Optimizing a Constraint: Reconstructing an Integer Programming Constraint More Simply


Parameters

Table 18.1 shows the parameters that are used in this example.

Table 18.1: Parameters

Parameter Name

Interpretation

n

Number of decision variables in constraint

a[j]

Original constraint coefficient of variable j, with a[0] equal to original right-hand side

x_feas[point,j]

Value of variable j in feasible point

x_infeas[point,j]

Value of variable j in infeasible point