Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 362, 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)
Yingxi Li, Ellen Vitercik, and Mingwei Yang. Smoothed Analysis of Online Metric Matching with a Single Sample: Beyond Metric Distortion. In 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 362, pp. 94:1-94:23, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)
@InProceedings{li_et_al:LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.94,
author = {Li, Yingxi and Vitercik, Ellen and Yang, Mingwei},
title = {{Smoothed Analysis of Online Metric Matching with a Single Sample: Beyond Metric Distortion}},
booktitle = {17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)},
pages = {94:1--94:23},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-410-9},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2026},
volume = {362},
editor = {Saraf, Shubhangi},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.94},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-253815},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.94},
annote = {Keywords: Online algorithm, Metric matching, Competitive analysis, Smoothed analysis}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 362, 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)
Helia Karisani, Mohammadreza Daneshvaramoli, Hedyeh Beyhaghi, Mohammad Hajiesmaili, and Cameron Musco. The Secretary Problem with Predictions and a Chosen Order. In 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 362, pp. 86:1-86:24, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)
@InProceedings{karisani_et_al:LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.86,
author = {Karisani, Helia and Daneshvaramoli, Mohammadreza and Beyhaghi, Hedyeh and Hajiesmaili, Mohammad and Musco, Cameron},
title = {{The Secretary Problem with Predictions and a Chosen Order}},
booktitle = {17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)},
pages = {86:1--86:24},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-410-9},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2026},
volume = {362},
editor = {Saraf, Shubhangi},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.86},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-253734},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.86},
annote = {Keywords: Secretary problem, learning-augmented algorithms, online algorithms}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 362, 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)
Jiatu Li and Mengdi Wu. Identity Testing for Circuits with Exponentiation Gates. In 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 362, pp. 95:1-95:22, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)
@InProceedings{li_et_al:LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.95,
author = {Li, Jiatu and Wu, Mengdi},
title = {{Identity Testing for Circuits with Exponentiation Gates}},
booktitle = {17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)},
pages = {95:1--95:22},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-410-9},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2026},
volume = {362},
editor = {Saraf, Shubhangi},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.95},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-253821},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.95},
annote = {Keywords: Polynomial Identity Testing, Exponential Polynomials}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 362, 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)
Michal Feldman, Yoav Gal-Tzur, Tomasz Ponitka, and Maya Schlesinger. One Action Too Many: Inapproximability of Budgeted Combinatorial Contracts. In 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 362, pp. 58:1-58:24, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)
@InProceedings{feldman_et_al:LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.58,
author = {Feldman, Michal and Gal-Tzur, Yoav and Ponitka, Tomasz and Schlesinger, Maya},
title = {{One Action Too Many: Inapproximability of Budgeted Combinatorial Contracts}},
booktitle = {17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)},
pages = {58:1--58:24},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-410-9},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2026},
volume = {362},
editor = {Saraf, Shubhangi},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.58},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-253459},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.58},
annote = {Keywords: Combinatorial Contracts, Algorithmic Contract Design, Budget-Feasible Contracts}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 362, 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)
Jason Hartline, Aleck Johnsen, and Anant Shah. Prior-Independent and Subgame Optimal Online Algorithms. In 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 362, pp. 75:1-75:23, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)
@InProceedings{hartline_et_al:LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.75,
author = {Hartline, Jason and Johnsen, Aleck and Shah, Anant},
title = {{Prior-Independent and Subgame Optimal Online Algorithms}},
booktitle = {17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)},
pages = {75:1--75:23},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-410-9},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2026},
volume = {362},
editor = {Saraf, Shubhangi},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.75},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-253622},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.75},
annote = {Keywords: online algorithms, prior-independent algorithm design, zero-sum games}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 359, 36th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2025)
Peyman Afshani, Yannick Bosch, and Sabine Storandt. Circle-Segment Intersection Queries in Connected Geometric Graphs. In 36th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 359, pp. 3:1-3:16, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)
@InProceedings{afshani_et_al:LIPIcs.ISAAC.2025.3,
author = {Afshani, Peyman and Bosch, Yannick and Storandt, Sabine},
title = {{Circle-Segment Intersection Queries in Connected Geometric Graphs}},
booktitle = {36th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2025)},
pages = {3:1--3:16},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-408-6},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2025},
volume = {359},
editor = {Chen, Ho-Lin and Hon, Wing-Kai and Tsai, Meng-Tsung},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2025.3},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-249114},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2025.3},
annote = {Keywords: Intersection data structure, Graph partitioning, Dobkin-Kirkpatrick hierarchy}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 359, 36th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2025)
Amey Bhangale, Arghya Chakraborty, and Prahladh Harsha. Optimal Online Bipartite Matching in Degree-2 Graphs. In 36th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 359, pp. 13:1-13:19, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)
@InProceedings{bhangale_et_al:LIPIcs.ISAAC.2025.13,
author = {Bhangale, Amey and Chakraborty, Arghya and Harsha, Prahladh},
title = {{Optimal Online Bipartite Matching in Degree-2 Graphs}},
booktitle = {36th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2025)},
pages = {13:1--13:19},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-408-6},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2025},
volume = {359},
editor = {Chen, Ho-Lin and Hon, Wing-Kai and Tsai, Meng-Tsung},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2025.13},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-249216},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2025.13},
annote = {Keywords: Online Algorithm, Bipartite matching}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 351, 33rd Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2025)
Kiarash Banihashem, MohammadTaghi Hajiaghayi, Dariusz R. Kowalski, Piotr Krysta, Danny Mittal, and Jan Olkowski. Beating Competitive Ratio 4 for Graphic Matroid Secretary. In 33rd Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 351, pp. 52:1-52:16, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)
@InProceedings{banihashem_et_al:LIPIcs.ESA.2025.52,
author = {Banihashem, Kiarash and Hajiaghayi, MohammadTaghi and Kowalski, Dariusz R. and Krysta, Piotr and Mittal, Danny and Olkowski, Jan},
title = {{Beating Competitive Ratio 4 for Graphic Matroid Secretary}},
booktitle = {33rd Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2025)},
pages = {52:1--52:16},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-395-9},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2025},
volume = {351},
editor = {Benoit, Anne and Kaplan, Haim and Wild, Sebastian and Herman, Grzegorz},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ESA.2025.52},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-245205},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ESA.2025.52},
annote = {Keywords: online algorithms, graphic matroids, secretary problem}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 334, 52nd International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2025)
Kiril Bangachev and S. Matthew Weinberg. q-Partitioning Valuations: Exploring the Space Between Subadditive and Fractionally Subadditive Valuations. In 52nd International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 334, pp. 18:1-18:20, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)
@InProceedings{bangachev_et_al:LIPIcs.ICALP.2025.18,
author = {Bangachev, Kiril and Weinberg, S. Matthew},
title = {{q-Partitioning Valuations: Exploring the Space Between Subadditive and Fractionally Subadditive Valuations}},
booktitle = {52nd International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2025)},
pages = {18:1--18:20},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-372-0},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2025},
volume = {334},
editor = {Censor-Hillel, Keren and Grandoni, Fabrizio and Ouaknine, Jo\"{e}l and Puppis, Gabriele},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2025.18},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-233956},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2025.18},
annote = {Keywords: Subadditive Functions, Fractionally Subadditive Functions, Posted Price Mechanisms, Concentration Inequalities}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 334, 52nd International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2025)
Antares Chen, Lorenzo Orecchia, and Erasmo Tani. Submodular Hypergraph Partitioning: Metric Relaxations and Fast Algorithms via an Improved Cut-Matching Game. In 52nd International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 334, pp. 49:1-49:16, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)
@InProceedings{chen_et_al:LIPIcs.ICALP.2025.49,
author = {Chen, Antares and Orecchia, Lorenzo and Tani, Erasmo},
title = {{Submodular Hypergraph Partitioning: Metric Relaxations and Fast Algorithms via an Improved Cut-Matching Game}},
booktitle = {52nd International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2025)},
pages = {49:1--49:16},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-372-0},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2025},
volume = {334},
editor = {Censor-Hillel, Keren and Grandoni, Fabrizio and Ouaknine, Jo\"{e}l and Puppis, Gabriele},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2025.49},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-234261},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2025.49},
annote = {Keywords: Hypergraph Partitioning, Cut Improvement, Cut-Matching Game}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 334, 52nd International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2025)
Sanjeev Khanna, Aaron Putterman, and Madhu Sudan. A Theory of Spectral CSP Sparsification. In 52nd International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 334, pp. 107:1-107:12, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)
@InProceedings{khanna_et_al:LIPIcs.ICALP.2025.107,
author = {Khanna, Sanjeev and Putterman, Aaron and Sudan, Madhu},
title = {{A Theory of Spectral CSP Sparsification}},
booktitle = {52nd International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2025)},
pages = {107:1--107:12},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-372-0},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2025},
volume = {334},
editor = {Censor-Hillel, Keren and Grandoni, Fabrizio and Ouaknine, Jo\"{e}l and Puppis, Gabriele},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2025.107},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-234840},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2025.107},
annote = {Keywords: Sparsification, sketching, hypergraphs}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 334, 52nd International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2025)
Junyao Zhao. Universal Online Contention Resolution with Preselected Order. In 52nd International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 334, pp. 137:1-137:17, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)
@InProceedings{zhao:LIPIcs.ICALP.2025.137,
author = {Zhao, Junyao},
title = {{Universal Online Contention Resolution with Preselected Order}},
booktitle = {52nd International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2025)},
pages = {137:1--137:17},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-372-0},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2025},
volume = {334},
editor = {Censor-Hillel, Keren and Grandoni, Fabrizio and Ouaknine, Jo\"{e}l and Puppis, Gabriele},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2025.137},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-235147},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2025.137},
annote = {Keywords: Matroids, online contention resolution schemes, secretary problems}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 334, 52nd International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2025)
Flavio Chierichetti, Mirko Giacchini, Alessandro Panconesi, and Andrea Vattani. A New Impossibility Result for Online Bipartite Matching Problems. In 52nd International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 334, pp. 58:1-58:20, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)
@InProceedings{chierichetti_et_al:LIPIcs.ICALP.2025.58,
author = {Chierichetti, Flavio and Giacchini, Mirko and Panconesi, Alessandro and Vattani, Andrea},
title = {{A New Impossibility Result for Online Bipartite Matching Problems}},
booktitle = {52nd International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2025)},
pages = {58:1--58:20},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-372-0},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2025},
volume = {334},
editor = {Censor-Hillel, Keren and Grandoni, Fabrizio and Ouaknine, Jo\"{e}l and Puppis, Gabriele},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2025.58},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-234354},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2025.58},
annote = {Keywords: Bipartite Matching, Random Graphs, Competitive Ratio}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 334, 52nd International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2025)
Mahsa Derakhshan and Mohammad Saneian. Query Efficient Weighted Stochastic Matching. In 52nd International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 334, pp. 67:1-67:20, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)
@InProceedings{derakhshan_et_al:LIPIcs.ICALP.2025.67,
author = {Derakhshan, Mahsa and Saneian, Mohammad},
title = {{Query Efficient Weighted Stochastic Matching}},
booktitle = {52nd International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2025)},
pages = {67:1--67:20},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-372-0},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2025},
volume = {334},
editor = {Censor-Hillel, Keren and Grandoni, Fabrizio and Ouaknine, Jo\"{e}l and Puppis, Gabriele},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2025.67},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-234445},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2025.67},
annote = {Keywords: Sublinear algorithms, Stochastic, Matching}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 334, 52nd International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2025)
Zhiyi Huang, Chui Shan Lee, Xinkai Shu, and Zhaozi Wang. The Long Arm of Nashian Allocation in Online p-Mean Welfare Maximization. In 52nd International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 334, pp. 98:1-98:18, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)
@InProceedings{huang_et_al:LIPIcs.ICALP.2025.98,
author = {Huang, Zhiyi and Lee, Chui Shan and Shu, Xinkai and Wang, Zhaozi},
title = {{The Long Arm of Nashian Allocation in Online p-Mean Welfare Maximization}},
booktitle = {52nd International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2025)},
pages = {98:1--98:18},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-372-0},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2025},
volume = {334},
editor = {Censor-Hillel, Keren and Grandoni, Fabrizio and Ouaknine, Jo\"{e}l and Puppis, Gabriele},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2025.98},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-234754},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2025.98},
annote = {Keywords: Online Algorithms, Fair Division, Nash Welfare}
}