Article ID: | iaor20091383 |
Country: | Netherlands |
Volume: | 5 |
Issue: | 2 |
Start Page Number: | 186 |
End Page Number: | 204 |
Publication Date: | May 2008 |
Journal: | Discrete Optimization |
Authors: | Cornujols Grard, Lee Jon, Grossmann Ignacio E., Biegler Lorenz T., Conn Andrew R., Margot Franois, Lodi Andrea, Bonami Pierre, Wchter Andreas, Laird Carl D., Sawaya Nicolas |
Keywords: | programming: branch and bound |
This paper is motivated by the fact that mixed integer nonlinear programming is an important and difficult area for which there is a need for developing new methods and software for solving large-scale problems. Moreover, both fundamental building blocks, namely mixed integer linear programming and nonlinear programming, have seen considerable and steady progress in recent years. Wishing to exploit expertise in these areas as well as on previous work in mixed integer nonlinear programming, this work represents the first step in an ongoing and ambitious project within an open-source environment.