Volume 3, Number 1, January 2007, pp. 99-112
Hiroo Saito and Kazuo Murota


Key words:
mixed integer programming, robust optimization, ellipsoidal uncertainty, Benders decomposition
Mathematices Subject Classification: 90C11, 90C25
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Abstract:
We consider mixed integer programming (MIP) problems with ellipsoidal uncertainty in problem data. Robust solutions to such problems are formulated as solutions of second-order cone programming problems with integer constraints, which we solve by an adaptation of the Benders decomposition technique towards MIP with conic constraints. Numerical computation against robust 0-1 knapsack problems and generalized assignment problems indicates that robustness can be achieved without substantial deterioration in optimal values.
Benders decomposition approach to robust mixed integer programming