Title
Light On The Infinite Group Relaxation I: Foundations And Taxonomy
Abstract
This is a survey on the infinite group problem, an infinite-dimensional relaxation of integer linear optimization problems introduced by Ralph Gomory and Ellis Johnson in their groundbreaking papers titled Some continuous functions related to corner polyhedra I, II (Math Program 3:23-85, 359-389, 1972a, b). The survey presents the infinite group problem in the modern context of cut generating functions. It focuses on the recent developments, such as algorithms for testing extremality and breakthroughs for the k-row problem for general that extend previous work on the single-row and two-row problems. The survey also includes some previously unpublished results; among other things, it unveils piecewise linear extreme functions with more than four different slopes. An interactive companion program, implemented in the open-source computer algebra package Sage, provides an updated compendium of known extreme functions.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1007/s10288-015-0292-9
4OR-A QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH
Keywords
Field
DocType
Cutting planes, Cut-generating functions, Minimal and extreme functions, Integer programming, Infinite group problem
Integer,Generating function,Discrete mathematics,Continuous function,Mathematical optimization,Infinite group,Computer science,Polyhedron,Symbolic computation,Linear programming,Piecewise linear function
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
14
1
1619-4500
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
15
0.79
39
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Amitabh Basu133127.36
Robert Hildebrand2697.82
Matthias KöPpe319120.95