scholarly journals A Novel Alternative Algorithm for Solving Integer Linear Programming Problems Having Three Variables

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 27-35
Author(s):  
Kadriye Simsek Alan

AbstractIn this study, a novel alternative method based on parameterization for solving Integer Linear Programming (ILP) problems having three variables is developed. This method, which is better than the cutting plane and branch boundary method, can be applied to pure integer linear programming problems with m linear inequality constraints, a linear objective function with three variables. Both easy to understand and to apply, the method provides an effective tool for solving three variable integer linear programming problems. The method proposed here is not only easy to understand and apply, it is also highly reliable, and there are no computational difficulties faced by other methods used to solve the three-variable pure integer linear programming problem. Numerical examples are provided to demonstrate the ease, effectiveness and reliability of the proposed algorithm.

Author(s):  
Y. Wang ◽  
E. Sandgren

Abstract A new linear programming algorithm is proposed which has significant advantages compared to the traditional simplex method. The search direction generated which is always along a common edge of the active constraint set, is used to locate candidate constraints, and can be used to modify the current basis. The dimension of the basis begins at one and dynamically increases but remains less than or equal to the number of design variables. This is true regardless of the number of inequality constraints present including upper and lower bounds. The proposed method can operate equally well from a feasible or infeasible point. The pivot operation and artificial variable strategy of the simplex method are not used. Examples are presented and results are compared with a traditional revised simplex method.


2010 ◽  
Vol 2010 ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paulraj S. ◽  
Sumathi P.

The objective function and the constraints can be formulated as linear functions of independent variables in most of the real-world optimization problems. Linear Programming (LP) is the process of optimizing a linear function subject to a finite number of linear equality and inequality constraints. Solving linear programming problems efficiently has always been a fascinating pursuit for computer scientists and mathematicians. The computational complexity of any linear programming problem depends on the number of constraints and variables of the LP problem. Quite often large-scale LP problems may contain many constraints which are redundant or cause infeasibility on account of inefficient formulation or some errors in data input. The presence of redundant constraints does not alter the optimal solutions(s). Nevertheless, they may consume extra computational effort. Many researchers have proposed different approaches for identifying the redundant constraints in linear programming problems. This paper compares five of such methods and discusses the efficiency of each method by solving various size LP problems and netlib problems. The algorithms of each method are coded by using a computer programming language C. The computational results are presented and analyzed in this paper.


2014 ◽  
Vol 672-674 ◽  
pp. 1968-1971
Author(s):  
Xue Tong ◽  
Jun Qiang Wei

This paper defines the projection of algebic systems, and studies the projecting algorithm for linear systems. As its application, a new method is given to solve linear programming problems, which is called reduction-by-projection method. For many problems, especially when the problems have many constraint conditions in comparison with the number of their variables, the method needs less computation than simplex method and others. The great advantage of the method is shown when solving the integer linear programming problems.


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