We propose improvements to some of the best heuristic algorithms for optimal product pricing problem originally designed by Dobson and Kalish in the late 1980’s and in the early 1990’s. Our improvements are based on a detailed study of a fundamental decoupling structure of the underlying mixed integer programming (MIP) problem and on incorporating more … Read more
The \emph{interval bounded generalized trust region subproblem} (GTRS) consists in minimizing a general quadratic objective, $q_0(x) \rightarrow \min$, subject to an upper and lower bounded general quadratic constraint, $\ell \leq q_1(x) \leq u$. This means that there are no definiteness assumptions on either quadratic function. We first study characterizations of optimality for this \emph{implicitly} convex … Read more
Regularization plays a key role in a variety of optimization formulations of inverse problems. A recurring question in regularization approaches is the selection of regularization parameters, and its effect on the solution and on the optimal value of the optimization problem. The sensitivity of the value function to the regularization parameter can be linked directly … Read more
Using a geometric argument, we show that under a reasonable continuity condition, the Clarke subdifferential of a semi-algebraic (or more generally stratifiable) directionally Lipschitzian function admits a simple form: the normal cone to the domain and limits of gradients generate the entire Clarke subdifferential. The characterization formula we obtain unifies various apparently disparate results that … Read more
We present a new lifting approach for strengthening arbitrary clique tree inequalities that are known to be facet defining for the symmetric traveling salesman problem in order to get stronger valid inequalities for the symmetric quadratic traveling salesman problem (SQTSP). Applying this new approach to the subtour elimination constraints (SEC) leads to two new classes … Read more
In this paper we study distributionally robust optimization (DRO) problems where the ambiguity set of the probability distribution is defined by the Kullback-Leibler (KL) divergence. We consider DRO problems where the ambiguity is in the objective function, which takes a form of an expectation, and show that the resulted minimax DRO problems can be formulated … Read more
Split cuts are among the most important and well-understood cuts for general mixed-integer programs. In this paper we consider some recent generalizations of split cuts and compare their relative strength. More precisely, we compare the elementary closures of {split}, {cross}, {crooked cross} and general {multi-branch split cuts} as well as cuts obtained from multi-row and … Read more
We call a property generic if it holds for almost all problem instances. For linear conic problems, it has been shown in the literature that properties like uniqueness, strict complementarity or nondegeneracy of the optimal solution are generic under the assumption that Slater’s condition is fulfilled. The possibility that Slater’s condition generically fails has not … Read more
The open-pit mine production scheduling problem has received a great deal of attention in recent years, both in the academic literature, and in the mining industry. Optimization approaches to strategic planning for mine exploitation have become the industry standard. However most of these approaches focus on extraction sequencing, and don’t consider the material flow after … Read more
In this paper we investigate the convergence behavior of a primal-dual splitting method for solving monotone inclusions involving mixtures of composite, Lipschitzian and parallel sum type operators proposed by Combettes and Pesquet in [7]. Firstly, in the particular case of convex minimization problems, we derive convergence rates for the sequence of objective function values by … Read more