Abstract
In this paper, we consider an optimization problem involving crashing an activity network under a single disruption. A disruption is an event whose magnitude and timing are random. When a disruption occurs, the duration of an activity that has yet to start—or alternatively, yet to complete—can change. We formulate a two-stage stochastic mixed-integer program, in which the timing of the stage is random. In our model, the recourse problem is a mixed-integer program. We prove the problem is NP-hard, and using simple examples, we illustrate properties that differ from the problem’s deterministic counterpart. Obtaining a reasonably tight optimality gap can require a large number of samples in a sample average approximation, leading to large-scale instances that are computationally expensive to solve. Therefore, we develop a branch-and-cut decomposition algorithm, in which spatial branching of the first stage continuous variables and linear programming approximations for the recourse problem are sequentially tightened. We test our decomposition algorithm with multiple improvements and show it can significantly reduce solution time over solving the problem directly.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1113-1162 |
Number of pages | 50 |
Journal | Mathematical Programming |
Volume | 194 |
Issue number | 1-2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 2022 |
Funding
This research is based upon work supported, in part, by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security under Grant Award Number, 2017-ST-061-QA0001. The views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as necessarily representing the official policies, either expressed or implied, of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The Center for Nonlinear Studies at Los Alamos National Laboratory supported Haoxiang Yang’s work. The authors thank two anonymous referees and an associate editor, along with the area editor Dr. Alper Atamtürk, for comments and suggestions that improved the paper. This research is based upon work supported, in part, by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security under Grant Award Number, 2017-ST-061-QA0001. The views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as necessarily representing the official policies, either expressed or implied, of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The Center for Nonlinear Studies at Los Alamos National Laboratory supported Haoxiang Yang’s work. The authors thank two anonymous referees and an associate editor, along with the area editor Dr. Alper Atamtürk, for comments and suggestions that improved the paper.
Keywords
- Project crashing
- Spatial branch-and-cut
- Stochastic disruptions
- Two-stage stochastic mixed-integer programming
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Software
- General Mathematics