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A polynomially solvable case of the pooling problem

Optimization and Control 2017-02-09 v4 Discrete Mathematics Combinatorics

Abstract

Answering a question of Haugland, we show that the pooling problem with one pool and a bounded number of inputs can be solved in polynomial time by solving a polynomial number of linear programs of polynomial size. We also give an overview of known complexity results and remaining open problems to further characterize the border between (strongly) NP-hard and polynomially solvable cases of the pooling problem.

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@article{arxiv.1508.03181,
  title  = {A polynomially solvable case of the pooling problem},
  author = {Natashia Boland and Thomas Kalinowski and Fabian Rigterink},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1508.03181},
  year   = {2017}
}

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