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Exploiting symmetries in mathematical programming via orbital independence

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  • Gustavo Dias

    (CNRS LIX, École Polytechnique)

  • Leo Liberti

    (CNRS LIX, École Polytechnique)

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The presence of symmetries in the solution set of mathematical programs requires the exploration of symmetric subtrees during the execution of Branch-and-Bound type algorithms and yields increases in computation times. When some of the solution symmetries are evident in the formulation, it is possible to deal with them as a preprocessing step. In this sense, implementation-wise, one of the simplest approaches is to break symmetries by adjoining Symmetry-Breaking Constraints (SBCs) to the formulation. Designed to remove some of the symmetric global optima, these constraints are generated from each orbit of the action of the symmetries on the variable index set. Incompatible SBCs, however, might make all of the global optima infeasible. In this paper we introduce and test a new concept of Orbital Independence designed to address this issue. We provide necessary conditions for characterizing independent sets of orbits and also prove that such sets embed sufficient conditions to exploit symmetries from two or more distinct orbits concurrently. The theory developed is used to devise an algorithm that identifies the largest independent set of orbits of any mathematical program. Extensive numerical experiments are provided to validate the theoretical results.

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  • Gustavo Dias & Leo Liberti, 2021. "Exploiting symmetries in mathematical programming via orbital independence," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 298(1), pages 149-182, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:spr:annopr:v:298:y:2021:i:1:d:10.1007_s10479-019-03145-x
    DOI: 10.1007/s10479-019-03145-x
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    1. Leo Liberti & James Ostrowski, 2014. "Stabilizer-based symmetry breaking constraints for mathematical programs," Journal of Global Optimization, Springer, vol. 60(2), pages 183-194, October.
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