We consider the problem of learning Bayesian networks optimally, when subject to background knowledge in the form of ancestral constraints. Our approach is based on a recently proposed framework for optimal structure learning based on non-decomposable scores, which is general enough to accommodate ancestral constraints. The proposed framework exploits oracles for learning structures using decom...

In symmetric tensor decomposition one expresses a given symmetric tensor T a sum of tensor powers of a number of vectors: T = v⊗d 1 + · · · + v ⊗d k . Orthogonal decomposition is a special type of symmetric tensor decomposition in which in addition the vectors v1, ..., vk are required to be pairwise orthogonal. We study the properties of orthogonally decomposable tensors. In particular, we give...

A univariate polynomial f over a field is decomposable if it is the composition f = g ◦h of two polynomials g and h whose degree is at least 2. We determine an approximation to the number of decomposable polynomials over a finite field. The tame case, where the field characteristic p does not divide the degree n of f , is reasonably well understood, and we obtain exponentially decreasing error ...

We consider the dihamiltonian decomposition problem for 3regular graphs. A graphG is dihamiltonian decomposable if in the digraph obtained fromG by replacing each edge of G as two directed edges, the set of edges are partitioned into 3 edge-disjoint directed hamiltonian cycles. We suggest some conditions for dihamiltonian decomposition of 3-regular graphs: for a 3-regular graph G, it is dihamil...

A planar set P is said to be cover-decomposable if there is a constant k = k(P ) such that every k-fold covering of the plane with translates of P can be decomposed into two coverings. It is known that open convex polygons are cover-decomposable. Here we show that closed, centrally symmetric convex polygons are also cover-decomposable. We also show that an infinite-fold covering of the plane wi...

We consider the dihamiltonian decomposition problem for 3-regular graphs. A graph G is dihamiltonian decomposable if in the digraph obtained from G by replacing each edge of G as two directed edges, the set of edges are partitioned into 3 edge-disjoint directed hamiltonian cycles. We suggest some conditions for dihamiltonian decomposition of 3-regular graphs: for a 3-regular graph G, it is diha...

The requirement of a language to be conditionally decomposable is imposed on a specification language in the coordination supervisory control framework of discrete-event systems. In this paper, we present a polynomial-time algorithm for the verification whether a language is conditionally decomposable with respect to given alphabets. Moreover, we also present a polynomial-time algorithm to exte...

Committee scoring voting rules are multiwinner analogues of positional scoring rules which constitute an important subclass of single-winner voting rules. We identify several natural subclasses of committee scoring rules, namely, weakly separable, representation-focused, top-$k$-counting, OWA-based, and decomposable rules. We characterize SNTV, Bloc, and $k$-Approval Chamberlin--Courant as the ...

We present in this paper a general algorithm for solving first-order formulas in particular theories called decomposable theories. First of all, using special quantifiers, we give a formal characterization of decomposable theories and show some of their properties. Then, we present a general algorithm for solving first-order formulas in any decomposable theory T . The algorithm is given in the ...