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A branch and bound algorithm for the maximum diversity problem

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  • Martí, Rafael
  • Gallego, Micael
  • Duarte, Abraham

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This article begins with a review of previously proposed integer formulations for the maximum diversity problem (MDP). This problem consists of selecting a subset of elements from a larger set in such a way that the sum of the distances between the chosen elements is maximized. We propose a branch and bound algorithm and develop several upper bounds on the objective function values of partial solutions to the MDP. Empirical results with a collection of previously reported instances indicate that the proposed algorithm is able to solve all the medium-sized instances (with 50 elements) as well as some large-sized instances (with 100 elements). We compare our method with the best previous linear integer formulation solved with the well-known software Cplex. The comparison favors the proposed procedure.

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  • Martí, Rafael & Gallego, Micael & Duarte, Abraham, 2010. "A branch and bound algorithm for the maximum diversity problem," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 200(1), pages 36-44, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ejores:v:200:y:2010:i:1:p:36-44
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