Decision Diagrams for Optimization

by David Bergman, Andre A. Cire, Willem-Jan van Hoeve, John Hooker

Overview

This book introduces a novel approach to discrete optimization, providing both theoretical insights and algorithmic developments that lead to improvements over state-of-the-art technology. The authors present chapters on the use of decision diagrams for combinatorial optimization and constraint programming, with attention to general-purpose solution methods as well as problem-specific techniques.

The book will be useful for researchers and practitioners in discrete optimization and constraint programming.

"Decision Diagrams for Optimization is one of the most exciting developments emerging from constraint programming in recent years. This book is a compelling summary of existing results in this space and a must-read for optimizers around the world." [Pascal Van Hentenryck]

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783319428475
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Publication date:	10/06/2016
Series:	Artificial Intelligence: Foundations, Theory, and Algorithms
Edition description:	1st ed. 2016
Pages:	254
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

David Bergman is professor of English at Towson University. The editor of The Violet Quill Reader, he has won awards for his collection of poems, Cracking the Code, his book Gaiety Transfigured: Self-Representation in Gay American Literature, and for editing the anthology Men on Men 2000.

Table of Contents

Introduction.- Historical Overview.- Exact Decision Diagrams.- Relaxed Decision Diagrams.- Restricted Decision Diagrams.- Branch-and-Bound Based on Decision Diagrams.- Variable Ordering.- Recursive Modeling.- MDD-Based Constraint Programming.- MDD Propagation for Sequence Constraints.- Sequencing and Single-Machine Scheduling.- Index.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“This book goes far beyond answering natural questions about how to use Decision Diagrams in Discrete Optimization: it rigorously defines a comprehensive methodology, shows impressive potential from the computational standpoint and highlights unexpected and exciting research venues. A great and inspiring read!” (Andrea Lodi, École Polytechnique de Montréal)

“Decision Diagrams for Optimization is one of the most exciting developments emerging from constraint programming in recent years. This book is a compelling summary of existing results in this space and a must-read for optimizers around the world.” (Pascal Van Hentenryck, University of Michigan)

“This book provides an excellent demonstration of how the concepts and tools of one research community can cross into another, yielding powerful insights and ideas ... The authors show how the main strategies used in discrete optimization, including problem relaxation, branching search, constraint propagation, primal solving, and problem-specific modeling, can be adapted and cast into a decision diagram framework.” (Randal E. Bryant, Carnegie Mellon University)