Title
Algorithms and applications for a class of bilevel MILPs
Abstract
We study a class of bilevel mixed-integer linear programs with the following restrictions: all upper level variables x are binary, the lower level variables y occur in exactly one upper level constraint γx+βy≥c, and the lower level objective function is minyβy. We propose a new cut generation algorithm to solve this problem class, based on two simplifying assumptions. We then propose a row-and-column generation algorithm that works independently of the assumptions. We apply our methods to two problems: one is related to the optimal placement of measurement devices in an electrical network, and the other is the minimum zero forcing set problem, a variant of the dominating set problem. We exhibit computational results of both methods on the application-oriented instances as well as on randomly generated instances.
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.1016/j.dam.2018.02.015
Discrete Applied Mathematics
Keywords
Field
DocType
Bilevel MILP,Power edge set,Zero forcing set
Discrete mathematics,Dominating set,Combinatorics,Electrical network,Algorithm,Zero Forcing Equalizer,Mathematics,Binary number
Journal
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
272
0166-218X
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.35
14
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Pierre-Louis Poirion1247.43
Sonia Toubaline2607.54
Claudia D'Ambrosio315920.07
Leo Liberti41280105.20