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Nested Convex Bodies are Chaseable

Bansal, Nikhil
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Bohm, Martin
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Elias, Marek  
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2020
Algorithmica

In the Convex Body Chasing problem, we are given an initial point v0. Rd and an online sequence of n convex bodies F1,..., Fn. When we receive Ft, we are required to move inside Ft. Our goal is to minimize the total distance traveled. This fundamental online problem was first studied by Friedman and Linial (DCG 1993). They proved an O(v d) lower bound on the competitive ratio, and conjectured that a competitive ratio depending only on d is possible. However, despite much interest in the problem, the conjecture remains wide open. We consider the setting in which the convex bodies are nested: F1. center dot center dot center dot. Fn. The nested setting is closely related to extending the online LP framework of Buchbinder and Naor (ESA 2005) to arbitrary linear constraints. Moreover, this setting retains much of the difficulty of the general setting and captures an essential obstacle in resolving Friedman and Linial's conjecture. In this work, we give a f (d)-competitive algorithm for chasing nested convex bodies in R-d.

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research article
DOI
10.1007/s00453-019-00661-x
Web of Science ID

WOS:000503660100001

Author(s)
Bansal, Nikhil
Bohm, Martin
Elias, Marek  
Koumoutsos, Grigorios
Umboh, Seeun William
Date Issued

2020

Publisher

SPRINGER

Published in
Algorithmica
Volume

82

Start page

1640

End page

1653

Subjects

Computer Science, Software Engineering

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Mathematics, Applied

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Computer Science

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Mathematics

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convex body chasing

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nested convex body chasing

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online algorithms

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competitive analysis

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work function algorithm

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REVIEWED

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January 5, 2020
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