Title
Branch-and-cut and hybrid local search for the multi-level capacitated minimum spanning tree problem.
Abstract
We propose algorithms to compute tight lower bounds and high quality upper bounds (UBs) for the multilevel capacitated minimum spanning tree problem. We first develop a branch-and-cut algorithm, introducing some new features: (i) the exact separation of cuts corresponding to some master equality polyhedra found in the formulation; (ii) the separation of Fenchel cuts, solving LPs considering all the possible solutions restricted to small portions of the graph. We then use that branch-and-cut within a GRASP that performs moves by solving to optimality subproblems corresponding to partial solutions. The computational experiments were conducted on 450 benchmark instances from the literature. Numerical results show improved best known (UBs) for almost all instances that could not be solved to optimality. (C) 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. NETWORKS, Vol. 59(1), 148-160 2012
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1002/net.20485
NETWORKS
Keywords
Field
DocType
network design,branch-and-cut,fenchel cuts,MIP based local search
Capacitated minimum spanning tree,Combinatorics,Mathematical optimization,GRASP,Network planning and design,Branch and cut,Polyhedron,Spanning tree,Local search (optimization),Mathematics,Minimum spanning tree
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
59
SP1
0028-3045
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
4
0.47
19
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Eduardo Uchoa189151.71
Túlio A. Toffolo2264.35
Mauricio C. Souza313511.20
Alexandre X. Martins4244.71
ricardo fukasawa522310.59