Dual variable based fathoming in dynamic programs for column generation

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 122-125

  Lübbecke, Marco E ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Column generation; Dynamic programming; State space reduction

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ERROR ANALYSIS; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SET THEORY;

COLUMN GENERATION; RESTRICTED MASTER PROGRAM (RMP); STATE SPACE REDUCTION;

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING;

EID: 8344230770     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2003.05.006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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