A Survey of Exact and Approximation Algorithms for Linear-Parametric Optimization Problems
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| author | Nemesch, Levin Ruzika, Stefan Thielen, Clemens Wittmann, Alina |
| author_facet | Nemesch, Levin Ruzika, Stefan Thielen, Clemens Wittmann, Alina |
| contents | Linear-parametric optimization, where multiple objectives are combined into a single objective using linear combinations with parameters as coefficients, has numerous links to other fields in optimization and a wide range of application areas. In this survey, we provide a comprehensive overview of structural results and algorithmic strategies for solving linear-parametric optimization problems exactly and approximately. Transferring concepts from related areas such as multi-objective optimization provides further relevant results. The survey consists of two parts: First, we list strategies that work in a general fashion and do not rely on specific problem structures. Second, we look at well-studied parametric optimization problems and cover both important theoretical results and specialized algorithmic approaches for these problems. Among these problems are parametric variants of shortest path problems, minimum cost flow and maximum flow problems, spanning tree problems, the knapsack problem, and matching problems. Overall, we cover the results from 128 publications (and refer to 33 supplemental works) published between 1963 and 2024. |
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| spellingShingle | A Survey of Exact and Approximation Algorithms for Linear-Parametric Optimization Problems Nemesch, Levin Ruzika, Stefan Thielen, Clemens Wittmann, Alina Optimization and Control Linear-parametric optimization, where multiple objectives are combined into a single objective using linear combinations with parameters as coefficients, has numerous links to other fields in optimization and a wide range of application areas. In this survey, we provide a comprehensive overview of structural results and algorithmic strategies for solving linear-parametric optimization problems exactly and approximately. Transferring concepts from related areas such as multi-objective optimization provides further relevant results. The survey consists of two parts: First, we list strategies that work in a general fashion and do not rely on specific problem structures. Second, we look at well-studied parametric optimization problems and cover both important theoretical results and specialized algorithmic approaches for these problems. Among these problems are parametric variants of shortest path problems, minimum cost flow and maximum flow problems, spanning tree problems, the knapsack problem, and matching problems. Overall, we cover the results from 128 publications (and refer to 33 supplemental works) published between 1963 and 2024. |
| title | A Survey of Exact and Approximation Algorithms for Linear-Parametric Optimization Problems |
| topic | Optimization and Control |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.11544 |