Unboundedness in reverse convex and concave integer programming

Wiesława Obuchowska ()

Mathematical Methods of Operations Research, 2010, vol. 72, issue 2, 187-204

Abstract: In this paper we are concerned with the problem of unboundedness and existence of an optimal solution in reverse convex and concave integer optimization problems. In particular, we present necessary and sufficient conditions for existence of an upper bound for a convex objective function defined over the feasible region contained in $${\mathbb{Z}^n}$$ . The conditions for boundedness are provided in a form of an implementable algorithm, showing that for the considered class of functions, the integer programming problem is unbounded if and only if the associated continuous problem is unbounded. We also address the problem of boundedness in the global optimization problem of maximizing a convex function over a set of integers contained in a convex and unbounded region. It is shown in the paper that in both types of integer programming problems, the objective function is either unbounded from above, or it attains its maximum at a feasible integer point. Copyright Springer-Verlag 2010

Keywords: Concave integer minimization; Reverse convex constraints; Unboundedness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1007/s00186-010-0315-4

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