Giuseppe Lancia & Paolo Serafini 
Compact Extended Linear Programming Models [EPUB ebook] 

This book provides a handy, unified introduction to the theory of compact extended formulations of exponential-size integer linear programming (ILP) models. Compact extended formulations are equally powerful, but polynomial-sized, models whose solutions do not require the implementation of separation and pricing procedures. The book is written in a general, didactic form, first developing the background theoretical concepts (polyhedra, projections, linear and integer programming) and then delving into the various techniques for compact extended reformulations. The techniques are illustrated through a wealth of examples touching on many application areas, such as classical combinatorial optimization, network design, timetabling, scheduling, routing, computational biology and bioinformatics. The book is intended for graduate or Ph D students — either as an advanced course on selected topics or within a more general course on ILP and mathematical programming — as well as for practitionersand software engineers in industry exploring techniques for developing optimization models for their specific problems.