Outer-product-free sets for polynomial optimization and oracle-based cuts

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DOI10.1007/S10107-020-01484-3zbMATH Open1450.90024arXiv1610.04604OpenAlexW3008300991MaRDI QIDQ2196293FDOQ2196293

Gonzalo Muñoz, Chen Chen, Daniel Bienstock

Publication date: 28 August 2020

Published in: Mathematical Programming. Series A. Series B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: This paper introduces cutting planes that involve minimal structural assumptions, enabling the generation of strong polyhedral relaxations for a broad class of problems. We consider valid inequalities for the set ScapP, where S is a closed set, and P is a polyhedron. Given an oracle that provides the distance from a point to S, we construct a pure cutting plane algorithm which is shown to converge if the initial relaxation is a polyhedron. These cuts are generated from convex forbidden zones, or S-free sets, derived from the oracle. We also consider the special case of polynomial optimization. Accordingly we develop a theory of emph{outer-product-free} sets, where S is the set of real, symmetric matrices of the form xxT. All maximal outer-product-free sets of full dimension are shown to be convex cones and we identify several families of such sets. These families are used to generate strengthened intersection cuts that can separate any infeasible extreme point of a linear programming relaxation efficiently. Computational experiments demonstrate the promise of our approach.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1610.04604





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