A 2-competitive algorithm for online convex optimization with switching costs

N Bansal, A Gupta, R Krishnaswamy… - Approximation …, 2015 - drops.dagstuhl.de
We consider a natural online optimization problem set on the real line. The state of the
online algorithm at each integer time is a location on the real line. At each integer time, a …

A nearly-linear bound for chasing nested convex bodies

CJ Argue, S Bubeck, MB Cohen, A Gupta… - Proceedings of the Thirtieth …, 2019 - SIAM
Friedman and Linial [8] introduced the convex body chasing problem to explore the interplay
between geometry and competitive ratio in metrical task systems. In convex body chasing, at …

Competitive online optimization under inventory constraints

Q Lin, H Yi, J Pang, M Chen, A Wierman… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
This paper studies online optimization under inventory (budget) constraints. While online
optimization is a well-studied topic, versions with inventory constraints have proven difficult …

Chasing convex bodies and functions

A Antoniadis, N Barcelo, M Nugent, K Pruhs… - LATIN 2016: Theoretical …, 2016 - Springer
We consider three related online problems: Online Convex Optimization, Convex Body
Chasing, and Lazy Convex Body Chasing. In Online Convex Optimization the input is an …

Competitive online optimization with multiple inventories: A divide-and-conquer approach

Q Lin, Y Mo, J Su, M Chen - Proceedings of the ACM on Measurement …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
We study an online inventory trading problem where a user seeks to maximize the
aggregate revenue of trading multiple inventories over a time horizon. The trading …

Dealing with transaction costs in portfolio optimization: Online gradient descent with momentum

E Vittori, MB de Luca, F Trovò, M Restelli - Proceedings of the First ACM …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
Outperforming the markets through active investment strategies is one of the main
challenges in finance. The random movements of assets and the unpredictability of catalysts …

Understand dynamic regret with switching cost for online decision making

Y Zhao, Q Zhao, X Zhang, E Zhu, X Liu… - ACM Transactions on …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
As a metric to measure the performance of an online method, dynamic regret with switching
cost has drawn much attention for online decision making problems. Although the sublinear …

Near-optimal adversarial reinforcement learning with switching costs

M Shi, Y Liang, N Shroff - arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.04374, 2023 - arxiv.org
Switching costs, which capture the costs for changing policies, are regarded as a critical
metric in reinforcement learning (RL), in addition to the standard metric of losses (or …

Adaptive model predictive control of autonomic distributed parallel computations with variable horizons and switching costs

G Mencagli - Concurrency and Computation: Practice and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Autonomic computing is a paradigm for building systems capable of adapting their operation
when external changes occur, such as workload variations, load surges and changes in the …

Adversarial Online Reinforcement Learning Under Limited Defender Resources

M Shi, Y Liang, NB Shroff - Network Security Empowered by Artificial …, 2024 - Springer
Reinforcement learning (RL) is a very powerful tool for sequential decision making. It has
already been a vital component in solving grand challenge problems like the “protein folding …