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Discrete Convex Functions on Graphs and Their Algorithmic Applications
The present article is an exposition of a theory of discrete convex functions
on certain graph structures, developed by the author in recent years. This
theory is a spin-off of discrete convex analysis by Murota, and is motivated by
combinatorial dualities in multiflow problems and the complexity classification
of facility location problems on graphs. We outline the theory and algorithmic
applications in combinatorial optimization problems
Algorithms for Estimating Trends in Global Temperature Volatility
Trends in terrestrial temperature variability are perhaps more relevant for
species viability than trends in mean temperature. In this paper, we develop
methodology for estimating such trends using multi-resolution climate data from
polar orbiting weather satellites. We derive two novel algorithms for
computation that are tailored for dense, gridded observations over both space
and time. We evaluate our methods with a simulation that mimics these data's
features and on a large, publicly available, global temperature dataset with
the eventual goal of tracking trends in cloud reflectance temperature
variability.Comment: Published in AAAI-1
Learning Generalized Reactive Policies using Deep Neural Networks
We present a new approach to learning for planning, where knowledge acquired
while solving a given set of planning problems is used to plan faster in
related, but new problem instances. We show that a deep neural network can be
used to learn and represent a \emph{generalized reactive policy} (GRP) that
maps a problem instance and a state to an action, and that the learned GRPs
efficiently solve large classes of challenging problem instances. In contrast
to prior efforts in this direction, our approach significantly reduces the
dependence of learning on handcrafted domain knowledge or feature selection.
Instead, the GRP is trained from scratch using a set of successful execution
traces. We show that our approach can also be used to automatically learn a
heuristic function that can be used in directed search algorithms. We evaluate
our approach using an extensive suite of experiments on two challenging
planning problem domains and show that our approach facilitates learning
complex decision making policies and powerful heuristic functions with minimal
human input. Videos of our results are available at goo.gl/Hpy4e3
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