TY - GEN A1 - Hosoda, Junko A1 - Maher, Stephen J. A1 - Shinano, Yuji A1 - Villumsen, Jonas Christoffer T1 - A parallel branch-and-bound heuristic for the integrated long-haul and local vehicle routing problem on an adaptive transportation network N2 - Consolidation of commodities and coordination of vehicle routes are fundamental features of supply chain management problems. While locations for consolidation and coordination are typically known a priori, in adaptive transportation networks this is not the case. The identification of such consolidation locations forms part of the decision making process. Supply chain management problems integrating the designation of consolidation locations with the coordination of long haul and local vehicle routing is not only challenging to solve, but also very difficult to formulate mathematically. In this paper, the first mathematical model integrating location clustering with long haul and local vehicle routing is proposed. This mathematical formulation is used to develop algorithms to find high quality solutions. A novel parallel framework is developed that combines exact and heuristic methods to improve the search for high quality solutions and provide valid bounds. The results demonstrate that using exact methods to guide heuristic search is an effective approach to find high quality solutions for difficult supply chain management problems. T3 - ZIB-Report - 23-02 Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-89700 SN - 1438-0064 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Fujii, Koichi A1 - Ito, Naoki A1 - Kim, Sunyoung A1 - Kojima, Masakazu A1 - Shinano, Yuji A1 - Toh, Kim-Chuan T1 - Solving Challenging Large Scale QAPs N2 - We report our progress on the project for solving larger scale quadratic assignment problems (QAPs). Our main approach to solve large scale NP-hard combinatorial optimization problems such as QAPs is a parallel branch-and-bound method efficiently implemented on a powerful computer system using the Ubiquity Generator(UG) framework that can utilize more than 100,000 cores. Lower bounding procedures incorporated in the branch-and-bound method play a crucial role in solving the problems. For a strong lower bounding procedure, we employ the Lagrangian doubly nonnegative (DNN) relaxation and the Newton-bracketing method developed by the authors’ group. In this report, we describe some basic tools used in the project including the lower bounding procedure and branching rules, and present some preliminary numerical results. Our next target problem is QAPs with dimension at least 50, as we have succeeded to solve tai30a and sko42 from QAPLIB for the first time. T3 - ZIB-Report - 21-02 KW - QAP KW - Parallel Branch-and-Bound Y1 - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-81303 SN - 1438-0064 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Fujii, Koichi A1 - Kim, Sunyoung A1 - Kojima, Masakazu A1 - Mittelmann, Hans D. A1 - Shinano, Yuji T1 - An Exceptionally Difficult Binary Quadratic Optimization Problem with Symmetry: a Challenge for The Largest Unsolved QAP Instance Tai256c N2 - Tai256c is the largest unsolved quadratic assignment problem (QAP) instance in QAPLIB. It is known that QAP tai256c can be converted into a 256 dimensional binary quadratic optimization problem (BQOP) with a single cardinality constraint which requires the sum of the binary variables to be 92. As the BQOP is much simpler than the original QAP, the conversion increases the possibility to solve the QAP. Solving exactly the BQOP, however, is still very difficult. Indeed, a 1.48% gap remains between the best known upper bound (UB) and lower bound (LB) of the unknown optimal value. This paper shows that the BQOP admits a nontrivial symmetry, a property that makes the BQOP very hard to solve. The symmetry induces equivalent subproblems in branch and bound (BB) methods. To effectively improve the LB, we propose an efficient BB method that incorporates a doubly nonnegative relaxation, the standard orbit branching and a technique to prune equivalent subproblems. With this BB method, a new LB with 1.25% gap is successfully obtained, and computing an LB with 1.0% gap is shown to be still quite difficult. T3 - ZIB-Report - 23-27 Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-93072 SN - 1438-0064 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Hendel, Gregor A1 - Miltenberger, Matthias A1 - Witzig, Jakob T1 - Adaptive Algorithmic Behavior for Solving Mixed Integer Programs Using Bandit Algorithms N2 - State-of-the-art solvers for mixed integer programs (MIP) govern a variety of algorithmic components. Ideally, the solver adaptively learns to concentrate its computational budget on those components that perform well on a particular problem, especially if they are time consuming. We focus on three such algorithms, namely the classes of large neighborhood search and diving heuristics as well as Simplex pricing strategies. For each class we propose a selection strategy that is updated based on the observed runtime behavior, aiming to ultimately select only the best algorithms for a given instance. We review several common strategies for such a selection scenario under uncertainty, also known as Multi Armed Bandit Problem. In order to apply those bandit strategies, we carefully design reward functions to rank and compare each individual heuristic or pricing algorithm within its respective class. Finally, we discuss the computational benefits of using the proposed adaptive selection within the \scip Optimization Suite on publicly available MIP instances. T3 - ZIB-Report - 18-36 KW - mixed integer programming KW - primal heuristics KW - multi armed bandit Y1 - 2018 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-69563 SN - 1438-0064 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Petkovic, Milena A1 - Zakiyeva, Nazgul T1 - Mathematical Optimization for Analyzing and Forecasting Nonlinear Network Time Series N2 - This work presents an innovative short to mid-term forecasting model that analyzes nonlinear complex spatial and temporal dynamics in energy networks under demand and supply balance constraints using Network Nonlinear Time Series (TS) and Mathematical Programming (MP) approach. We address three challenges simultaneously, namely, the adjacency matrix is unknown; the total amount in the network has to be balanced; dependence is unnecessarily linear. We use a nonparametric approach to handle the nonlinearity and estimate the adjacency matrix under the sparsity assumption. The estimation is conducted with the Mathematical Optimisation method. We illustrate the accuracy and effectiveness of the model on the example of the natural gas transmission network of one of the largest transmission system operators (TSOs) in Germany, Open Grid Europe. The obtained results show that, especially for shorter forecasting horizons, the proposed method outperforms all considered benchmark models, improving the average nMAPE for 5.1% and average RMSE for 79.6% compared to the second-best model. The model is capable of capturing the nonlinear dependencies in the complex spatial-temporal network dynamics and benefits from both sparsity assumption and the demand and supply balance constraint. T3 - ZIB-Report - 22-19 KW - nonlinear time series KW - mathematical optimization KW - energy networks Y1 - 2022 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-88037 SN - 1438-0064 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Hosoda, Junko A1 - Maher, Stephen J. A1 - Shinano, Yuji T1 - Combining Benders’ decomposition and parallelisation to solve large-scale adaptive network supply chain management problems N2 - Integrated supply chain network design—combining warehouse clustering with inter- and intra-cluster vehicle routing—is a fundamental feature of supply chain management problems. In this paper, a Benders’ decomposition-based parallel heuristic approach for the integrated long-haul and local vehicle routing problem is proposed. The proposed algorithm comprises lower- and upper-bound search algorithms running in parallel to find high-quality solutions for challenging supply chain management problems. A novel Benders’ decomposition approach is proposed to aid the improvement in the lower bound for large-scale problems. The results demonstrate that the Benders’ decomposition approach is effective in finding strong lower bounds and is beneficial for obtaining high-quality solutions. T3 - ZIB-Report - 24-12 Y1 - 2024 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-98744 SN - 1438-0064 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Fujii, Koichi A1 - Kim, Sunyoung A1 - Kojima, Masakazu A1 - Mittelmann, Hans D. A1 - Shinano, Yuji T1 - The Largest Unsolved QAP Instance Tai256c Can Be Converted into A 256-dimensional Simple BQOP with A Single Cardinality Constraint N2 - Tai256c is the largest unsolved quadratic assignment problem (QAP) instance in QAPLIB; a 1.48% gap remains between the best known feasible objective value and lower bound of the unknown optimal value. This paper shows that the instance can be converted into a 256 dimensional binary quadratic optimization problem (BQOP) with a single cardinality constraint which requires the sum of the binary variables to be 92.The converted BQOP is much simpler than the original QAP tai256c and it also inherits some of the symmetry properties. However, it is still very difficult to solve. We present an efficient branch and bound method for improving the lower bound effectively. A new lower bound with 1.36% gap is also provided. T3 - ZIB-Report - 22-18 Y1 - 2022 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-88086 SN - 1438-0064 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Ito, Satoshi A1 - Shinano, Yuji T1 - Calculation of clinch and elimination numbers for sports leagues with multiple tiebreaking criteria N2 - The clinch (elimination) number is a minimal number of future wins (losses) needed to clinch (to be eliminated from) a specified place in a sports league. Several optimization models and computational results are shown in this paper for calculating clinch and elimination numbers in the presence of predefined multiple tiebreaking criteria. The main subject of this paper is to provide a general algorithmic framework based on integer programming with utilizing possibly multilayered upper and lower bounds. T3 - ZIB-Report - 18-51 KW - Sports league KW - Round-robin tournament KW - Tiebreaking criteria KW - Clinch number KW - Elimination number KW - Combinatorial optimization KW - Integer programming Y1 - 2018 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-70591 SN - 1438-0064 ER - TY - THES A1 - Pedersen, Jaap T1 - Multiperiod Optimal Power Flow Problem In Distribution System Planning N2 - Growing demand, distributed generation, such as renewable energy sources (RES), and the increasing role of storage systems to mitigate the volatility of RES on a medium voltage level, push existing distribution grids to their limits. Therefore, necessary network expansion needs to be evaluated to guarantee a safe and reliable electricity supply in the future taking these challenges into account. This problem is formulated as an optimal power flow (OPF) problem which combines network expansion, volatile generation and storage systems, minimizing network expansion and generation costs. As storage systems introduce a temporal coupling into the system, a multiperiod OPF problem is needed and analysed in this thesis. To reduce complexity, the network expansion problem is represented in a continuous nonlinear programming formulation by using fundamental properties of electrical engeneering. This formulation is validated succesfully against a common mixed integer programming approach on a 30 and 57 bus network with respect to solution and computing time. As the OPF problem is, in general, a nonconvex, nonlinear problem and, thus, hard to solve, convex relaxations of the power flow equations have gained increasing interest. Sufficient conditions are represented which guarantee exactness of a second-order cone (SOC) relaxation of an operational OPF in radial networks. In this thesis, these conditions are enhanced for the network expansion planning problem. Additionally, nonconvexities introduced by the choice of network expansion variables are relaxed by using McCormick envelopes. These relaxations are then applied on the multiperiod OPF and compared to the original problem on a 30 and a 57 bus network. In particular, the computational time is decreased by an order up to 10^2 by the SOC relaxation while it provides either an exact solution or a sufficient lower bound on the original problem. Finally, a sensitivity study is performed on weights of network expansion costs showing strong dependency of both the solution of performed expansion and solution time on the chosen weights. KW - multiperiod optimal power flow, distribution network planning, battery storage Y1 - 2020 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Brett, Charles A1 - Hoberg, Rebecca A1 - Pacheco, Meritxell A1 - Smith, Kyle A1 - Borndörfer, Ralf A1 - Euler, Ricardo A1 - Gamrath, Gerwin A1 - Grimm, Boris A1 - Heismann, Olga A1 - Reuther, Markus A1 - Schlechte, Thomas A1 - Tesch, Alexander T1 - G-RIPS 2014 RailLab - Towards robust rolling stock rotations N2 - The Graduate-Level Research in Industrial Projects (G-RIPS) Program provides an opportunity for high-achieving graduate-level students to work in teams on a real-world research project proposed by a sponsor from industry or the public sector. Each G-RIPS team consists of four international students (two from the US and two from European universities), an academic mentor, and an industrial sponsor. This is the report of the Rail-Lab project on the definition and integration of robustness aspects into optimizing rolling stock schedules. In general, there is a trade-off for complex systems between robustness and efficiency. The ambitious goal was to explore this trade-off by implementing numerical simulations and developing analytic models. In rolling stock planning a very large set of industrial railway requirements, such as vehicle composition, maintenance constraints, infrastructure capacity, and regularity aspects, have to be considered in an integrated model. General hypergraphs provide the modeling power to tackle those requirements. Furthermore, integer programming approaches are able to produce high quality solutions for the deterministic problem. When stochastic time delays are considered, the mathematical programming problem is much more complex and presents additional challenges. Thus, we started with a basic variant of the deterministic case, i.e., we are only considering hypergraphs representing vehicle composition and regularity. We transfered solution approaches for robust optimization from the airline industry to the setting of railways and attained a reasonable measure of robustness. Finally, we present and discuss different methods to optimize this robustness measure. T3 - ZIB-Report - 14-34 KW - robust optimization, rolling stock planning Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-53475 SN - 1438-0064 N1 - ZIB-Report 14-34 ER -