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Mixed-Integer Linear Programming (MILP) is a foundational tool for complex decision-making problems. However, the NP-hard nature of MILP presents a significant computational challenge, motivating the development of machine learning-based…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-03 Hongpei Li , Hui Yuan , Han Zhang , Jianghao Lin , Dongdong Ge , Mengdi Wang , Yinyu Ye

We consider the problem of learning optimal binary classification trees. Literature on the topic has burgeoned in recent years, motivated both by the empirical suboptimality of heuristic approaches and the tremendous improvements in…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2020-05-14 Sina Aghaei , Andres Gomez , Phebe Vayanos

Security-Constrained Unit Commitment is a fundamental optimization problem in power systems operations. The primary computational bottleneck arises from the need to solve large-scale Linear Programming (LP) relaxations within…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-14 Jinxin Xiong , Yanting Huang , Yingxiao Wang , Linxin Yang , Jianghua Wu , Shunbo Lei , Akang Wang

Parameterizing by the largest processing time $p_{max}$ and the number of different job processing times $d$, we propose a proximity technique for High-Multiplicity Scheduling on Uniform Machines for the objectives Makespan Minimization…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-09-24 Hauke Brinkop , David Fischer , Klaus Jansen

We study the problem of learning a linear model to set the reserve price in an auction, given contextual information, in order to maximize expected revenue from the seller side. First, we show that it is not possible to solve this problem…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-11-17 Joey Huchette , Haihao Lu , Hossein Esfandiari , Vahab Mirrokni

Power systems Unit Commitment (UC) problem determines the generator commitment schedule and dispatch decisions to realize the reliable and economic operation of power networks. The growing penetration of stochastic renewables and demand…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-15 Xuan He , Yuxin Pan , Yize Chen , Danny H. K. Tsang

We present a depth-aware optimization framework for quantum circuit compilation that unifies provable optimality with scalable heuristics. For exact synthesis of a target unitary, we formulate a mixed-integer linear program (MILP) that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-02 Harsha Nagarajan , Zsolt Szabó

Unit commitment is an important optimization problem in power system operations, classified as NP-hard. This paper presents a hybrid quantum-classical method for the unit commitment problem with time-dependent constraints, where decisions…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-19 Kien X. Nguyen , Ilya Safro , Xiaoyuan Liu

Optical networks with multi-core fibers can replace several electronics networks with a single topology. Each electronic link is replaced by a single fiber, which can save space, weight, and cost, while having better segregation and EMI…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-04-06 Bjoern Annighoefer , Adrian Zeyher , Johannes Reinhart

We propose a novel global solution algorithm for the network-constrained unit commitment problem incorporating a nonlinear alternating current model of the transmission network, which is a nonconvex mixed-integer nonlinear programming…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-11-27 Jianfeng Liu , Anya Castillo , Jean-Paul Watson , Carl D. Laird

This study proposes a high-order multi-scale method tailored for time-dependent nonlinear thermo-electro-mechanical coupling problems of composite structures with highly spatial heterogeneity, which incorporate temperature-dependent…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-22 Hao Dong

This paper proposes a Heaviside composite optimization approach and presents a progressive (mixed) integer programming (PIP) method for solving multi-class classification and multi-action treatment problems with constraints. A Heaviside…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-01-08 Yue Fang , Junyi Liu , Jong-Shi Pang

In this paper, we give an algorithm that finds an epsilon-approximate solution to a mixed integer quadratic programming (MIQP) problem. The algorithm runs in polynomial time if the rank of the quadratic function and the number of integer…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-11-30 Alberto Del Pia

In light of the increasing coupling between electricity and gas networks, this paper introduces two novel iterative methods for efficiently solving the multiperiod optimal electricity and gas flow (MOEGF) problem. The first is an iterative…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-06-28 Sleiman Mhanna , Isam Saedi , Pierluigi Mancarella

In a wide range of applications, we are required to rapidly solve a sequence of convex multiparametric quadratic programs (mp-QPs) on resource-limited hardwares. This is a nontrivial task and has been an active topic for decades in control…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-12-17 Zhinan Hou , Keyou You

In this paper we introduce a new problem in the field of production planning which we call the Production Leveling Problem. The task is to assign orders to production periods such that the load in each period and on each production resource…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-06-17 Johannes Vass , Marie-Louise Lackner , Nysret Musliu

Decades of advances in mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) and recent development in mixed-integer second-order-cone programming (MISOCP) have translated very mildly to progresses in global solving nonconvex mixed-integer quadratically…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-11-21 Hongbo Dong , Yunqi Luo

Mixed Integer Programs (MIPs) model many optimization problems of interest in Computer Science, Operations Research, and Financial Engineering. Solving MIPs is NP-Hard in general, but several solvers have found success in obtaining…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-10-10 Shouvanik Chakrabarti , Pierre Minssen , Romina Yalovetzky , Marco Pistoia

We consider the capacitated three-level lot-sizing and replenishment problem with a distribution structure (3LSPD-C), recently proposed in the literature. In 3LSPD-C, a single production plant delivers items to the warehouses from where…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-12-24 Jesus O. Cunha , Geraldo R. Mateus , Rafael A. Melo