Mixed Integer Program Heuristic for Linear Ordering Problem

Ehsan Iranmanesh, Ramesh Krishnamurti

2016

Abstract

The Linear Ordering Problem is a classic optimization problem which can be used to model problems in graph theory, machine scheduling, and voting theory, many of which have practical applications. Relatively recently, there has been some success in using Mixed Integer Program (MIP) heuristic for NP-hard optimization problems. We report our experience with using a MIP heuristic for the problem. Our heuristic generates a starting feasible solution based on the Linear Programming solution to the IP formulation for the Linear Ordering Problem. For each starting solution, a neighborhood is defined, again based on the LP solution to the problem. A MIP solver is then used to obtain the optimal solution among all the solutions in the neighborhood. The MIP heuristic shows promise for large problems of hard instances.

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Iranmanesh E. and Krishnamurti R. (2016). Mixed Integer Program Heuristic for Linear Ordering Problem . In Proceedings of 5th the International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems - Volume 1: ICORES, ISBN 978-989-758-171-7, pages 152-156. DOI: 10.5220/0005710701520156


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@conference{icores16,
author={Ehsan Iranmanesh and Ramesh Krishnamurti},
title={Mixed Integer Program Heuristic for Linear Ordering Problem},
booktitle={Proceedings of 5th the International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems - Volume 1: ICORES,},
year={2016},
pages={152-156},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005710701520156},
isbn={978-989-758-171-7},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of 5th the International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems - Volume 1: ICORES,
TI - Mixed Integer Program Heuristic for Linear Ordering Problem
SN - 978-989-758-171-7
AU - Iranmanesh E.
AU - Krishnamurti R.
PY - 2016
SP - 152
EP - 156
DO - 10.5220/0005710701520156