@misc{TorresTorresBorndoerferetal.2008, author = {Torres, Luis Miguel and Torres, Ramiro and Bornd{\"o}rfer, Ralf and Pfetsch, Marc}, title = {On the Line Planning Problem in Tree Networks}, issn = {1438-0064}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-11069}, number = {08-52}, year = {2008}, abstract = {We introduce an optimization model for the line planning problem in a public transportation system that aims at minimizing operational costs while ensuring a given level of quality of service in terms of available transport capacity. We discuss the computational complexity of the model for tree network topologies and line structures that arise in a real-world application at the Trolebus Integrated System in Quito. Computational results for this system are reported.}, language = {en} } @misc{Borndoerfer2009, author = {Bornd{\"o}rfer, Ralf}, title = {Discrete Optimization in Public Transportation}, issn = {1438-0064}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-11207}, number = {08-56}, year = {2009}, abstract = {The mathematical treatment of planning problems in public transit has made significant advances in the last decade. Among others, the classical problems of vehicle and crew scheduling can nowadays be solved on a routine basis using combinatorial optimization methods. This is not yet the case for problems that pertain to the design of public transit networks, and for the problems of operations control that address the implementation of a schedule in the presence of disturbances. The article gives a sketch of the state and important developments in these areas, and it addresses important challenges. The vision is that mathematical tools of computer aided scheduling (CAS) will soon play a similar role in the design and operation of public transport systems as CAD systems in manufacturing.}, language = {en} } @misc{Neumann2009, author = {Neumann, Marika}, title = {Fare Planning for Public Transport}, issn = {1438-0064}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-11144}, number = {09-04}, year = {2009}, abstract = {In this paper we investigate the fare planning model for public transport, which consists in designing a system of fares maximizing the revenue. We discuss a discrete choice model in which passengers choose between different travel alternatives to express the demand as a function of fares. Furthermore, we give a computational example for the city of Potsdam and discuss some theoretical aspects.}, language = {en} } @misc{HillerKlugTuchscherer2009, author = {Hiller, Benjamin and Klug, Torsten and Tuchscherer, Andreas}, title = {Improving the performance of elevator systems using exact reoptimization algorithms}, issn = {1438-0064}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-11155}, number = {09-05}, year = {2009}, abstract = {This extended abstract is about algorithms for controlling elevator systems employing destination hall calls, i.e. the passenger provides his destination floor when calling an elevator. We present the first exact algorithm for controlling a group of elevators and report on simulation results indicating that destination hall call systems outperform conventional systems.}, language = {en} } @misc{Kinder2008, type = {Master Thesis}, author = {Kinder, Mathias}, title = {Models for Periodic Timetabling}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-10887}, school = {Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB)}, year = {2008}, abstract = {We investigate the computation of periodic timetables for public transport by mixed integer programming. After introducing the problem, we describe two mathematical models for periodic timetabling, the PERIODIC EVENT SCHEDULING PROBLEM (PESP) and the QUADRATIC SEMI-ASSIGNMENT PROBLEM. Specifically, we give an overview of existing integer programming (IP) formulations for both models. An important contribution of our work are new IP formulations for the PESP based on time discretization. We provide an analytical comparison of these formulations and describe different techniques that allow a more efficient solution by mixed integer programming. In a preliminary computational study, on the basis of standard IP solvers, we compare different formulations for computing periodic timetables. Our results justify a further investigation of the time discretization approach. Typically the timetable is optimized for the current traffic situation. The main difficulty with this approach is that after introducing the new timetable the passengers' travel behavior may differ from that assumed for the computation. Motivated by this problem, we examine an iterative timetabling procedure that is a combination of timetable computation and passenger routing. We discuss the algorithmic issues of the passenger routing and study properties of the computed timetables. Finally, we confirm our theoretical results on the basis of an own implementation.}, language = {en} } @misc{AchterbergBertholdHeinzetal.2008, author = {Achterberg, Tobias and Berthold, Timo and Heinz, Stefan and Koch, Thorsten and Wolter, Kati}, title = {Constraint Integer Programming: Techniques and Applications}, issn = {1438-0064}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-10950}, number = {08-43}, year = {2008}, abstract = {This article introduces constraint integer programming (CIP), which is a novel way to combine constraint programming (CP) and mixed integer programming (MIP) methodologies. CIP is a generalization of MIP that supports the notion of general constraints as in CP. This approach is supported by the CIP framework SCIP, which also integrates techniques for solving satisfiability problems. SCIP is available in source code and free for noncommercial use. We demonstrate the usefulness of CIP on three tasks. First, we apply the constraint integer programming approach to pure mixed integer programs. Computational experiments show that SCIP is almost competitive to current state-of-the-art commercial MIP solvers. Second, we demonstrate how to use CIP techniques to compute the number of optimal solutions of integer programs. Third, we employ the CIP framework to solve chip design verification problems, which involve some highly nonlinear constraint types that are very hard to handle by pure MIP solvers. The CIP approach is very effective here: it can apply the full sophisticated MIP machinery to the linear part of the problem, while dealing with the nonlinear constraints by employing constraint programming techniques.}, language = {en} } @misc{TorresTorresBorndoerferetal.2008, author = {Torres, Luis Miguel and Torres, Ramiro and Bornd{\"o}rfer, Ralf and Pfetsch, Marc}, title = {Line Planning on Paths and Tree Networks with Applications to the Quito Trolebus System}, organization = {ZIB}, issn = {1438-0064}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-10869}, number = {08-35}, year = {2008}, abstract = {Line planning is an important step in the strategic planning process of a public transportation system. In this paper, we discuss an optimization model for this problem in order to minimize operation costs while guaranteeing a certain level of quality of service, in terms of available transport capacity. We analyze the problem for path and tree network topologies as well as several categories of line operation that are important for the Quito Trolebus system. It turns out that, from a computational complexity worst case point of view, the problem is hard in all but the most simple variants. In practice, however, instances based on real data from the Trolebus System in Quito can be solved quite well, and significant optimization potentials can be demonstrated.}, language = {en} } @misc{OrlowskiPioro2008, author = {Orlowski, Sebastian and Pi{\´o}ro, Michal}, title = {On the complexity of column generation in survivable network design with path-based survivability mechanisms}, issn = {1438-0064}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-11058}, number = {08-51}, year = {2008}, abstract = {This survey concerns optimization problems arising in the design of survivable communication networks. It turns out that such problems can be modeled in a natural way as non-compact linear programming formulations based on multicommodity flow network models. These non-compact formulations involve an exponential number of path flow variables, and therefore require column generation to be solved to optimality. We consider several path-based survivability mechanisms and present results, both known and new, on the complexity of the corresponding column generation problems (called the pricing problems). We discuss results for the case of the single link (or node) failures scenarios, and extend the considerations to multiple link failures. Further, we classify the design problems corresponding to different survivability mechanisms according to the structure of their pricing problem. Finally, we show that almost all encountered pricing problems are hard to solve for scenarios admitting multiple failures.}, language = {en} } @misc{Stephan2008, author = {Stephan, R{\"u}diger}, title = {Cardinality Constrained Combinatorial Optimization: Complexity and Polyhedra}, issn = {1438-0064}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-11026}, number = {08-48}, year = {2008}, abstract = {Given a combinatorial optimization problem and a subset \$N\$ of natural numbers, we obtain a cardinality constrained version of this problem by permitting only those feasible solutions whose cardinalities are elements of \$N\$. In this paper we briefly touch on questions that addresses common grounds and differences of the complexity of a combinatorial optimization problem and its cardinality constrained version. Afterwards we focus on polytopes associated with cardinality constrained combinatorial optimization problems. Given an integer programming formulation for a combinatorial optimization problem, by essentially adding Gr{\"o}tschel's cardinality forcing inequalities, we obtain an integer programming formulation for its cardinality restricted version. Since the cardinality forcing inequalities in their original form are mostly not facet defining for the associated polyhedra, we discuss possibilities to strengthen them.}, language = {en} } @misc{HillerVredeveld2008, author = {Hiller, Benjamin and Vredeveld, Tjark}, title = {On the optimality of Least Recently Used}, issn = {1438-0064}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-10928}, number = {08-39}, year = {2008}, abstract = {It is well known that competitive analysis yields too pessimistic results when applied to the paging problem and it also cannot make a distinction between many paging strategies. Many deterministic paging algorithms achieve the same competitive ratio, ranging from inefficient strategies as flush-when-full to the good performing least-recently-used (LRU). In this paper, we study this fundamental online problem from the viewpoint of stochastic dominance. We show that when sequences are drawn from distributions modelling locality of reference, LRU is stochastically better than any other online paging algorithm.}, language = {en} } @misc{BorndoerferHoang2008, author = {Bornd{\"o}rfer, Ralf and Hoang, Nam-Dung}, title = {Fair Ticket Prices in Public Transport}, issn = {1438-0064}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-10999}, number = {08-46}, year = {2008}, abstract = {Ticket pricing in public transport usually takes a welfare or mnemonics maximization point of view. These approaches do not consider fairness in the sense that users of a shared infrastructure should pay for the costs that they generate. We propose an ansatz to determine fair ticket prices that combines concepts from cooperative game theory and integer programming. An application to pricing railway tickets for the intercity network of the Netherlands demonstrates that, in this sense, prices that are much fairer than standard ones can be computed in this way.}, language = {en} } @misc{BorndoerferMuraSchlechte2008, author = {Bornd{\"o}rfer, Ralf and Mura, Annette and Schlechte, Thomas}, title = {Vickrey Auctions for Railway Tracks}, issn = {1438-0064}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-10855}, number = {08-34}, year = {2008}, abstract = {We consider an auction of slots to run trains through a railway network. In contrast to the classical setting for combinatorial auctions, there is not only competition for slots, but slots can mutually exclude each other, such that general conflict constraints on bids arise. This turns the winner determination problem associated with such an auction into a complex combinatorial optimization problem. It also raises a number of auction design questions, in particular, on incentive compatibilty. We propose a single-shot second price auction for railway slots, the Vickrey Track Auction (VTA). We show that this auction is incentive compatible, i.e., rational bidders are always motivated to bid their true valuation, and that it produces efficient allocations, even in the presence of constraints on allocations. These properties are, however, lost when rules on the submission of bids such as, e.g., lowest bids, are imposed. Our results carry over to generalized" Vickrey auctions with combinatorial constraints.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Stolle2000, author = {Stolle, Hermann}, title = {Mathematische Modellierung und L{\"o}sung von Optimierungsproblemen bei der Planung von Telefonnetzen}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:83-opus-1419}, year = {2000}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Eisenblaetter2001, author = {Eisenbl{\"a}tter, Andreas}, title = {Frequency Assignment in GSM Networks: Models, Heuristics, and Lower Bounds}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-10132}, year = {2001}, abstract = {Mobile cellular communcication is a key technology in today's information age. Despite the continuing improvements in equipment design, interference is and will remain a limiting factor for the use of radio communication. This Ph. D. thesis investigates how to prevent interference to the largest possible extent when assigning the available frequencies to the base stations of a GSM cellular network. The topic is addressed from two directions: first, new algorithms are presented to compute "good" frequency assignments fast; second, a novel approach, based on semidef inite programming, is employed to provide lower bounds for the amount of unavoidable interference. The new methods proposed for automatic frequency planning are compared in terms of running times and effectiveness in computational experiments, where the planning instances are taken from practice. For most of the heuristics the running time behavior is adequate for inter active planning; at the same time, they provide reasonable assignments from a practical point of view (compared to the currently best known, but substantially slower planning methods). In fact, several of these methods are successfully applied by the German GSM network operator E-Plus. The currently best lower bounds on the amount of unavoidable (co-channel) interference are obtained from solving semidefinite programs These programs arise as nonpolyhedral relaxation of a minimum /c-parti tion problem on complete graphs. The success of this approach is made plausible by revealing structural relations between the feasible set of the semidefinite program and a polytope associated with an integer linear programming formulation of the minimum ^-partition problem. Comparable relations are not known to hold for any polynomial time solvable polyhedral relaxation of the minimum ^-partition problem. The appli cation described is one of the first of semidefinite programming for large industrial problems in combinatorial optimization.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Wessaely2000, author = {Wess{\"a}ly, Roland}, title = {Dimensioning Survivable Capacitated Networks}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-10158}, year = {2000}, abstract = {In der vorliegenden Dissertation untersuchen wir die Optimierung von ausfallsicheren Telekommunikationsnetzwerken. Wir pr{\"a}sentieren unterschiedliche gemischt-ganzzahlige Modelle f{\"u}r die diskrete Kapazit{\"a}tsttruktu,, sowie f{\"u}r die Sicherung des Netzes gegen den Ausfall einzelner Komponenten. Die Modelle wurden in einer Kooperation mit der E-Plus Mobilfunk GmbH verwendet. Die theoretischen Resultate wurden in Algorithmen umgesetzt und in das von uns entiickllte Netzwerksoptimierungswerkzeug Discnet (Dimensioning Survivable Capaiitated NETworks) integriert, welches seit mehreren Jahren in der Planung bei E-Plus eingesetzt wird. Wir betrachten das Transportnetzllanungsproblem eines Telekommunikationsanbieters. Dieses Problem setzt auf logischen Kommunikattonsanforerrungen zwischen den Standorten (Knoten) des zu planenden Netzes und potentiell inslallirrbaren Verbindungen (Kanten) zwischen derselben Knotenmenge auf. Ein Kapazit{\"a}tsmodell stellt die Information bereit, welche Kapazit{\"a}ten auf den potentiellen Kanten verf{\"u}gbar sind. Wir betrachten zwei Modelle. Entweder ist eine explizite Liste der verf{\"u}gbaren Kapazittten gegeben oder eine Menge von sogenannten Basiskapazit{\"a}ten, die auf jeder Kante indiviuelll kombiniert werden k{\"o}nnen. Die Basiskapazit{\"a}ten m{\"u}ßen paarweise ganzzahlige Vielfache voneinander sein. Man beachte, daß diese Eigenschaft von den internationalen Standards PDH und SDH erf{\"u}llt wiid. Ein Ausfallsicherheitsmodell stellt die Information bereit, wie das zu planende Netz gegen den Ausfall einzelner Netzkomponenten gesch{\"u}tzt werden soll. Wir betrachten sinnvolle Kombinationen der Modelle Diversification, Reservation und Path Restoration. Das erste Modell garantiert Ausfallsicherheit durch kommunikationsbedarfsabh{\"a}ngige Beschr{\"a}nkung des Prozentsatzes, der durch einzelne Netzkomponenten geroutet werden darf. Bei den beiden anderen Modelle k{\"o}nnen Kommunikationsbedarfe bei Ausfall einer Netzkomponente auf unterschiedliche Weise neu geroutet werden. Ziel der Planung ist eine ktstenminimlle Kapatit{\"a}tsentscheidung, die eine Routenllanung aller Kommunikationsbedarfe gem{\"a}ß den Ausfallsicherheitsanforderungen erm{\"o}glicht. Wir entwickeln ein Schnittebenenverfahren zur L{\"o}sung der betrachteten Optimiergngsrrobleme. Zu diesem Zweck untersuchen wir Polyeder, die mit den verschiedenen Problemen assoziiert sind. Wir pr{\"a}sentieren neue Klassen von Ungleichungen, entwickeln Separationsalgorithmen und Heuristiken. Mit dem Schnittebenenverfahren werden untere und obere Schranken f{\"u}r den Wert von Oitimall{\"o}sungen berechnet, und daher ist es m{\"o}glich, Qualit{\"a}tsgarantien f{\"u}r die berechneten L{\"o}ungen anzugeben. Parallel zur Beschreibung der implementierten Algorithmen pr{\"a}sentieren wir umfangreiche Tests mit praktisch relevanten Daten, die zu Problemen mit mehr als 2 Billionen Variablen f{\"u}hren.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Krumke2002, author = {Krumke, Sven}, title = {Online Optimization: Competitive Analysis and Beyond}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-6925}, number = {02-25}, year = {2002}, abstract = {Traditional optimization techniques assume, in general, knowledge of all data of a problem instance. There are many cases in practice, however, where decisions have to be made before complete information about the data is available. In fact, it may be necessary to produce a part of the problem solution as soon as a new piece of information becomes known. This is called an \emph{online situation}, and an algorithm is termed \emph{online}, if it makes a decision (computes a partial solution) whenever a new piece of data requests an action. \emph{Competitive analysis} has become a standard yardstick to measure the quality of online algorithms. One compares the solution produced by an online algorithm to that of an optimal (clairvoyant) offline algorithm. An online algorithm is called \$c\$-competitive if on every input the solution it produces has cost'' at most \$c\$~times that of the optimal offline algorithm. This situation can be imagined as a game between an online player and a malicious adversary. Although competitive analysis is a worst-case analysis and henceforth pessimistic, it often allows important insights into the problem structure. One can obtain an idea about what kind of strategies are promising for real-world systems and why. On the other hand there are also cases where the offline adversary is simply too powerful and allows only trivial competitiveness results. This phenomenon is called hitting the triviality barrier''. We investigate several online problems by means of competitive analysis. We also introduce new concepts to overcome the weaknesses of the standard approach and to go beyond the triviality barrier.}, language = {en} } @misc{Kroeller2003, type = {Master Thesis}, author = {Kr{\"o}ller, Alexander}, title = {Network Optimization: Integration of Hardware Configuration and Capacity Dimensioning}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-9952}, school = {Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB)}, year = {2003}, language = {en} } @misc{Borndoerfer2003, author = {Bornd{\"o}rfer, Ralf}, title = {Combinatorial Packing Problems}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-7255}, number = {03-03}, year = {2003}, abstract = {This article investigates a certain class of combinatorial packing problems and some polyhedral relations between such problems and the set packing problem.}, language = {en} } @misc{Tuchscherer2003, type = {Master Thesis}, author = {Tuchscherer, Andreas}, title = {Dynamical Configuration of Transparent Optical Telecommunication Networks}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-10214}, school = {Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB)}, year = {2003}, abstract = {All-optical telecommunication networks allow for switching connections by lightpaths which can pass several network links without any opto-electronic conversion. Upon arrival of a connection request, it must be decided online, i.e., without knowledge of future requests, if it is accepted and in that case on which lightpaths the connection is routed. This online problem with the goal of maximizing the total profit gained by accepted requests is called Dynamic Singleclass Call Admission Problem (DSCA). We present existing and new algorithms for the DSCA as well as their theoretical and practical evaluation.}, language = {en} } @misc{Orlowski2003, type = {Master Thesis}, author = {Orlowski, Sebastian}, title = {Local and global restoration of node and link failures in telecommunication networks}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-10008}, school = {Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB)}, year = {2003}, abstract = {This diploma thesis deals with the restoration problem in telecommunication networks. The goal is to find a cost minimal capacity capacity assignment on the edges and nodes of a network such that given demands can be satisfied even in case of the failure of an edge or node in the network. Moreover, restrictions on the routing paths (like length restrictions) and hardware constraints have to be satisfied. A Mixed Integer Programming model is presented which takes into account restoration requirements as well as hardware constraints and which abstracts from a particular restoration protocol and failure situation. This abstraction provides new insight into the structure of the network restoration problem and shows that from a mathematical point of view, the commonly used restoration techniques Link Restoration, Path Restoration and Reservation are not as different as they seem to be from a practical point of view. In addition, our model allows (but is not limited to) optimizing working capacity, intended for normal use, and spare capacity, intended for rerouting purposes in case of a failure, in one step. Furthermore, our formulation of capacity cost allows taking into account the effects of discrete, non-linear cost structures which are common in practice. Up to our knowledge, no publication in the existing literature covers all these aspects, let alone in one model, although they are of major practical interest. The model has been implemented in a Branch and Cut framework. The theoretical background of the algorithmic procedure is presented in detail, including computational complexity investigations on the pricing problem. The abstraction from a particular restoration protocol turns out to be useful both from a theoretical and computational point of view. In fact, our investigations suggest a distinction into Local Restoration and Global Restoration rather than into Link Restoration,Path Restoration, Reservation and mixtures of these concepts. In addition to the theoretical aspects of the algorithmic procedure, some implementational details are briefly discussed. Our implementation has been tested on 14 real world instances, which is described in detail. One part of the computational results consists of a comparison of optimal network cost values using diffeent restoration mechanisms, applied to securing either all single node failures, all single edge failures or both. In addition, the effects of a discrete cost structure are investigated, which has rarely been considered yet in literature. Furthermore, the cost ifference between joint and successive working and spare capacity optimization is investigated. In the second part of the computational results, several heuristics for the network restoration problem are compared with respect to both solution quality and time. This diploma thesis deals with the restoration problem in telecommunication networks. The goal is to find a cost minimal capacity capacity assignment on the edges and nodes of a network such that given demands can be satisfied even in case of the failure of an edge or node in the network. Moreover, restrictions on the routing paths (like length restrictions) and hardware constraints have to be satisfied. A Mixed Integer Programming model is presented which takes into account restoration requirements as well as hardware constraints and which abstracts from a particular restoration protocol and failure situation. This abstraction provides new insight into the structure of the network restoration problem and shows that from a mathematical point of view, the commonly used restoration techniques Link Restoration, Path Restoration and Reservation are not as different as they seem to be from a practical point of view. In addition, our model allows (but is not limited to) optimizing working capacity, intended for normal use, and spare capacity, intended for rerouting purposes in case of a failure, in one step. Furthermore, our formulation of capacity cost allows taking into account the effects of discrete, non-linear cost structures which are common in practice. Up to our knowledge, no publication in the existing literature covers all these aspects, let alone in one model, although they are of major practical interest. The model has been implemented in a Branch and Cut framework. The theoretical background of the algorithmic procedure is presented in detail, including computational complexity investigations on the pricing problem. The abstraction from a particular restoration protocol turns out to be useful both from a theoretical and computational point of view. In fact, our investigations suggest a distinction into Local Restoration and Global Restoration rather than into Link Restoration, Path Restoration, Reservation and mixtures of these concepts. In addition to the theoretical aspects of the algorithmic procedure, some implementational details are briefly discussed. Our implementation has been tested on 14 real world instances, which is described in detail. One part of the computational results consists of a comparison of optimal network cost values using different restoration mechanisms, applied to securing either all single node failures, all single edge failures or both. In addition, the effects of a discrete cost structure are investigated, which has rarely been considered yet in literature. Furthermore, the cost difference between joint and successive working and spare capacity optimization is investigated. In the second part of the computational results, several heuristics for the network restoration problem are compared with respect to both solution quality and time.}, language = {en} } @misc{MarencoWagler2003, author = {Marenco, Javier and Wagler, Annegret}, title = {Chromatic Scheduling Polytopes coming from the Bandwidth Allocation Problem in Point-to-Multipoint Radio AccessSystems}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-7614}, number = {03-39}, year = {2003}, abstract = {Point-to-Multipoint systems are one kind of radio systems supplying wireless access to voice/data communication networks. Such systems have to be run using a certain frequency spectrum, which typically causes capacity problems. Hence it is, on the one hand, necessary to reuse frequencies but, on the other hand, no interference must be caused thereby. This leads to the bandwidth allocation problem, a special case of so-called chromatic scheduling problems. Both problems are NP-hard, and there exist no polynomial time approximation algorithms with a guaranteed quality. One kind of algorithms which turned out to be successful for many other combinatorial optimization problems uses cutting plane methods. In order to apply such methods, knowledge on the associated polytopes is required. The present paper contributes to this issue, exploring basic properties of chromatic scheduling polytopes and several classes of facet-defining inequalities.}, language = {en} }