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How to establish constraint between variables with multiple indexes using CPLEX in Python

I am new in CPLEX and I am using docplex in Python to solve an ILP. I would like to translate the following constraint in docplex: $$\sum_{c}(X_p{_w}_{cj}+X_{p+1}{_{w'}}_{cj+1})\leqslant T_w{_{w'}}_{,jj+1} + 1$$ Knowing that the binary variables…
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Trouble with scheduling problem assumptions

Reading the famous book by Pinedo, I came across : Usually, the subscript $j$ refers to a job while the subscript $i$ refers to a machine. If a job requires a number of processing steps or operations then the pair $(i,j)$ refers to the…
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Funding sources in the US for applied OR projects

What types of organizations/sponsors in the US support applied OR research? I'm familiar with NSF and NIH.
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Linear and Integer programming materials

I was wondering if you could refer me to some online video/text resources to learn linear and integer programming. I am intending to work in the field of data science. I greatly appreciate your kind help. Have a good evening!
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Bridge the gap between theory and practice in Integer Programming

I've finished Wolsey's book on Integer programming. It's a theoretic book. I aim to learn how the ideas presented in the book can be applied to solve real-world non-academic problems. I am looking for examples (codes, papers, etc.), any resource…
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What is delayed column generation?

I came across the term "Delayed Column Generation" yesterday and am wondering how this differs from classic Column Generation, or whether the terms are used synonymously.
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Global optimizers handling minimization of expressions like $\log{v}+\frac{1}{v}$

Consider the simple problem of maximum likelihood estimation of the variance of a mean zero normal distribution. The expression to be minimised is: $$N \log{v}+\frac{1}{v}\sum_{n=1}^N{b_n^2},$$ where $v$ is the unknown variance, and $b_1,\dots,b_N$…
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How to handle many time series?

At first, I should apologize if this question is not relevant to this website, but since there are some researchers from the management science community, I ask the question here. I have data for the demand of 1200 products for 25 periods. That is,…
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Algorithm needed to find optimum area of 2-dimensional data set

The python script depicted below generates the following toy data set. I need to determine the values for $x_{min}$, $x_{max}$, $y_{min}$, $y_{max}$ describing a rectangular area where the sum over all $z$s in that area is maximized. In other words:…
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How to combine MIP solver with a CP one?

I am working on the scheduling problem in the class of parallel resource scheduling models. When I have studied some papers regarding that, I see the method that combines an MIP with a CP. The proposed procedure was: The formulation was divided into…
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How to identify constraints that are good candidates for being lazy constraints?

I am working on reducing the solving time of the optimization problem I am working on. One of the ideas I am exploring is the usage of Lazy constraints. As solver, I am using Gurobi, so both pre-enumerated and callback lazy constraints are…
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How to write this objective in CVXPY for quasiconvex programming?

I have the following objective that I want to maximize: \begin{equation} \max_{U_T\in \mathbb{R}, x\in\mathbb{R}^T} J_\alpha(U_T) = \frac{\alpha}{\alpha-1}\log\left(\frac{\cosh(U_T)}{\cosh(\alpha U_T)^\frac{1}{\alpha}}\right) \,,\qquad \text{s.t:}…
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Numerically stable way to optimize a lexicographical preference between two objective functions?

I am solving a mixed-integer program whose decision variables are $x \in \{0, 1\}^n$ and $y \in \mathbb{R}^m$, where $0 \leq y_j \leq u_j$ for constant upper bounds. My primary objective function is of the form $$ \text{minimize } \sum_{i=1}^n c_i…
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Randomly constructing a bounded ellipsoid

In a project, I am working with constraints of the following type $$ \frac{1}{2}{x}^\top Q x + q^\top x + q_0 \leq 0 $$ where I randomly generate the data by (randn stands for random standard normal sampling) q = randn(n) Q = randn(n,n); Q =…
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What are best practices for translating of non-monetary goals to € in the objective function?

How to translate a non-monetary objectives like satisfaction maximization, co2- reduction, puncuality, on time delivery, .... to € to compare solutions? Example: Lets consider for example a production planning problem, where we produce end products…
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