Clique-based facets for the precedence constrained knapsack problem

We consider a knapsack problem with precedence constraints imposed on pairs of items, known as the precedence constrained knapsack problem (PCKP). This problem has applications in manufacturing and mining, and also appears as a subproblem in decomposition techniques for network design and related problems. We present a new approach for determining facets of the PCKP … Read more

A strengthened formulation for the open pit mine production scheduling problem

We present a strengthened integer programming formulation for the open pit mine production scheduling problem, where the precedence and production constraints are combined to form 0-1 knapsack inequalities. Addition of corresponding knapsack cover inequalities decreases the computational requirements to obtain the optimal integer solution, in many cases by a significant margin. CitationThe University of Melbourne, … Read more

Clique-based facets for the precedence constrained knapsack problem

We consider a knapsack problem with precedence constraints imposed on pairs of items, known as the precedence constrained knapsack problem (PCKP). This problem has applications in management and machine scheduling, and also appears as a subproblem in decomposition techniques for network design and other related problems. We present a new approach for determining facets of … Read more