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Combining and strengthening Gomory cuts

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Integer Programming and Combinatorial Optimization (IPCO 1995)

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In this paper, we show how to generate Gomory cuts using more than one row of the tableau at a time. We generate a strong cutting plane in this family by solving a sequence of single Diophantine equations. We report computational experience on several instances of pure 0–1 programs.

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Ceria, S., Cornuéjols, G., Dawande, M. (1995). Combining and strengthening Gomory cuts. In: Balas, E., Clausen, J. (eds) Integer Programming and Combinatorial Optimization. IPCO 1995. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 920. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-59408-6_71

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