SUBJECT

Title

Integer programming II

Type of instruction

lecture

Level

master

Part of degree program
Credits

3

Recommended in

Semesters 1-4

Typically offered in

Autumn/Spring semester

Course description

Sperner systems, binary sets defined by inequalities. Lattices, basis reduction. Integer programming in fixed dimension. The ellipsoid method, equivalence of separation and optimization.  The Lift and Project method. Valid inequalities for the Traveling Salesman Problem. LP-based approximation algorithms.

Readings
  • G.L. Nemhauser, L.A. Wolsey: Integer and Combinatorial Optimization, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1999.
  • D. Bertsimas, R. Weismantel: Optimization over Integers, Dynamic Ideas, Belmont, 2005.