Successful solvers for integer linear programs (ILPs) demonstrate that preprocessing can greatly speed up the computation. We study preprocessing for ILPs via the theoretical notion of kernelization from parameterized...
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Successful solvers for integer linear programs (ILPs) demonstrate that preprocessing can greatly speed up the computation. We study preprocessing for ILPs via the theoretical notion of kernelization from parameterized complexity. Prior to our work, there were only implied lower bounds from other problems that hold only for dense instances and do not take into account the domain size. We consider the feasibility problem for ILPs Ax <= where A is an r-row-sparse matrix parameterized by the number of variables, i.e., A has at most r nonzero entries per row, and show that its kernelizability depends strongly on the domain size. If the domain is unbounded then this problem does not admit a polynomial kernelization unless NP subset of coNP/poly. If, on the other hand, the domain size d of each variable is polynomially bounded in n, or if d is an additional parameter, then we do get a polynomial kernelization. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
In quasi-Monte Carlo methods, generating high-dimensional low discrepancy sequences by generator matrices is a popular and efficient approach. Historically, constructing or finding such generator matrices has been a h...
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In quasi-Monte Carlo methods, generating high-dimensional low discrepancy sequences by generator matrices is a popular and efficient approach. Historically, constructing or finding such generator matrices has been a hard problem. In particular, it is challenging to take advantage of the intrinsic structure of a given numerical problem to design samplers of low discrepancy in certain subsets of dimensions. To address this issue, we devise a greedy algorithm allowing us to translate desired net properties into linear constraints on the generator matrix entries. Solving the resulting integerlinear program yields generator matrices that satisfy the desired net properties. We demonstrate that our method finds generator matrices in challenging settings, offering low discrepancy sequences beyond the limitations of classic constructions.
Many inequalities for Mixed-integer linear programs (MILPs) or pure integer linear programs (ILPs) are derived from the Gomory corner relaxation, where all the nonbinding constraints at an optimal LP vertex are relaxe...
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The valid inequalities is applied to surrogate duality in integerprograms. The idea for closing surrogate dual gap is presented. Numerical example shows that the methods given in the paper is effective on stronger bo...
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The valid inequalities is applied to surrogate duality in integerprograms. The idea for closing surrogate dual gap is presented. Numerical example shows that the methods given in the paper is effective on stronger bounding properties.
The support of a vector is the number of nonzero components. We show that given an integral mxn matrix A, the integerlinear optimization problem max {c(T) x : Ax = b, x >= 0, x is an element of Z(n)} has an optima...
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The support of a vector is the number of nonzero components. We show that given an integral mxn matrix A, the integerlinear optimization problem max {c(T) x : Ax = b, x >= 0, x is an element of Z(n)} has an optimal solution whose support is bounded by 2m log(2 root m parallel to Lambda parallel to(infinity)), where parallel to Lambda parallel to(infinity) is the largest absolute value of an entry of A. Compared to previous bounds, the one presented here is independent of the objective function. We furthermore provide a nearly matching asymptotic lower bound on the support of optimal solutions.
This paper considers mixed-integer quadratic programs in which the objective function is quadratic in the integer and in the continuous variables, and the constraints are linear in the variables of both types. The gen...
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This paper considers mixed-integer quadratic programs in which the objective function is quadratic in the integer and in the continuous variables, and the constraints are linear in the variables of both types. The generalized Benders' decomposition is a suitable approach for solving such programs. However, the program does not become more tractable if this method is used, since Benders' cuts are quadratic in the integer variables. A new equivalent formulation that renders the program tractable is developed, under which the dual objective function is linear in the integer variables and the dual constraint set is independent of these variables. Benders' cuts that are derived from the new formulation are linear in the integer variables, and the original problem is decomposed into a series of integerlinear master problems and standard quadratic subproblems. The new formulation does not introduce new primary variables or new constraints into the computational steps of the decomposition algorithm.
In this paper, we study a variant of the well-known single-vehicle pickup and delivery problem where the demands can be unloaded/reloaded at any node. By proving new complexity results, we give the minimum information...
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In this paper, we study a variant of the well-known single-vehicle pickup and delivery problem where the demands can be unloaded/reloaded at any node. By proving new complexity results, we give the minimum information which is necessary to represent feasible solutions. Using this, we present integer linear programs for both the unitary and the general versions. We then show that the associated linear relaxations are polynomial-time solvable and present some computational results.
Let H = (V, epsilon) be a hypergraph with maximum edge size l and maximum degree Delta. For a given positive integers b(v), v is an element of V, a set multicover in H is a set of edges C subset of epsilon such that e...
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Let H = (V, epsilon) be a hypergraph with maximum edge size l and maximum degree Delta. For a given positive integers b(v), v is an element of V, a set multicover in H is a set of edges C subset of epsilon such that every vertex v in V belongs to at least b(v) edges in C. Set multicover is the problem of finding a minimum-cardinality set multicover. Peleg, Schechtman and Wool conjectured that for any fixed Delta and b := min(v is an element of V) b(v), the problem of set multicover is not approximablewithin a ratio less than delta :=Delta-b+1, unlessP = NP. Hence it's a challenge to explore for which classes of hypergraph the conjecture doesn't hold. We present a polynomial time algorithm for the set multicover problem which combines a deterministic threshold algorithm with conditioned randomized rounding steps. Our algorithm yields an approximation ratio of max {148/149 delta, (1 - (b-1)e(delta/4)/94l)delta} for b >= 2 and delta >= 3. Our result not only improves over the approximation ratio presented by El Ouali et al. (Algorithmica 74:574, 2016) but it's more general since we set no restriction on the parameter l. Moreover we present a further polynomial time algorithm with an approximation ratio of 5/6 delta for hypergraphs with l <= (1 + epsilon)(l) over bar for any fixed epsilon is an element of [0, 1/2], where (l) over bar is the average edge size. The analysis of this algorithm relies on matching/covering duality due to Ray-Chaudhuri (1960), which we convert into an approximative form. The second performance disprove the conjecture of Peleg et al. for a large subclass of hypergraphs.
We consider a cement delivery problem with an heterogeneous fleet of vehicles and several depots. The demands of the customers are typically larger than the capacity of the vehicles which means that most customers are...
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We consider a cement delivery problem with an heterogeneous fleet of vehicles and several depots. The demands of the customers are typically larger than the capacity of the vehicles which means that most customers are visited several times. This is a split delivery vehicle routing problem with additional constraints. We first propose a two phase solution method that assigns deliveries to the vehicles, and then builds vehicle routes. Both subproblems are formulated as integerlinear programming problems. We then show how to combine the two phases in a single integerlinear program. Experiments on real life instances are performed to compare the performance of the two solution methods. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
We consider convex programming problems with integrality constraints that are invariant under a linear symmetry group. To decompose such problems, we introduce the new concept of core points, i.e., integral points who...
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We consider convex programming problems with integrality constraints that are invariant under a linear symmetry group. To decompose such problems, we introduce the new concept of core points, i.e., integral points whose orbit polytopes are lattice-free. For symmetric integer linear programs, we describe two algorithms based on this decomposition. Using a characterization of core points for direct products of symmetric groups, we show that prototype implementations can compete with state-of-the-art commercial solvers, and solve an open MIPLIB problem. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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