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Improved approximation of the general soft-capacitated facility location problem

Laurent Alfandari (2007)

RAIRO - Operations Research

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The soft-capacitated facility location problem, where each facility is composed of a variable number of fixed-capacity production units, has been recently studied in several papers, especially in the metric case. In this paper, we only consider the general problem where connection costs do not systematically satisfy the triangle inequality property. We show that an adaptation of the set covering greedy heuristic, where the subproblem is approximately solved by a fully polynomial-time...

Column-generation in integer linear programming

Nelson Maculan, Marcos de Mendonça Passini, José André de Moura Brito, Irene Loiseau (2003)

RAIRO - Operations Research - Recherche Opérationnelle

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We present an exact method for integer linear programming problems that combines branch and bound with column generation at each node of the search tree. For the case of models involving binary column vectors only, we propose the use of so-called geometrical cuts to be added to the subproblem in order to eliminate previously generated columns. This scheme could be applied to general integer problems without specific structure. We report computational results on a successful application...

An introduction to multiprocessor scheduling.

J.K. Lenstra, A.H.G. Rinnooy (1981)

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This is a tutorial survey of recent results in the area of multiprocessor scheduling. Computational complexity theory provides the framework in which these results are presented. They involve on one hand the development of new polynomial optimization algorithms, and on the other hand the application of the concept of NP-hardness as well as the analysis of approximation algorithms.

Multicriteria scheduling problems : a survey

V. T'kindt, J.-C. Billaut (2001)

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This paper presents a state-of-the-art survey on multicriteria scheduling and introduces a definition of a multicriteria scheduling problem. It provides a framework that allows to tackle multicriteria scheduling problems, according to Decision Aid concepts. This problem is decomposed into three different problems. The first problem is about obtaining a model. The second one is how to take criteria into account and the third one is about solving a scheduling problem. An extension to an...

Strategies for LP-based solving a general class of scheduling problems.

Laureano F. Escudero, Gloria Pérez Sáinz de Rozas (1990)

Trabajos de Investigación Operativa

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In this work we describe some strategies that have been proved to be very efficient for solving the following type of scheduling problems: Assume a set of jobs is to be performed along a planning horizon by selecting one from several alternatives for doing so. Besides selecting the alternative for each job, the target consists of choosing the periods at which each component of the work will be done, such that a set of scheduling and technological constraints is satisfied. The problem...

An algorithm for solving multiple objective integer linear programming problem

Moncef Abbas, Djamal Chaabane (2002)

RAIRO - Operations Research - Recherche Opérationnelle

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In the present paper a complete procedure for solving Multiple Objective Integer Linear Programming Problems is presented. The algorithm can be regarded as a corrected form and an alternative to the method that was proposed by Gupta and Malhotra. A numerical illustration is given to show that this latter can miss some efficient solutions. Whereas, the algorithm stated bellow determines all efficient solutions without missing any one.

A branch-and-price-and-cut algorithm for the pattern minimization problem

Cláudio Alves, J. M. Valério de Carvalho (2008)

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In cutting stock problems, after an optimal (minimal stock usage) cutting plan has been devised, one might want to further reduce the operational costs by minimizing the number of setups. A setup operation occurs each time a different cutting pattern begins to be produced. The related optimization problem is known as the Pattern Minimization Problem, and it is particularly hard to solve exactly. In this paper, we present different techniques to strengthen a formulation proposed in the...

Primal-dual approximation algorithms for a packing-covering pair of problems

Sofia Kovaleva, Frits C. R. Spieksma (2002)

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We consider a special packing-covering pair of problems. The packing problem is a natural generalization of finding a (weighted) maximum independent set in an interval graph, the covering problem generalizes the problem of finding a (weighted) minimum clique cover in an interval graph. The problem pair involves weights and capacities; we consider the case of unit weights and the case of unit capacities. In each case we describe a simple algorithm that outputs a solution to the packing...