Alternating control tree search for knapsack/covering problems
The Multidimensional Knapsack/Covering Problem (KCP) is a 0–1 Integer Programming Problem containing both knapsack and weighted covering constraints, subsuming the well-known Multidimensional Knapsack Problem (MKP) and the Generalized (weighted) Covering Problem . We propose an Alternating Control T...
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| Vydáno v: | Journal of heuristics Ročník 16; číslo 3; s. 239 - 258 |
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| Médium: | Journal Article |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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Springer US
01.06.2010
Springer Science + Business Media Springer Nature B.V |
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| ISSN: | 1381-1231, 1572-9397 |
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Multidimensional Knapsack/Covering Problem
(KCP) is a 0–1
Integer Programming Problem
containing both knapsack and weighted covering constraints, subsuming the well-known
Multidimensional Knapsack Problem
(MKP) and the
Generalized (weighted) Covering Problem
. We propose an Alternating Control Tree Search (ACT) method for these problems that iteratively transfers control between the following three components: (1) ACT-1, a process that solves an LP relaxation of the current form of the KCP. (2) ACT-2, a method that partitions the variables according to 0, 1, and fractional values to create sub-problems that can be solved with relatively high efficiency. (3) ACT-3, an updating procedure that adjoins inequalities to produce successively more constrained versions of KCP, and in conjunction with the solution processes of ACT-1 and ACT-2, ensures finite convergence to optimality. The ACT method can also be used as a heuristic approach using early termination rules. Computational results show that the ACT-framework successfully enhances the performance of three widely different heuristics for the KCP. Our ACT-method involving scatter search performs better than any other known method on a large set of KCP-instances from the literature. The ACT-based methods are also found to be highly effective on the MKP. |
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| Bibliografie: | SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-1 content type line 14 |
| ISSN: | 1381-1231 1572-9397 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10732-008-9100-4 |