Title
Branch-and-price-and-cut algorithms for solving the reliable h-paths problem
Abstract
We examine a routing problem in which network arcs fail according to independent failure probabilities. The reliable h-path routing problem seeks to find a minimum-cost set of h 驴 2 arc-independent paths from a common origin to a common destination, such that the probability that at least one path remains operational is sufficiently large. For the formulation in which variables are used to represent the amount of flow on each arc, the reliability constraint induces a nonconvex feasible region, even when the integer variable restrictions are relaxed. Prior arc-based models and algorithms tailored for the case in which h = 2 do not extend well to the general h-path problem. Thus, we propose two alternative integer programming formulations for the h-path problem in which the variables correspond to origin-destination paths. Accordingly, we develop two branch-and-price-and-cut algorithms for solving these new formulations, and provide computational results to demonstrate the efficiency of these algorithms.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.1007/s10898-007-9254-x
Journal of Global Optimization
Keywords
Field
DocType
routing problem,reliable h-paths problem,general h-path problem,arc-independent path,common destination,reliable h-path,common origin,alternative integer programming formulation,integer variable restriction,arc-based model,nonconvex optimization · branch-and-price-and-cut · network optimization · reliability,branch-and-price-and-cut algorithm,h-path problem,Nonconvex optimization,Branch-and-price-and-cut,Network optimization,Reliability
Integer,Mathematical optimization,Arc (geometry),Branch and price,Algorithm,Feasible region,Integer programming,Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
42
4
0925-5001
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
8
0.54
15
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
April K. Andreas1312.30
J. Cole Smith261043.34
Simge Küçükyavuz323418.52