Distributed Lagrangian Relaxation Protocol for the Over-constrained Generalized Mutual Assignment Problem

Author(s):  
Kenta Hanada ◽  
Katsutoshi Hirayama
2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 1063-1072
Author(s):  
Huizhen Zhang ◽  
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Cesar Beltran-Royo ◽  
Bo Wang ◽  
Liang Ma ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Yuan Yuan ◽  
Ping Yan ◽  
Liqiang Zhao

Gates are important operating facilities and resources in civil airports. It is a core task in the airport operation management to select reasonable gates for inbound and outbound flights. We present a continuous time formulation with second-order cone programming (SOCP) for the gate assignment problem which allocates flights to available gates to optimize both the transfer time of passengers and the robustness of the airport operations schedules. The problem is formulated as a mixed integer nonlinear program, and then, the quadratic objective that minimizes the walking distance of transferring passengers is linearized, and the objective that minimizes the variance of idle time at the gates is transformed to a second-order cone constraint with a linear objective function. Then, a Lagrangian relaxation algorithm is developed by exploiting the problem structure. Computational tests are carried out to illustrate the efficiency of the model and the algorithms. It is shown that the continuous time formulation is more efficient than the existing model, and the Lagrangian relaxation algorithm can obtain better solutions faster than a commercial solver.


2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Virginia M. Miori

The assignment problem serves as the basis for a novel formulation and initial approach to assigning participants in holiday “Pollyanna” gift exchanges. This research presents the formalization of a typical heuristic assignment with constraints as commonly imposed by family and work dynamics. The constraints include restrictions on exchanging within the same nuclear family, restrictions on repeating that same exchanges as the previous year, balancing “good” gifts with “bad” gifts and restricting direct exchanges. A multidimensional assignment problem is formulated and reformulated employing Lagrangian Relaxation.


Author(s):  
Song CHEN ◽  
Liangwei GE ◽  
Mei-Fang CHIANG ◽  
Takeshi YOSHIMURA

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