Interior point stabilization for column generation

  • Authors:
  • Louis-Martin Rousseau;Michel Gendreau;Dominique Feillet

  • Affiliations:
  • Cirrelt, ícole Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada;Cirrelt, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-ville, Montréal, Canada H3C 3J7;Laboratoire d'Informatique d'Avignon, Canada

  • Venue:
  • Operations Research Letters
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

Interior point stabilization is an acceleration method for column generation algorithms. It addresses degeneracy and convergence difficulties by selecting a dual solution inside the optimal space rather than retrieving an extreme point. The method is applied to the case of the vehicle routing problem with time windows.