On parametric formulations for the Asymmetric Traveling Salesman Problem

The traveling salesman problem is a widely studied classical combinatorial problem for which there are several integer linear formulations. In this work, we consider the Miller-Tucker-Zemlin (MTZ), Desrochers-Laporte (DL) and Single Commodity Flow (SCF) formulations. We argue that the choice of some parameters of these formulations is arbitrary and, therefore, there are families of formulations … Read more

Unboundedness in Bilevel Optimization

Bilevel optimization has garnered growing interest over the past decade. However, little attention has been paid to detecting and dealing with unboundedness in these problems, with most research assuming a bounded high-point relaxation. In this paper, we address unboundedness in bilevel optimization by studying its computational complexity and developing algorithmic approaches to detect it. We … Read more

Single-Scenario Facet Preservation for Stochastic Mixed-Integer Programs

We consider improving the polyhedral representation of the extensive form of a stochastic mixed-integer program (SMIP). Given a facet for a single-scenario version of an SMIP, our main result provides necessary and sufficient conditions under which this inequality remains facet-defining for the extensive form. We then present several implications, which show that common recourse structures … Read more

Extended Formulations for Control Languages Defined by Finite-State Automata

Many discrete optimal control problems feature combinatorial constraints on the possible switching patterns, a common example being minimum dwell-time constraints. After discretizing to a finite time grid, for these and many similar types of constraints, it is possible to give a description of the convex hull of feasible (finite-dimensional) binary controls via extended formulations. In … Read more

The if-then Polytope: Conditional Relations over Multiple Sets of Binary Variables

Inspired by its occurrence as a substructure in a stochastic railway timetabling model, we study in this work a special case of the bipartite boolean quadric polytope. It models conditional relations across three sets of binary variables, where selections within two “if” sets imply a choice in a corresponding “then” set. We call this polytope … Read more

Cuts and semidefinite liftings for the complex cut polytope

\(\) We consider the complex cut polytope: the convex hull of Hermitian rank 1 matrices \(xx^{\mathrm{H}}\), where the elements of \(x \in \mathbb{C}^n\) are \(m\)th unit roots. These polytopes have applications in \({\text{MAX-3-CUT}}\), digital communication technology, angular synchronization and more generally, complex quadratic programming. For \({m=2}\), the complex cut polytope corresponds to the well-known cut … Read more

On the power of linear programming for K-means clustering

In a previous work, we introduced a new linear programming (LP) relaxation for K-means clustering. In this paper, we further investigate the theoretical properties of this relaxation. We focus on K-means clustering with two clusters, which is an NP-hard problem. As evident from our numerical experiments with both synthetic and real-world data sets, the proposed … Read more

A proof for multilinear error bounds

\(\) We derive the error bounds for multilinear terms in $[0,1]^n$ using a proof methodology based on the polyhedral representation of the convex hull. We extend the result for multilinear terms in $[\boldsymbol{L},\boldsymbol{0}] \times [\boldsymbol{0},\boldsymbol{U}]\subset\mathbb{R}^n$. Article Download View A proof for multilinear error bounds

On Rank-Monotone Graph Operations and Minimal Obstruction Graphs for the Lovász-Schrijver SDP Hierarchy

We study the lift-and-project rank of the stable set polytopes of graphs with respect to the Lovász-Schrijver SDP operator LS_+, with a particular focus on finding and characterizing the smallest graphs with a given LS_+-rank (the least number of iterations of the LS_+ operator on the fractional stable set polytope to compute the stable set … Read more

Facets of the knapsack polytope from non-minimal covers

We propose two new classes of valid inequalities (VIs) for the binary knapsack polytope, based on non-minimal covers. We also show that these VIs can be obtained through neither sequential nor simultaneous lifting of well-known cover inequalities. We further provide conditions under which they are facet-defining. The usefulness of these VIs is demonstrated using computational … Read more