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| author | Rubinstein, Aviad |
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| contents | We study generalizations of the "Prophet Inequality" and "Secretary Problem", where the algorithm is restricted to an arbitrary downward-closed set system. For {0,1}-values, we give O(log n)-competitive algorithms for both problems. This is close to the Ω(log n / loglog n) lower bound due to Babaioff, Immorlica, and Kleinberg. For general values, our results translate to O(log n log r)-competitive algorithms, where r is the cardinality of the largest feasible set. This resolves (up to the O(log r loglog n) factors) an open question posed to us by Bobby Kleinberg. |
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| spellingShingle | Beyond matroids: Secretary Problem and Prophet Inequality with general constraints Rubinstein, Aviad Data Structures and Algorithms Computer Science and Game Theory We study generalizations of the "Prophet Inequality" and "Secretary Problem", where the algorithm is restricted to an arbitrary downward-closed set system. For {0,1}-values, we give O(log n)-competitive algorithms for both problems. This is close to the Ω(log n / loglog n) lower bound due to Babaioff, Immorlica, and Kleinberg. For general values, our results translate to O(log n log r)-competitive algorithms, where r is the cardinality of the largest feasible set. This resolves (up to the O(log r loglog n) factors) an open question posed to us by Bobby Kleinberg. |
| title | Beyond matroids: Secretary Problem and Prophet Inequality with general constraints |
| topic | Data Structures and Algorithms Computer Science and Game Theory |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/1604.00357 |