On Disjunctive Cuts for Combinatorial Optimization

Adam N. Letchford
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Adam N. Letchford: Lancaster University

Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, 2001, vol. 5, issue 3, No 3, 299-315

Abstract: Abstract In the successful branch-and-cut approach to combinatorial optimization, linear inequalities are used as cutting planes within a branch-and-bound framework. Although researchers often prefer to use facet-inducing inequalities as cutting planes, good computational results have recently been obtained using disjunctive cuts, which are not guaranteed to be facet-inducing in general. A partial explanation for the success of the disjunctive cuts is given in this paper. It is shown that, for six important combinatorial optimization problems (the clique partitioning, max-cut, acyclic subdigraph, linear ordering, asymmetric travelling salesman and set covering problems), certain facet-inducing inequalities can be obtained by simple disjunctive techniques. New polynomial-time separation algorithms are obtained for these inequalities as a by-product. The disjunctive approach is then compared and contrasted with some other ‘general-purpose’ frameworks for generating cutting planes and some conclusions are made with respect to the potential and limitations of the disjunctive approach.

Keywords: integer programming; cutting planes; max-cut problem; asymmetric travelling salesman problem; set covering problem (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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