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Verifying Integer Programming Results

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  • Software for mixed-integer linear programming can return incorrect results for a number of reasons, one being the use of inexact floating-point arithmetic. Even solvers that employ exact arithmetic may suffer from programming or algorithmic errors, motivating the desire for a way to produce independently verifiable certificates of claimed results. Due to the complex nature of state-of-the-art MILP solution algorithms, the ideal form of such a certificate is not entirely clear. This paper proposes such a certificate format, illustrating its capabilities and structure through examples. The certificate format is designed with simplicity in mind and is composed of a list of statements that can be sequentially verified using a limited number of simple yet powerful inference rules. We present a supplementary verification tool for compressing and checking these certificates independently of how they were created. We report computational results on a selection of mixed-integer linear programming instances from the literature. To this end, we have extended the exact rational version of the MIP solver SCIP to produce such certificates.

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Author:Kevin K. H. Cheung, Ambros GleixnerORCiD, Daniel SteffyORCiD
Document Type:ZIB-Report
Tag:correctness, verification, proof, certificate, optimality, infeasibility, mixed-integer linear programming
MSC-Classification:90-XX OPERATIONS RESEARCH, MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING
90-XX OPERATIONS RESEARCH, MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING / 90Cxx Mathematical programming [See also 49Mxx, 65Kxx] / 90C11 Mixed integer programming
Date of first Publication:2016/11/20
Series (Serial Number):ZIB-Report (16-58)
ISSN:1438-0064
Published in:F. Eisenbrand and J. Koenemann, eds., Integer Programming and Combinatorial Optimization: 19th International Conference, IPCO 2017
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59250-3_13
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