Branch and cut based on the volume algorithm : Steiner trees in graphs and max-cut
RAIRO - Operations Research - Recherche Opérationnelle, Volume 40 (2006) no. 1, p. 53-73

We present a Branch-and-Cut algorithm where the volume algorithm is applied instead of the traditionally used dual simplex algorithm to the linear programming relaxations in the root node of the search tree. This means that we use fast approximate solutions to these linear programs instead of exact but slower solutions. We present computational results with the Steiner tree and Max-Cut problems. We show evidence that one can solve these problems much faster with the volume algorithm based Branch-and-Cut code than with a dual simplex based one. We discuss when the volume based approach might be more efficient than the simplex based approach.

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Barahona, Francisco; Ladányi, László. Branch and cut based on the volume algorithm : Steiner trees in graphs and max-cut. RAIRO - Operations Research - Recherche Opérationnelle, Volume 40 (2006) no. 1, pp. 53-73. doi : 10.1051/ro:2006010. http://www.numdam.org/item/RO_2006__40_1_53_0/

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