arXiv:2610. 00545v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We study adversarial online maximization of nonnegative, non-monotone DR-submodular functions over compact convex down-closed sets.
The paper presents an online algorithm that achieves the same $0.401$ approximation factor for maximizing nonnegative, non-monotone DR-submodular functions over compact convex down-closed subsets of the $d$-dimensional unit cube as the best known offline construction. In the full-information value-oracle model, the algorithm attains this factor with sublinear regret, using $O(dT^{1/4})$ oracle calls per round and $O(T^{3/4})$ regret, and offers flexible batching trade-offs. Under a positive-anchor condition, a randomized blocking strategy preserves the $0.401$ factor while achieving $O(T^{5/6})$ one-point bandit regret.
arXiv:2610. 04049v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: We study the maximization of a nonnegative $k$-submodular function, not assumed monotone, in which each of $n$ elements receives one of $k\ge2$ labels or stays unselected and the selected elements must satisfy a constraint.
arXiv:2607. 29245v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We study the expected improvement (EI) policy for minimizing a deterministic objective function $f$ on a nonempty compact set $\mathcal X \subset\mathbb R^d$.
We study efficient algorithms for realizing the first-order oracle complexity of optimization of $G$-Lipschitz convex functions with respect to the $\ell_{q}$-norm over an $\ell_{p}$-ball of radius $R$, where $1\leq p,q\leq \infty$. For $p<q$, we obtain error $\widetilde{O}_{p,q}(GR/T^{1/p-(1/q-1/2)_{+}})$ after $T$ oracle queries, efficiently realizing the nearly optimal rates of (MBG+26), thereby resolving the nonsmooth end of the COLT 2015 open problem (Guz15b).
arXiv:2607. 17607v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We study whether stochastic nonconvex optimization can be reduced to ordinary static regret minimization in online convex optimization in a black-box manner.
arXiv:2609. 20701v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We study efficient algorithms for realizing the first-order oracle complexity of optimization of $G$-Lipschitz convex functions with respect to the $\ell_{q}$-norm over an $\ell_{p}$-ball of radius $R$, where $1\leq p,q\leq \infty$.
arXiv:2606. 14640v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We study Online Convex Optimization (OCO) over a convex set $K\subseteq \mathbb R^d$, where in each round $t$ the learner selects $x_t\in K$ and then observes a convex loss $f_t:K\to[0,1]$, with the goal of minimizing regret to the best fixed decision in hindsight.
The paper studies online convex optimization when the learner can only query an exact linear optimization oracle. It establishes a dimension‑free minimax expected regret bound of θ(GD max{√T, T/(1+min{Q,BT})^{1/4}}) for convex G‑Lipschitz losses, where Q is the total oracle budget and B the per‑round limit. The authors provide matching lower and upper bounds, showing how strict per‑round or total‑budget constraints affect the achievable regret, and extend the analysis to smooth losses with curvature‑dependent bounds.
arXiv:2609. 20687v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We study first-order black-box convex optimization over an $\ell_p$-ball for objectives Lipschitz in the $\ell_q$-norm, solving in the affirmative the nonsmooth version of the COLT open question (Guz15b) on whether the geometry of a smaller feasible set ($p < q$) can improve convergence rates in convex optimization, and matching prior lower bounds up to logarithmic factors.
Consistent submodular maximization studies the tradeoff between solution quality and stability when elements arrive over time. For a monotone submodular objective, which models diminishing returns, an...
arXiv:2608.12134v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: We study nonnegative submodular maximization on $n$ elements subject to a general matroid of rank $k$, when the offline algorithm is given an...