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While mixed-integer linear programming and convex programming solvers have advanced significantly over the past several decades, solution technologies for general mixed-integer nonlinear programs (MINLPs) have yet to reach the same level of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-07 Danial Davarnia , Mohammadreza Kiaghadi , Junyuan Qiu

In this paper, we explore model-based approach to training robust and interpretable binarized regression models for multiclass classification tasks using Mixed-Integer Programming (MIP). Our MIP model balances the optimization of prediction…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-03-22 Sanjana Tule , Nhi Ha Lan Le , Buser Say

Mixed-integer programming (MIP) extends linear programming by incorporating both continuous and integer decision variables, making it widely used in production planning, logistics scheduling, and resource allocation. However, MIP remains…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2026-04-14 Jinyu Zhang , Di Huang , Yue Liu , Shuo Wang , Zhenyu Pu , Zhiyuan Liu

Voting problems are central in the area of social choice. In this article, we investigate various voting systems and types of control of elections. We present integer linear programming (ILP) formulations for a wide range of NP-hard control…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2015-09-03 Sergey Polyakovskiy , Rudolf Berghammer , Frank Neumann

The importance of hierarchically structured representations for tractable planning has long been acknowledged. However, the questions of how people discover such abstractions and how to define a set of optimal abstractions remain open. This…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2018-07-20 Sophia Sanborn , David D. Bourgin , Michael Chang , Thomas L. Griffiths

Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP) is a fundamental tool for modeling combinatorial optimization problems. Recently, a growing body of research has used machine learning to accelerate MILP solving. Despite the increasing popularity of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-10-29 Weimin Huang , Taoan Huang , Aaron M Ferber , Bistra Dilkina

A limited-memory influence diagram (LIMID) generalizes a traditional influence diagram by relaxing the assumptions of regularity and no-forgetting, allowing a wider range of decision problems to be modeled. Algorithms for solving…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2013-09-27 Arindam Khaled , Eric A. Hansen , Changhe Yuan

We describe a framework and an algorithm for solving hybrid influence diagrams with discrete, continuous, and deterministic chance variables, and discrete and continuous decision variables. A continuous chance variable in an influence…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2012-03-19 Yijing Li , Prakash P. Shenoy

Today's fast linear algebra and numerical optimization tools have pushed the frontier of model predictive control (MPC) forward, to the efficient control of highly nonlinear and hybrid systems. The field of hybrid MPC has demonstrated that…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-05-11 Jia-Jie Zhu , Georg Martius

Decentralized planning in uncertain environments is a complex task generally dealt with by using a decision-theoretic approach, mainly through the framework of Decentralized Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes (DEC-POMDPs).…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2014-01-17 Raghav Aras , Alain Dutech

This paper explores reoptimization techniques for solving sequences of similar mixed integer programs (MIPs) more effectively. Traditionally, these MIPs are solved independently, without capitalizing on information from previously solved…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-01-26 Krunal Kishor Patel

This paper introduces HPIPM, a high-performance framework for quadratic programming (QP), designed to provide building blocks to efficiently and reliably solve model predictive control problems. HPIPM currently supports three QP types, and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-06-09 Gianluca Frison , Moritz Diehl

Mixed integer nonlinear programs (MINLPs) are arguably among the hardest optimization problems, with a wide range of applications. MINLP solvers that are based on linear relaxations and spatial branching work similar as mixed integer…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-02-08 Jakob Witzig , Timo Berthold , Stefan Heinz

Mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) has been a fundamental problem in combinatorial optimization. Conventional MILP solving mainly relies on carefully designed heuristics embedded in the branch-and-bound framework. Driven by the strong…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-01-13 Siyuan Li , Yifan Yu , Zhihao Zhang , Mengjing Chen , Fangzhou Zhu , Tao Zhong , Peng Liu , Jianye Hao

The floor layout problem (FLP) tasks a designer with positioning a collection of rectangular boxes on a fixed floor in such a way that minimizes total communication costs between the components. While several mixed integer programming (MIP)…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-04-12 Joey Huchette , Santanu S. Dey , Juan Pablo Vielma

This paper studies an extension of the rural postman problem with multiple depots and rechargeable and reusable vehicles capable of multiple trips with capacity constraints. This paper presents a new Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP)…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-11-20 Eashwar Sathyamurthy , Jeffrey W. Herrmann , Shapour Azarm

Ignoring uncertainty in combinatorial optimization leads to suboptimal decisions in practice. Nevertheless, the focus is often on deterministic combinatorial optimization problems, mainly because they are already challenging enough without…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-08-13 Joost Berkhout

This article presents the first mixed-integer linear programming (MILP)-based iterative algorithm to solve factorable mixed-integer nonlinear programs (MINLPs) with bounded, differentiable periodic functions to global optimality with an…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-01 Christopher Montez , Sujeevraja Sanjeevi , Kaarthik Sundar

This paper deals with the representation and solution of asymmetric Bayesian decision problems. We present a formal framework, termed asymmetric influence diagrams, that is based on the influence diagram and allows an efficient…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2013-01-18 Thomas D. Nielsen , Finn Verner Jensen

Planning in hybrid systems with both discrete and continuous control variables is important for dealing with real-world applications such as extra-planetary exploration and multi-vehicle transportation systems. Meanwhile, generating…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-02-23 Jingkai Chen , Brian Williams , Chuchu Fan