On cardinality constrained cycle and path polytopes

  • Authors:
  • Volker Kaibel;Rüdiger Stephan

  • Affiliations:
  • Otto-von-Guericke Universität Magdeburg (FMA/IMO), Universitätsplatz 2, 39106, Magdeburg, Germany;Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, 10623, Berlin, Germany

  • Venue:
  • Mathematical Programming: Series A and B
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

Given a directed graph D = (N, A) and a sequence of positive integers $${1 \leq c_1 D of cardinality c p for some $${p \in \{1,\ldots,m\}}$$, respectively. We present integer characterizations of these polytopes by facet defining linear inequalities for which the separation problem can be solved in polynomial time. These inequalities can simply be transformed into inequalities that characterize the integer points of the undirected counterparts of cardinality constrained path and cycle polytopes. Beyond we investigate some further inequalities, in particular inequalities that are specific to odd/even paths and cycles.