The semi-Lagrangian relaxation (SLR), a new exactmethod for combinatorial optimization problems with equality constraints,is applied to the quadratic assignment problem (QAP).A dual ascent algorithm with finite co...The semi-Lagrangian relaxation (SLR), a new exactmethod for combinatorial optimization problems with equality constraints,is applied to the quadratic assignment problem (QAP).A dual ascent algorithm with finite convergence is developed forsolving the semi-Lagrangian dual problem associated to the QAP.We perform computational experiments on 30 moderately difficultQAP instances by using the mixed integer programming solvers,Cplex, and SLR+Cplex, respectively. The numerical results notonly further illustrate that the SLR and the developed dual ascentalgorithm can be used to solve the QAP reasonably, but also disclosean interesting fact: comparing with solving the unreducedproblem, the reduced oracle problem cannot be always effectivelysolved by using Cplex in terms of the CPU time.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(71401106)the Innovation Program of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission(14YZ090)+4 种基金the Shanghai Natural Science Foundation(14ZR1418700)the Shanghai First-class Academic Discipline Project(S1201YLXK)the Hujiang Foundation of China(A14006)the grant S2009/esp-1594 from the Comunidad de Madrid(Spain)the grant MTM2012-36163-C06-06 from the Spanish government
文摘The semi-Lagrangian relaxation (SLR), a new exactmethod for combinatorial optimization problems with equality constraints,is applied to the quadratic assignment problem (QAP).A dual ascent algorithm with finite convergence is developed forsolving the semi-Lagrangian dual problem associated to the QAP.We perform computational experiments on 30 moderately difficultQAP instances by using the mixed integer programming solvers,Cplex, and SLR+Cplex, respectively. The numerical results notonly further illustrate that the SLR and the developed dual ascentalgorithm can be used to solve the QAP reasonably, but also disclosean interesting fact: comparing with solving the unreducedproblem, the reduced oracle problem cannot be always effectivelysolved by using Cplex in terms of the CPU time.