High-multiplicity N-fold IP via configuration LP
N -fold integer programs (IPs) form an important class of block-structured IPs for which increasingly fast algorithms have recently been developed and successfully applied. We study high-multiplicity N -fold IPs, which encode IPs succinctly by presenting a description of each block type and a vector...
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| Vydáno v: | Mathematical programming Ročník 200; číslo 1; s. 199 - 227 |
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| Médium: | Journal Article |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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Berlin/Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
01.06.2023
Springer |
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| ISSN: | 0025-5610, 1436-4646 |
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-fold integer programs (IPs) form an important class of block-structured IPs for which increasingly fast algorithms have recently been developed and successfully applied. We study
high-multiplicity
N
-fold IPs, which encode IPs succinctly by presenting a description of each block
type
and a vector of block multiplicities. Our goal is to design algorithms which solve
N
-fold IPs in time polynomial in the size of the succinct encoding, which may be significantly smaller than the size of the explicit (non-succinct) instance. We present the first fixed-parameter algorithm for high-multiplicity
N
-fold IPs, which even works for convex objectives. Our key contribution is a novel proximity theorem which relates fractional and integer optima of the Configuration LP, a fundamental notion by Gilmore and Gomory [Oper. Res., 1961] which we generalize. Our algorithm for
N
-fold IP is faster than previous algorithms whenever the number of blocks is much larger than the number of block types, such as in
N
-fold IP models for various scheduling problems. |
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| ISSN: | 0025-5610 1436-4646 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10107-022-01882-9 |