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Mixed-integer mathematical programs are among the most commonly used models for a wide set of problems in Operations Research and related fields. However, there is still very little known about what can be expressed by small mixed-integer…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2017-12-07 Alfonso Cevallos , Stefan Weltge , Rico Zenklusen

This article details a general numerical framework to approximate so-lutions to linear programs related to optimal transport. The general idea is to introduce an entropic regularization of the initial linear program. This regularized…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-12-17 Jean-David Benamou , Guillaume Carlier , Marco Cuturi , Luca Nenna , Gabriel Peyré

Recent advancements in quantum computing and quantum-inspired algorithms have sparked renewed interest in binary optimization. These hardware and software innovations promise to revolutionize solution times for complex problems. In this…

Understanding how the optimal value of an optimisation problem changes when its input data is modified is an old question in mathematical optimisation. This paper investigates the computation of the optimal values of a family of (possibly…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-02 Guillaume Derval , Damien Ernst , Quentin Louveaux , Bardhyl Miftari

In recent advances in solving the problem of transmission network expansion planning, the use of robust optimization techniques has been put forward, as an alternative to stochastic mathematical programming methods, to make the problem…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2016-09-28 Roberto Minguez , Raquel Garcia-Bertrand

Mixed integer bilinear programs (MIBLPs) offer tools to resolve robotics motion planning problems with orthogonal rotation matrices or static moment balance, but require long solving times. Recent work utilizing data-driven methods has…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-08-02 Xuan Lin , Gabriel Ikaika Fernandez , Dennis Hong

We propose a unified framework to address a family of classical mixed-integer optimization problems with logically constrained decision variables, including network design, facility location, unit commitment, sparse portfolio selection,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-10-19 Dimitris Bertsimas , Ryan Cory-Wright , Jean Pauphilet

Enhancing existing transmission lines is a useful tool to combat transmission congestion and guarantee transmission security with increasing demand and boosting the renewable energy source. This study concerns the selection of lines whose…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-07-20 Jian Liu , Rui Bo , Siyuan Wang

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

This paper addresses combinatorial optimization scheme for solving the multicriteria Steiner tree problem for communication network topology design (e.g., wireless mesh network). The solving scheme is based on several models: multicriteria…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2011-02-15 Mark Sh. Levin , Rustem I. Nuriakhmetov

The optimal mass transport problem gives a geometric framework for optimal allocation, and has recently gained significant interest in application areas such as signal processing, image processing, and computer vision. Even though it can be…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-02-07 Johan Karlsson , Axel Ringh

In this paper, we study robust distributed sub-optimal coordination of linear agents subject to input nonlinearities. Inspired by the robust agreement literature, we formulate a bounded distributed sub-optimal coordination problem, in which…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-21 Takumi Namba

We prove that any mixed-integer linear extended formulation for the matching polytope of the complete graph on $n$ vertices, with a polynomial number of constraints, requires $\Omega(\sqrt{\sfrac{n}{\log n}})$ many integer variables. By…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-06-27 Robert Hildebrand , Robert Weismantel , Rico Zenklusen

Optimal transport provides a metric which quantifies the dissimilarity between probability measures. For measures supported in discrete metric spaces, finding the optimal transport distance has cubic time complexity in the size of the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-01-30 Samantha Chen , Puoya Tabaghi , Yusu Wang

We study the complexity of finding communication trees with the lowest possible completion time for rooted, irregular gather and scatter collective communication operations in fully connected, $k$-ported communication networks under a…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2018-11-28 Jesper Larsson Träff

Spanning tree problems with specialized constraints can be difficult to solve in real-world scenarios, often requiring intricate algorithmic design and exponential time. Recently, there has been growing interest in end-to-end deep neural…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-06-13 Yuchen Shi , Congying Han , Tiande Guo

This paper presents centralized and distributed Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers (ADMM) frameworks for solving large-scale nonconvex optimization problems with binary decision variables subject to spanning tree or rooted…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-10 Yacine Mokhtari

This paper proposes a new mixed-integer programming (MIP) formulation to optimize split rule selection in the decision tree induction process, and develops an efficient search algorithm that is able to solve practical instances of the MIP…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-05-31 Yanchao Liu

We introduce a unified framework for the study of multilevel mixed integer linear optimization problems and multistage stochastic mixed integer linear optimization problems with recourse. The framework highlights the common mathematical…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-04-20 Suresh Bolusani , Stefano Coniglio , Ted. K. Ralphs , Sahar Tahernejad

This paper addresses the problem of motion planning for differential drive micro-mobility platforms. This class of vehicle is designed to perform small-distance transportation of passengers and goods in structured environments. Our approach…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-05-15 Angelo Caregnato-Neto , Janito Vaqueiro Ferreira