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19 - Global Optimization

from Part III - Formulation and Solution of Linear Programming (LP) Problems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 December 2020

Vassilios S. Vassiliadis ,
Walter Kähm ,
Ehecatl Antonio del Rio Chanona  and
Ye Yuan
Vassilios S. Vassiliadis
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
Ehecatl Antonio del Rio Chanona
Affiliation:
Imperial College London
Ye Yuan
Affiliation:
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
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Summary

Decomposition of optimization problems is a fundamental technique to reduce the computational cost and enable efficient solution of very large-scale models.Key decomposition approaches are presented in this chapter, discussing primal and dual decomposition methods, Generalized Benders Decomposition, and related applications.

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Primal decompositionDual decompositionCoupling constraintsGeneralized Benders DecompositionSubproblems
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Optimization for Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Theory, Algorithms, Modeling and Applications
 , pp. 261 - 286
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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