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On the Set-Covering Problem: II. An Algorithm for Set Partitioning

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  • Egon Balas

    (Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)

  • Manfred Padberg

    (International Institute of Management, Berlin, West Germany)

Abstract

In an earlier paper [ Opns. Res. 20 1153–1161 (1972)] we proved that any feasible integer solution to the linear program associated with the equality-constrained set-covering problem can be obtained from any other feasible integer solution by a sequence of less than m pivots (where m is the number of equations), such that each solution generated in the sequence is integer. However, degeneracy makes it difficult to find a sequence of pivots leading to an integer optimum. In this paper we give a constructive characterization of adjacency relations between integer vertices of the feasible set that enables us to generate edges (all, if necessary) connecting a given integer vertex to adjacent integer vertices. This helps overcome the difficulties caused by degeneracy and leads to a class of algorithms, of which we discuss two.

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  • Egon Balas & Manfred Padberg, 1975. "On the Set-Covering Problem: II. An Algorithm for Set Partitioning," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 23(1), pages 74-90, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:oropre:v:23:y:1975:i:1:p:74-90
    DOI: 10.1287/opre.23.1.74
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