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Title: Solving set covering problems with general cutting planes

Conference ·
OSTI ID:35882

We show how general cutting planes can be used within a branch-and-cut framework to solve difficult set-covering and partitioning problems. Our approach uses both lift-and-project and Gomory`s fractional cuts to strengthen the linear programming formulation of the set covering/partitioning problem. The result is a robust solver, which can also be used when side constraints are present. We present computational experience on a variety of real-world instances.

OSTI ID:
35882
Report Number(s):
CONF-9408161-; TRN: 94:009753-0144
Resource Relation:
Conference: 15. international symposium on mathematical programming, Ann Arbor, MI (United States), 15-19 Aug 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of Mathematical programming: State of the art 1994; Birge, J.R.; Murty, K.G. [eds.]; PB: 312 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English