Integer and Mixed-Integer Programming Models: General Properties.
Abstract
OGRAMMING, Nonlinear programming, Linear programming, Optimization, Theorems*Integer programming, Mixed integer programmingIt is well-known that mixed-integer formulations can be used to model important classes of non-convex functions such as fixed-charge functions and linear economy-of-scale cost functions. The purpose of the paper is to formulate a rigorous definition of a mixed-integer model of a given function, and to study the properties of the functions that can be so modelled. An interesting by-product of this approach is the identification of a simple class of functions that cannot be modelled by computer-representable mixed-integer formulations, even though mixed-integer models based on the use of a single arbitrary irrational constant are available for this class. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1973
- Accession Number
- AD0773610
Entities
People
- R. R. Meyer
Organizations
- University of Wisconsin–Madison