English

An implementation of steepest-descent augmentation for linear programs

Optimization and Control 2019-11-21 v1

Abstract

Generalizing the simplex method, circuit augmentation schemes for linear programs follow circuit directions through the interior of the underlying polyhedron. Steepest-descent augmentation is especially promising, but an implementation of the iterative scheme is a significant challenge. We work towards a viable implementation through a model in which a single linear program is updated dynamically to remain in memory throughout. Computational experiments exhibit dramatic improvements over a naive approach and reveal insight into the next steps required for large-scale computations.

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@article{arxiv.1911.08636,
  title  = {An implementation of steepest-descent augmentation for linear programs},
  author = {Steffen Borgwardt and Charles Viss},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1911.08636},
  year   = {2019}
}
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