Branch and Win: OR tree search algorithms for solving combinatorial optimisation problems

Currently, most combinatorial optimisation problems have to be solved, if the optimum solution is sought, using general techniques to explore the space of feasible solutions and, more specifically, through exploratory enumerative procedures in trees and search graphs. We propose Branch and Win, a ge...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Pastor Moreno, Rafael|||0000-0002-6188-4458, Corominas Subias, Albert|||0000-0002-4795-7761
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2004
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/6057
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/6057
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Combinatorial optimization
Branch and bound
Artificial intelligence
Optimización combinatoria
Optimització combinatòria
Inteligencia artificial
Intel·ligència artificial
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Direcció d'operacions
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Sumario:Currently, most combinatorial optimisation problems have to be solved, if the optimum solution is sought, using general techniques to explore the space of feasible solutions and, more specifically, through exploratory enumerative procedures in trees and search graphs. We propose Branch and Win, a general formulation for understanding and synthesising the different tree search procedures that have been presented in the literature of operations research as well as in that of artificial intelligence. Several general ideas are also presented, whose application allows designing new hybrid search algorithms, in order to implement the procedure.