Query-decision Regression between Shortest Path and Minimum Steiner Tree
Guangmo Tong Peng Zhao Mina Samizadeh
Considering a graph with unknown weights, can we find the shortest path for a
pair of nodes if we know the minimal Steiner trees associated with some subset
of nodes? That is, with respect to a fixed latent decision-making system (e.g.,
a weighted graph), we seek to solve one optimization problem (e.g., the
shortest path problem) by leveraging information associated with another
optimization problem (e.g., the minimal Steiner tree problem). In this paper,
we study such a prototype problem called \textit{query-decision regression with
task shifts}, focusing on the shortest path problem and the minimum Steiner
tree problem. We provide theoretical insights regarding the design of
realizable hypothesis spaces for building scoring models, and present two
principled learning frameworks. Our experimental studies show that such
problems can be solved to a decent extent with statistical significance.