A multi-attribute service portfolio design problem

Author(s):  
Rico Knapper ◽  
Christoph M. Flath ◽  
Benjamin Blau ◽  
Anca Sailer ◽  
Christof Weinhardt

This chapter introduces Constraint Programming (CP) approaches for solving efficiently a ðnancial portfolio design problem. The CP includes powerful techniques for modeling and solving complex problems. Symmetry breaking coming firstly from CP has proved its efficiency in minimizing CPU times when the problem is symmetric. The authors have adopted CP techniques to model the problem in a constraints system to capitalize on the flexibility of the CP paradigm and to take into consideration the symmetric aspect of the problem. The authors propose different CP models and different hybridizations of symmetry breaking techniques to tackle the problem. Experimental results on non-trivial instances of the problem show the effectiveness of the CP approach.


2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatima Zohra Lebbah ◽  
Yahia Lebbah

This paper introduces a local search optimization technique for solving efficiently a financial portfolio design problem which consists to affect assets to portfolios, allowing a compromise between maximizing gains and minimizing losses. This practical problem appears usually in financial engineering, such as in the design of CDO-squared portfolios. This problem has been modeled by Flener et al. who proposed an exact method to solve it. It can be formulated as a quadratic program on the 0-1 domain. It is well known that exact solving approaches on difficult and large instances of quadratic integer programs are known to be inefficient. That is why this work has adopted a local search method. It proposes neighborhood and evaluation functions specialized on this problem. To boost the local search process, it also proposes a greedy algorithm to start the search with an optimized initial configuration. Experimental results on non-trivial instances of the problem show the effectiveness of this work's approach.


This chapter introduces a VNS-based local search for solving efficiently a financial portfolio design problem described in Chapter 1 and modeled in Chapter 3. The mathematical model tackled is a 0-1 quadratic model. It is well known that exact solving approaches on large instances of this kind of model are costly. The authors have proposed local search approaches to solve the problem, and the efficiency of this type of method has been proved. This chapter shows that the matricial 0-1 model of the problem enables specialized VNS algorithms by taking into account the particular structure of the financial problem considered. First experiments show that VNS with simulated annealing is effective on non-trivial instances of the problem.


This chapter introduces a local search optimization technique for solving efficiently a ðnancial portfolio design problem that consists of assigning assets to portfolios, allowing a compromise between maximizing gains, and minimizing losses. This practical problem appears usually in ðnancial engineering, such as in the design of CDO-squared portfolios. This problem has been modeled by Flener et al., who proposed an exact method to solve it. It can be formulated as a quadratic program on the (0,1) domain. It is well known that exact solving approaches on difficult and large instances of quadratic integer programs are known inefficient. That is why the authors have adopted local search methods, namely simple local search and population local search. They propose neighborhood and evaluation functions specialized on this problem. To boost the local search process, they propose also a greedy algorithm to start the search with an optimized initial configuration. Experimental results on non-trivial instances of the problem show the effectiveness of the incomplete approach.


The aim of this chapter is to introduce the different notions of the techniques used to solve the portfolio design problem. These techniques can be divided into two exact (or complete) methods and approached (or incomplete) methods. In the first part, the authors provide the exact approaches, namely linear programming and constraint programming, as well as the techniques of symmetry breaking, the modeling notions, and the different solving algorithms. The second part concerns approached methods, namely Simulated Annealing, IDWalk, Tabu Search, GWW, and Variable Neighborhood Search, including the techniques of studying the performance profiles of a method.


This chapter introduces Integer Linear Programming (ILP) approaches for solving efficiently a ðnancial portfolio design problem. The authors proposed a matricial model in Chapter 3, which is a mathematical quadratic model. A linearization step is considered necessary to apply linear programming techniques. The corresponding matricial model shows clearly that the problem is strongly symmetrical. The row and column symmetries are easily handled by adding a negligible number of new constraints. The authors propose two linear models, which are given in detail and proven. These models represent the problem as linear constraint systems with 0-1 variables, which will be implemented in ILP solver. Experimental results in non-trivial instances of portfolio design problem are given.


This chapter applies different models to the financial portfolio design problem that affect assignment of assets to portfolios subject to a compromise between maximizing gains and minimizing losses. This practical problem appears in financial engineering, such as in the design of a CDO Squared portfolio. The aim of the authors is to propose and to solve a general model corresponding to the problem, within well classified assets. The authors express the diversification problem through a panoply of models such as the set model, matricial model, and MiniZinc model. These models represent an optimized problem of building efficient financial portfolios by maximizing the diversification rate. As long as the diversification rate is increased, the profit is increased, and the risk rate is decreased.


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