Title
Inverse optimization: towards the optimal parameter set of inverse LP with interval coefficients
Abstract
We study the inverse optimization problem in the following formulation: given a family of parametrized optimization problems and a real number called demand, determine for which values of parameters the optimal value of the objective function equals to the demand. We formulate general questions and problems about the optimal parameter set and the optimal value function. Then we turn our attention to the case of linear programming, when parameters can be selected from given intervals (“inverse interval LP”). We prove that the problem is NP-hard not only in general, but even in a very special case. We inspect three special cases—the case when parameters appear in the right-hand sides, the case when parameters appear in the objective function, and the case when parameters appear in both the right-hand sides and the objective function. We design a technique based on parametric programming, which allows us to inspect the optimal parameter set. We illustrate the theory by examples.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1007/s10100-015-0402-y
CEJOR
Keywords
Field
DocType
Interval optimization,Inverse optimization,Linear programming,Parametric programming
Inverse,Mathematical optimization,Parametric programming,Bellman equation,Linear programming,Real number,Stochastic programming,Optimization problem,Mathematics,Special case
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
24
3
1435-246X
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
14
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Michal Černý1205.12
Milan Hladík226836.33