06-52
Integer Minkowski Programs and the Design of Survivable Networks
by Eisenschmidt, Elke; Köppe, Matthias; Laugier, Alexandre
Preprint series: 06-52, Preprints
- MSC:
- 90C35 Programming involving graphs or networks
- 90C10 Integer programming
- 90C11 Mixed integer programming
- 68M10 Computer networks, See also {90B12}
Abstract: We introduce a new class of optimization problems called integer Minkowski programs. The formulation of such problems involves finitely many integer variables and nonlinear constraints involving functionals defined on families of discrete or polyhedral sets. We show that, under certain assumptions, it is possible to reformulate them as integer linear programs, by making use of integral generating sets. We then apply this technique to the network design problem for fractional and integral flows subject to survivability constraints.
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