Non delayed relax-and-cut algorithms

A Lucena - Annals of Operations Research, 2005 - Springer
Attempts to allow exponentially many inequalities to be candidates to Lagrangian
dualization date from the early 1980's. In this paper, the term Relax-and-Cut, introduced …

The salesman and the tree: the importance of search in CP

JG Fages, X Lorca, LM Rousseau - Constraints, 2016 - Springer
The traveling salesman problem (TSP) is a challenging optimization problem for CP and OR
that has many industrial applications. Its generalization to the degree constrained minimum …

[HTML][HTML] A relax-and-cut algorithm for the prize-collecting Steiner problem in graphs

AS da Cunha, A Lucena, N Maculan… - Discrete Applied …, 2009 - Elsevier
Given an undirected graph G with penalties associated with its vertices and costs associated
with its edges, a Prize Collecting Steiner (PCS) tree is either an isolated vertex of G or else …

[HTML][HTML] The min-degree constrained minimum spanning tree problem: Formulations and Branch-and-cut algorithm

LC Martinez, AS Da Cunha - Discrete Applied Mathematics, 2014 - Elsevier
Given an edge weighted undirected graph G and a positive integer d, the Min-Degree
Constrained Minimum Spanning Tree Problem (MDMST) consists of finding a minimum cost …

Branch-and-cut-and-price algorithms for the degree constrained minimum spanning tree problem

LH Bicalho, AS Da Cunha, A Lucena - Computational Optimization and …, 2016 - Springer
Assume that a connected undirected edge weighted graph G is given. The Degree
Constrained Minimum Spanning Tree Problem (DCMSTP) asks for a minimum cost …

NeuroPrim: An attention-based model for solving NP-hard spanning tree problems

Y Shi, C Han, T Guo - Science China Mathematics, 2024 - Springer
Spanning tree problems with specialized constraints can be difficult to solve in real-world
scenarios, often requiring intricate algorithmic design and exponential time. Recently, there …

Min-degree constrained minimum spanning tree problem with fixed centrals and terminals: Complexity, properties and formulations

FCS Dias, M Campêlo, C Souza, R Andrade - Computers & Operations …, 2017 - Elsevier
We consider a variant of the Min-Degree Constrained Minimum Spanning Tree Problem
where the central and terminal nodes are fixed a priori. We prove that the optimization …

Lagrangian heuristics for the quadratic knapsack problem

JO Cunha, L Simonetti, A Lucena - Computational Optimization and …, 2016 - Springer
This paper investigates two Lagrangian heuristics for the Quadratic Knapsack Problem.
They originate from distinct linear reformulations of the problem and follow the traditional …

Mathematical models to reconstruct phylogenetic trees under the minimum evolution criterion

D Catanzaro, M Labbé, R Pesenti… - Networks: An …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
A basic problem in molecular biology is to rebuild phylogenetic trees (PT) from a set of DNA
or protein sequences. Among different criteria used for this purpose, the minimum evolution …

Exact algorithms for the vertex separator problem in graphs

CC de Souza, VF Cavalcante - Networks, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
In this article, we propose a Lagrangian relaxation framework to solve the vertex separator
problem (VSP). This framework is based on the development of relax‐and‐cut algorithms …