Fast Stochastic Greedy Algorithm for $k$-Submodular Cover Problem

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Hauptverfasser: Nguyen, Hue T., Tran, Tan D., Giang, Nguyen Long, Pham, Canh V.
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author Nguyen, Hue T.
Tran, Tan D.
Giang, Nguyen Long
Pham, Canh V.
author_facet Nguyen, Hue T.
Tran, Tan D.
Giang, Nguyen Long
Pham, Canh V.
contents We study the $k$-Submodular Cover ($kSC$) problem, a natural generalization of the classical Submodular Cover problem that arises in artificial intelligence and combinatorial optimization tasks such as influence maximization, resource allocation, and sensor placement. Existing algorithms for $\kSC$ often provide weak approximation guarantees or incur prohibitively high query complexity. To overcome these limitations, we propose a \textit{Fast Stochastic Greedy} algorithm that achieves strong bicriteria approximation while substantially lowering query complexity compared to state-of-the-art methods. Our approach dramatically reduces the number of function evaluations, making it highly scalable and practical for large-scale real-world AI applications where efficiency is essential.
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spellingShingle Fast Stochastic Greedy Algorithm for $k$-Submodular Cover Problem
Nguyen, Hue T.
Tran, Tan D.
Giang, Nguyen Long
Pham, Canh V.
Data Structures and Algorithms
Artificial Intelligence
We study the $k$-Submodular Cover ($kSC$) problem, a natural generalization of the classical Submodular Cover problem that arises in artificial intelligence and combinatorial optimization tasks such as influence maximization, resource allocation, and sensor placement. Existing algorithms for $\kSC$ often provide weak approximation guarantees or incur prohibitively high query complexity. To overcome these limitations, we propose a \textit{Fast Stochastic Greedy} algorithm that achieves strong bicriteria approximation while substantially lowering query complexity compared to state-of-the-art methods. Our approach dramatically reduces the number of function evaluations, making it highly scalable and practical for large-scale real-world AI applications where efficiency is essential.
title Fast Stochastic Greedy Algorithm for $k$-Submodular Cover Problem
topic Data Structures and Algorithms
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.00869