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Periodic timetabling for public transportation networks is typically modelled as a Periodic Event Scheduling Problem (PESP). Solving instances of the benchmark library PESPlib to optimality continues to pose a challenge. As a further…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-15 Stephanie Riedmüller , Niels Lindner

The column-and-constraint generation (CCG) method was introduced by \citet{Zeng2013} for solving two-stage adaptive optimization. We found that the CCG method is quite scalable, but sometimes, and in some applications often, produces…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-07-10 Dimitris Bertsimas , Shimrit Shtern

This paper deals with a distributed Mixed-Integer Linear Programming (MILP) set-up arising in several control applications. Agents of a network aim to minimize the sum of local linear cost functions subject to both individual constraints…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-02-12 Andrea Camisa , Ivano Notarnicola , Giuseppe Notarstefano

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

Multistage stochastic programming is a powerful tool allowing decision-makers to revise their decisions at each stage based on the realized uncertainty. However, in practice, organizations are not able to be fully flexible, as decisions…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-01-17 Sezen Ece Kayacık , Beste Basciftci , Albert H Schrotenboer , Evrim Ursavas

We introduce StoDCuP (Stochastic Dynamic Cutting Plane), an extension of the Stochastic Dual Dynamic Programming (SDDP) algorithm to solve multistage stochastic convex optimization problems. At each iteration, the algorithm builds lower…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-04-08 Vincent Guigues , Renato Monteiro

The primal-dual column generation method (PDCGM) is a general-purpose column generation technique that relies on the primal-dual interior point method to solve the restricted master problems. The use of this interior point method variant…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-02-17 Jacek Gondzio , Pablo González-Brevis , Pedro Munari

We study a class of multi-stage stochastic programs, which incorporate modeling features from Markov decision processes (MDPs). This class includes structured MDPs with continuous action and state spaces. We extend policy graphs to include…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-09 David P. Morton , Oscar Dowson , Bernardo K. Pagnoncelli

Efficient resource allocation and optical switching promise high key rates, network adaptability, and cost reduction in repeaterless quantum communication networks. However, identifying optimal switching configurations remains a significant…

Mixed-integer optimization is at the core of many online decision-making systems that demand frequent updates of decisions in real time. However, due to their combinatorial nature, mixed-integer linear programs (MILPs) can be difficult to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-21 Shivi Dixit , Rishabh Gupta , Qi Zhang

Multi-stage stochastic programming is a well-established framework for sequential decision making under uncertainty by seeking policies that are fully adapted to the uncertainty. Often such flexible policies are not desirable, and the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-08-06 Beste Basciftci , Shabbir Ahmed , Nagi Gebraeel

Recently there has been a lot of progress in the development of economic nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) schemes for multistage optimal power flow (OPF) problems. However, the additional inclusion of discrete decision variables to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-28 Jürgen Gutekunst , Armin Nurkanovic , Ekaterina Kostina , Hans Georg Bock , Robert Scholz , Amer Mesanovic

Two-stage stochastic programs become computationally challenging when the number of scenarios representing parameter uncertainties grows. Motivated by this, we propose the TULIP-algorithm ("Two-step warm start method Used for solving…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-12-16 Berend Markhorst , Markus Leitner , Joost Berkhout , Alessandro Zocca , Rob van der Mei

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

We introduce a simple, accurate, and extremely efficient method for numerically solving the multi-marginal optimal transport (MMOT) problems arising in density functional theory. The method relies on (i) the sparsity of optimal plans [for…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-03-24 Gero Friesecke , Andreas S. Schulz , Daniela Vögler

Column generation (CG) is a powerful technique for solving optimization problems that involve a large number of variables or columns. This technique begins by solving a smaller problem with a subset of columns and gradually generates…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-07-03 Hongjie Xu , Yunzhuang Shen , Yuan Sun , Xiaodong Li

We study a two-stage mixed-integer linear program (MILP) with more than 1 million binary variables in the second stage. We develop a two-level approach by constructing a semi-coarse model (coarsened with respect to variables) and a coarse…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-04-20 Fu Lin , Sven Leyffer , Todd Munson

In this work, we address the exact D-optimal experimental design problem by proposing an efficient algorithm that rapidly identifies the support of its continuous relaxation. Our method leverages a column generation framework to solve such…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-18 Selin Ahipasaoglu , Stefano Cipolla , Jacek Gondzio

In this paper, we address the problem of reconfiguring Earth observation satellite constellation systems through multiple stages. The Multi-stage Constellation Reconfiguration Problem (MCRP) aims to maximize the total observation rewards…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-07-22 Hang Woon Lee , David O. Williams Rogers , Brycen D. Pearl , Hao Chen , Koki Ho

In the day-ahead energy market, the offering strategy of distributed energy resource (DER) aggregators must be submitted before the uncertainty realization in the form of price-quantity pairs. This work addresses the day-ahead offering…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-03 Weiqi Meng , Hongyi Li , Bai Cui