Partition Inequalities: Separation, Extensions and Network Design

Given a graph G = (V,E) with nonnegative weights x(e) for each edge e, a partition inequality is of the form . Here (S1, ..., Sp) denotes the multicut defined by a partition S1, ..., Sp of V . Partition inequalities arise as valid inequalities for optimization problems such as survivable network design problems, and play a central role in solving these problems using cutting planes. We attempt to survey some variants of these inequalities, examine different separation algorithms and discuss extensions and applications in network design and other domains.

By: Mourad Baïou; Francisco Barahona; Ali Ridha Mahjoub

Published in: RC25233 in 2011

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