An Arbitrary Starting Variable Dimension Algorithm for Computing an Integer Point of a Simplex

  • Authors:
  • Chuangyin Dang;Hans Van Maaren

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of manufacturing engineering and engineering management, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong;Faculty of Technical Mathematics and Informatics, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

  • Venue:
  • Computational Optimization and Applications
  • Year:
  • 1999

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Abstract

An arbitrary starting variable dimension algorithm is proposed to compute an integer point of an n-dimensional simplex. It is based on an integer labeling rule and a triangulation of R^n. The algorithm consists of two interchanging phases. The first phase of the algorithm is a variable dimension algorithm, which generates simplices of varying dimensions,and the second phase of the algorithmforms a full-dimensional pivoting procedure, which generatesn-dimensional simplices. The algorithm varies from one phase to the other. When the matrix defining the simplex is in the so-called canonical form, starting at an arbitrary integer point, the algorithm within a finite number of iterations either yields an integer point of the simplex orproves that no such point exists.