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This paper presents a novel outer approximation algorithm for nonsmooth mixed-integer nonlinear programming (MINLP) problems. The method proceeds by fixing the integer variables and solving the resulting nonlinear convex subproblem. When…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-05 Zhou Wei , He-Yi Liu , Bo Zeng

Incomplete MaxSAT solving aims to quickly find a solution that attempts to minimize the sum of the weights of the unsatisfied soft clauses without providing any optimality guarantees. In this paper, we propose two approximation strategies…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2018-06-20 Saurabh Joshi , Prateek Kumar , Ruben Martins , Sukrut Rao

We propose a new method for separating valid inequalities for the epigraph of a function of binary variables. The proposed inequalities are disjunctive cuts defined by disjunctive terms obtained by enumerating a subset $I$ of the binary…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-07-12 Rui Chen , James Luedtke

Cutting planes are crucial in solving mixed integer linear programs (MILP) as they facilitate bound improvements on the optimal solution. Modern MILP solvers rely on a variety of separators to generate a diverse set of cutting planes by…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-11-13 Sirui Li , Wenbin Ouyang , Max B. Paulus , Cathy Wu

The current cut selection algorithm used in mixed-integer programming solvers has remained largely unchanged since its creation. In this paper, we propose a set of new cut scoring measures, cut filtering techniques, and stopping criteria,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-07-18 Mark Turner , Timo Berthold , Mathieu Besançon

Many applications require solving sequences of related mixed-integer linear programs. We introduce a class of parametric disjunctive inequalities (PDIs), obtained by reusing the disjunctive proofs of optimality from prior solves to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-11-21 Shannon Kelley , Aleksandr M. Kazachkov , Ted Ralphs

Model reduction, which aims to learn a simpler model of the original mixed integer linear programming (MILP), can solve large-scale MILP problems much faster. Most existing model reduction methods are based on variable reduction, which…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-04 Jiajun Li , Yixuan Li , Ran Hou , Yu Ding , Shisi Guan , Jiahui Duan , Xiongwei Han , Tao Zhong , Vincent Chau , Weiwei Wu , Wanyuan Wang

The reformulation-linearization technique (RLT) is a prominent approach to constructing tight linear relaxations of non-convex continuous and mixed-integer optimization problems. The goal of this paper is to extend the applicability and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-07-22 Ksenia Bestuzheva , Ambros Gleixner , Tobias Achterberg

Cut-generating linear programs (CGLPs) play a key role as a separation oracle to produce valid inequalities for the feasible region of mixed-integer programs. When incorporated inside branch-and-bound, the cutting planes obtained from CGLPs…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-11-01 Atefeh Rajabalizadeh , Danial Davarnia

Maximum Satisfiability (MaxSAT) is an optimization variant of the Boolean Satisfiability (SAT) problem. In general, MaxSAT algorithms perform a succession of SAT solver calls to reach an optimum solution making extensive use of cardinality…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2014-08-21 Ruben Martins , Saurabh Joshi , Vasco Manquinho , Ines Lynce

It has been shown that Maximum Satisfiability (MaxSAT) problem instances can be effectively solved by partitioning the set of soft clauses into several disjoint sets. The partitioning methods can be based on clause weights (e.g.,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-05-26 Pedro Orvalho , Vasco Manquinho , Ruben Martins

We develop a spatial branch-and-cut approach for nonconvex Quadratically Constrained Quadratic Programs with bounded complex variables (CQCQP). Linear valid inequalities are added at each node of the search tree to strengthen semidefinite…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-05-26 Chen Chen , Alper Atamturk , Shmuel S. Oren

The Simple Assembly Line Balancing Problem with Power Peak Minimization (SALBP-3PM) minimizes maximum instantaneous power usage while assigning $n$ tasks to $m$ workstations and determining execution schedules within given cycle time…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-12-15 Tuyen Van Kieu , Phong Chi Nguyen , Bao Gia Hoang , Khanh Van To

It is well-known that by adding integrality constraints to the semidefinite programming (SDP) relaxation of the max-cut problem, the resulting integer semidefinite program is an exact formulation of the problem. In this paper we show…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-11-09 Frank de Meijer , Renata Sotirov

Recently, we proposed a class of inequalities called lifted bilinear cover inequalities, which are second-order cone representable convex inequalities, and are valid for a set described by a separable bilinear constraint together with…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-08-02 Xiaoyi Gu , Santanu S. Dey , Jean-Philippe P. Richard

We study stochastic mixed integer programs with both first-stage and recourse decisions involving mixed integer variables. A new family of Lagrangian cuts, termed ``ReLU Lagrangian cuts," is introduced by reformulating the nonanticipativity…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-11-12 Haoyun Deng , Weijun Xie

Cutting planes are essential for solving mixed-integer linear problems (MILPs), because they facilitate bound improvements on the optimal solution value. For selecting cuts, modern solvers rely on manually designed heuristics that are tuned…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-06-28 Max B. Paulus , Giulia Zarpellon , Andreas Krause , Laurent Charlin , Chris J. Maddison

All-Solution Satisfiability (AllSAT) and its extension, All-Solution Satisfiability Modulo Theories (AllSMT), have become more relevant in recent years, mainly in formal verification and artificial intelligence applications. The goal of…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2026-05-11 Giuseppe Spallitta , Roberto Sebastiani , Armin Biere

The Maximum Satisfiability problem (MaxSAT) is a major optimization challenge with numerous practical applications. In recent MaxSAT evaluations, most MaxSAT solvers have incorporated an Integer Linear Programming (ILP) solver into their…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-01-27 Jialu Zhang , Chu-Min Li , Sami Cherif , Shuolin Li , Zhifei Zheng

We proposes a novel method that enables Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) to solve SAT problems by leveraging a technique developed for applying GNNs to Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP). Specifically, k-CNF formulae are mapped into MILP…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-07-03 Franco Alberto Cardillo , Hamza Khyari , Umberto Straccia