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In this study, we introduce an innovative deep learning framework that employs a transformer model to address the challenges of mixed-integer programs, specifically focusing on the Capacitated Lot Sizing Problem (CLSP). Our approach, to our…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-05-27 Joshua F. Cooper , Seung Jin Choi , I. Esra Buyuktahtakin

Semi-continuous decision variables arise naturally in many real-world applications. They are defined to take either value zero or any value within a specified range, and occur mainly to prevent small nonzero values in the solution. One…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-10-17 Katrin Halbig , Alexander Hoen , Ambros Gleixner , Jakob Witzig , Dieter Weninger

We consider integer-restricted optimal control of systems governed by abstract semilinear evolution equations. This includes the problem of optimal control design for certain distributed parameter systems endowed with multiple actuators,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-04-23 Falk M. Hante , Sebastian Sager

The simplex method is one of the most fundamental technologies for solving linear programming (LP) problems and has been widely applied to different practical applications. In the past literature, how to improve and accelerate the simplex…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-11-08 Mengyu Huang , Yuxing Zhong , Huiwen Yang , Jiazheng Wang , Fan Zhang , Bo Bai , Ling Shi

Several recent publications report advances in training optimal decision trees (ODT) using mixed-integer programs (MIP), due to algorithmic advances in integer programming and a growing interest in addressing the inherent suboptimality of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-11-09 Haoran Zhu , Pavankumar Murali , Dzung T. Phan , Lam M. Nguyen , Jayant R. Kalagnanam

Mixed integer convex and nonlinear programs, MICP and MINLP, are expressive but require long solving times. Recent work that combines learning methods on solver heuristics has shown potential to overcome this issue allowing for applications…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-10-05 Xuan Lin , Gabriel I. Fernandez , Dennis W. Hong

We introduce a mixed integer program (MIP) for assigning importance scores to each neuron in deep neural network architectures which is guided by the impact of their simultaneous pruning on the main learning task of the network. By…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-07-26 Mostafa ElAraby , Guy Wolf , Margarida Carvalho

In this paper we investigate an adaptive discretization strategy for ill-posed linear prob- lems combined with a regularization from a class of semiiterative methods. We show that such a discretization approach in combination with a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-07-22 Wolfgang Erb , Evgeniya V. Semenova

This paper is concerned with the exact solution of mixed-integer programs (MIPs) over the rational numbers, i.e., without any roundoff errors and error tolerances. Here, one computational bottleneck that should be avoided whenever possible…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-11-08 Leon Eifler , Ambros Gleixner

Mixed Integer Programming (MIP) is NP-hard, and yet modern solvers often solve large real-world problems within minutes. This success can partially be attributed to heuristics. Since their behavior is highly instance-dependent, relying on…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-04-10 Antonia Chmiela , Ambros Gleixner , Pawel Lichocki , Sebastian Pokutta

Mixed-integer programming (MIP) research is both mathematically sophisticated and engineering-intensive: testing an algorithmic hypothesis within a branch-and-cut solver requires substantial implementation, debugging, tuning, and…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-05-12 Liding Xu , Yugeng Zhou , Sebastian Pokutta

In this work, we develop an adaptive, multivariate partitioning algorithm for solving mixed-integer nonlinear programs (MINLP) with multi-linear terms to global optimality. This iterative algorithm primarily exploits the advantages of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-02-05 Harsha Nagarajan , Mowen Lu , Site Wang , Russell Bent , Kaarthik Sundar

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

Mixed Integer Linear Programs (MILPs) are highly flexible and powerful tools for modeling and solving complex real-world combinatorial optimization problems. Recently, machine learning (ML)-guided approaches have demonstrated significant…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-06-13 Junyang Cai , Taoan Huang , Bistra Dilkina

We transform join ordering into a mixed integer linear program (MILP). This allows to address query optimization by mature MILP solver implementations that have evolved over decades and steadily improved their performance. They offer…

Databases · Computer Science 2015-11-09 Immanuel Trummer , Christoph Koch

Generating high-quality code that solves complex programming tasks is challenging, especially with current decoder-based models that produce highly stochastic outputs. In code generation, even minor errors can easily break the entire…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-04-15 Nikita Sorokin , Ivan Sedykh , Valentin Malykh

While most methods for solving mixed-integer optimization problems compute a single optimal solution, a diverse set of near-optimal solutions can often lead to improved outcomes. We present a new method for finding a set of diverse…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2023-02-09 Izuwa Ahanor , Hugh Medal , Andrew C. Trapp

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

While Branch and Bound based algorithms are a standard approach to solve single-objective (mixed-)integer optimization problems, multi-objective Branch and Bound methods are only rarely applied compared to the predominant objective space…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-06-08 Julius Bauß , Michael Stiglmayr

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