-130-6},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2019},
  volume =	{149},
  editor =	{Lu, Pinyan and Zhang, Guochuan},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2019.26},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-115222},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2019.26},
  annote =	{Keywords: Bipartite matching, Alignment, Discretization, Approximate algorithm}
}
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Improved Algorithms for Clustering with Outliers

Authors: Qilong Feng, Zhen Zhang, Ziyun Huang, Jinhui Xu, and Jianxin Wang

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 149, 30th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2019)


Abstract
Clustering is a fundamental problem in unsupervised learning. In many real-world applications, the to-be-clustered data often contains various types of noises and thus needs to be removed from the learning process. To address this issue, we consider in this paper two variants of such clustering problems, called k-median with m outliers and k-means with m outliers. Existing techniques for both problems either incur relatively large approximation ratios or can only efficiently deal with a small number of outliers. In this paper, we present improved solution to each of them for the case where k is a fixed number and m could be quite large. Particularly, we gave the first PTAS for the k-median problem with outliers in Euclidean space R^d for possibly high m and d. Our algorithm runs in O(nd((1/epsilon)(k+m))^(k/epsilon)^O(1)) time, which considerably improves the previous result (with running time O(nd(m+k)^O(m+k) + (1/epsilon)k log n)^O(1))) given by [Feldman and Schulman, SODA 2012]. For the k-means with outliers problem, we introduce a (6+epsilon)-approximation algorithm for general metric space with running time O(n(beta (1/epsilon)(k+m))^k) for some constant beta>1. Our algorithm first uses the k-means++ technique to sample O((1/epsilon)(k+m)) points from input and then select the k centers from them. Compared to the more involving existing techniques, our algorithms are much simpler, i.e., using only random sampling, and achieving better performance ratios.

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Qilong Feng, Zhen Zhang, Ziyun Huang, Jinhui Xu, and Jianxin Wang. Improved Algorithms for Clustering with Outliers. In 30th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2019). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 149, pp. 61:1-61:12, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2019)


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@InProceedings{feng_et_al:LIPIcs.ISAAC.2019.61,
  author =	{Feng, Qilong and Zhang, Zhen and Huang, Ziyun and Xu, Jinhui and Wang, Jianxin},
  title =	{{Improved Algorithms for Clustering with Outliers}},
  booktitle =	{30th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2019)},
  pages =	{61:1--61:12},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-130-6},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2019},
  volume =	{149},
  editor =	{Lu, Pinyan and Zhang, Guochuan},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2019.61},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-115573},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2019.61},
  annote =	{Keywords: Clustering with Outliers, Approximation, Random Sampling}
}
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An Efficient Sum Query Algorithm for Distance-based Locally Dominating Functions

Authors: Ziyun Huang and Jinhui Xu

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 92, 28th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2017)


Abstract
In this paper, we consider the following sum query problem: Given a point set P in R^d, and a distance-based function f(p,q) (i.e. a function of the distance between p and q) satisfying some general properties, the goal is to develop a data structure and a query algorithm for efficiently computing a (1+epsilon)-approximate solution to the sum sum_{p in P} f(p,q) for any query point q in R^d and any small constant epsilon>0. Existing techniques for this problem are mainly based on some core-set techniques which often have difficulties to deal with functions with local domination property. Based on several new insights to this problem, we develop in this paper a novel technique to overcome these encountered difficulties. Our algorithm is capable of answering queries with high success probability in time no more than ~O_{epsilon,d}(n^{0.5 + c}), and the underlying data structure can be constructed in ~O_{epsilon,d}(n^{1+c}) time for any c>0, where the hidden constant has only polynomial dependence on 1/epsilon and d. Our technique is simple and can be easily implemented for practical purpose.

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Ziyun Huang and Jinhui Xu. An Efficient Sum Query Algorithm for Distance-based Locally Dominating Functions. In 28th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2017). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 92, pp. 47:1-47:13, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2017)


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@InProceedings{huang_et_al:LIPIcs.ISAAC.2017.47,
  author =	{Huang, Ziyun and Xu, Jinhui},
  title =	{{An Efficient Sum Query Algorithm for Distance-based Locally Dominating Functions}},
  booktitle =	{28th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2017)},
  pages =	{47:1--47:13},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-054-5},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2017},
  volume =	{92},
  editor =	{Okamoto, Yoshio and Tokuyama, Takeshi},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2017.47},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-82483},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2017.47},
  annote =	{Keywords: Sum Query, Distance-based Function, Local Domination, High Dimen- sions, Data Structure}
}
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Distributed and Robust Support Vector Machine

Authors: Yangwei Liu, Hu Ding, Ziyun Huang, and Jinhui Xu

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 64, 27th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2016)


Abstract
In this paper, we consider the distributed version of Support Vector Machine (SVM) under the coordinator model, where all input data (i.e., points in R^d space) of SVM are arbitrarily distributed among k nodes in some network with a coordinator which can communicate with all nodes. We investigate two variants of this problem, with and without outliers. For distributed SVM without outliers, we prove a lower bound on the communication complexity and give a distributed (1-epsilon)-approximation algorithm to reach this lower bound, where epsilon is a user specified small constant. For distributed SVM with outliers, we present a (1-epsilon)-approximation algorithm to explicitly remove the influence of outliers. Our algorithm is based on a deterministic distributed top t selection algorithm with communication complexity of O(k log (t)) in the coordinator model. Experimental results on benchmark datasets confirm the theoretical guarantees of our algorithms.

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Yangwei Liu, Hu Ding, Ziyun Huang, and Jinhui Xu. Distributed and Robust Support Vector Machine. In 27th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2016). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 64, pp. 54:1-54:13, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2016)


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@InProceedings{liu_et_al:LIPIcs.ISAAC.2016.54,
  author =	{Liu, Yangwei and Ding, Hu and Huang, Ziyun and Xu, Jinhui},
  title =	{{Distributed and Robust Support Vector Machine}},
  booktitle =	{27th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2016)},
  pages =	{54:1--54:13},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-026-2},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2016},
  volume =	{64},
  editor =	{Hong, Seok-Hee},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2016.54},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-68221},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2016.54},
  annote =	{Keywords: Distributed Algorithm, Communication Complexity, Robust Algorithm, SVM}
}
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Finding Global Optimum for Truth Discovery: Entropy Based Geometric Variance

Authors: Hu Ding, Jing Gao, and Jinhui Xu

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 51, 32nd International Symposium on Computational Geometry (SoCG 2016)


Abstract
Truth Discovery is an important problem arising in data analytics related fields such as data mining, database, and big data. It concerns about finding the most trustworthy information from a dataset acquired from a number of unreliable sources. Due to its importance, the problem has been extensively studied in recent years and a number techniques have already been proposed. However, all of them are of heuristic nature and do not have any quality guarantee. In this paper, we formulate the problem as a high dimensional geometric optimization problem, called Entropy based Geometric Variance. Relying on a number of novel geometric techniques (such as Log-Partition and Modified Simplex Lemma), we further discover new insights to this problem. We show, for the first time, that the truth discovery problem can be solved with guaranteed quality of solution. Particularly, we show that it is possible to achieve a (1+eps)-approximation within nearly linear time under some reasonable assumptions. We expect that our algorithm will be useful for other data related applications.

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Hu Ding, Jing Gao, and Jinhui Xu. Finding Global Optimum for Truth Discovery: Entropy Based Geometric Variance. In 32nd International Symposium on Computational Geometry (SoCG 2016). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 51, pp. 34:1-34:16, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2016)


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@InProceedings{ding_et_al:LIPIcs.SoCG.2016.34,
  author =	{Ding, Hu and Gao, Jing and Xu, Jinhui},
  title =	{{Finding Global Optimum for Truth Discovery: Entropy Based Geometric Variance}},
  booktitle =	{32nd International Symposium on Computational Geometry (SoCG 2016)},
  pages =	{34:1--34:16},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-009-5},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2016},
  volume =	{51},
  editor =	{Fekete, S\'{a}ndor and Lubiw, Anna},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.SoCG.2016.34},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-59264},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.SoCG.2016.34},
  annote =	{Keywords: geometric optimization, data mining, high dimension, entropy}
}

Xu, Chunxue

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Short Paper
Satellite Image Spoofing: Creating Remote Sensing Dataset with Generative Adversarial Networks (Short Paper)

Authors: Chunxue Xu and Bo Zhao

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 114, 10th International Conference on Geographic Information Science (GIScience 2018)


Abstract
The rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has brought up both opportunities and challenges for today's evolving GIScience. Its ability in image classification, object detection and feature extraction has been frequently praised. However, it may also apply for falsifying geospatial data. To demonstrate the thrilling power of AI, this research explored the potentials of deep learning algorithms in capturing geographic features and creating fake satellite images according to the learned 'sense'. Specifically, Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) is used to capture geographic features of a certain place from a group of web maps and satellite images, and transfer the features to another place. Corvallis is selected as the study area, and fake datasets with 'learned' style from three big cities (i.e. New York City, Seattle and Beijing) are generated through CycleGAN. The empirical results show that GANs can 'remember' a certain 'sense of place' and further apply that 'sense' to another place. With this paper, we would like to raise both public and GIScientists' awareness in the potential occurrence of fake satellite images, and its impacts on various geospatial applications, such as environmental monitoring, urban planning, and land use development.

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Chunxue Xu and Bo Zhao. Satellite Image Spoofing: Creating Remote Sensing Dataset with Generative Adversarial Networks (Short Paper). In 10th International Conference on Geographic Information Science (GIScience 2018). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 114, pp. 67:1-67:6, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2018)


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@InProceedings{xu_et_al:LIPIcs.GISCIENCE.2018.67,
  author =	{Xu, Chunxue and Zhao, Bo},
  title =	{{Satellite Image Spoofing: Creating Remote Sensing Dataset with Generative Adversarial Networks}},
  booktitle =	{10th International Conference on Geographic Information Science (GIScience 2018)},
  pages =	{67:1--67:6},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-083-5},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2018},
  volume =	{114},
  editor =	{Winter, Stephan and Griffin, Amy and Sester, Monika},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.GISCIENCE.2018.67},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-93952},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.GISCIENCE.2018.67},
  annote =	{Keywords: Deep Learning and AI, GANs, Fake Satellite Image, Geographic Feature}
}
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