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A Graph-based Decomposition Method for Convex Quadratic Optimization with Indicators

Optimization and Control 2021-10-26 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we consider convex quadratic optimization problems with indicator variables when the matrix QQ defining the quadratic term in the objective is sparse. We use a graphical representation of the support of QQ, and show that if this graph is a path, then we can solve the associated problem in polynomial time. This enables us to construct a compact extended formulation for the closure of the convex hull of the epigraph of the mixed-integer convex problem. Furthermore, we propose a novel decomposition method for general (sparse) QQ, which leverages the efficient algorithm for the path case. Our computational experiments demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method compared to state-of-the-art mixed-integer optimization solvers.

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@article{arxiv.2110.12547,
  title  = {A Graph-based Decomposition Method for Convex Quadratic Optimization with Indicators},
  author = {Peijing Liu and Salar Fattahi and Andrés Gómez and Simge Küçükyavuz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2110.12547},
  year   = {2021}
}
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