Through the Lens of Sequence Submodularity

Sara Bernardini, Fabio Fagnani, Chiara Piacentini

PosterID: 49
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Several real-world problems in engineering and applied science require the selection of sequences that maximize a given reward function. Optimizing over sequences as opposed to sets requires to explore an exponentially larger search space and can become prohibitive in most cases of practical interest. However, if the objective function is submodular (intuitively, it exhibits a diminishing return property), the optimization problem becomes more manageable. Recently, there has been increasing interest in sequence submodularity in connection with applications such as recommender systems and online ad allocation. However, mostly ad hoc models and solutions have emerged within these applicative contexts. In consequence, the field appears fragmented and lacks coherence. In this paper, we offer a unified view of sequence submodularity and provide a generalized greedy algorithm that enjoys strong theoretical guarantees. We show how our approach naturally captures several application domains, and our algorithm encompasses existing methods, improving over them.

Session E2: Lifted Planning / Symbolic Planning / Submodularity
Canb 10/28/2020, 18:00 – 19:00
10/30/2020, 01:00 – 02:00
Paris 10/28/2020, 08:00 – 09:00
10/29/2020, 15:00 – 16:00
NYC 10/28/2020, 03:00 – 04:00
10/29/2020, 10:00 – 11:00
LA 10/28/2020, 00:00 – 01:00
10/29/2020, 07:00 – 08:00