Linear Programming using Limited-Precision Oracles
- Linear programming is a foundational tool for many aspects of integer and combinatorial optimization. This work studies the complexity of solving linear programs exactly over the rational numbers through use of an oracle capable of returning limited-precision LP solutions. It is shown that a polynomial number of calls to such an oracle and a polynomial number of bit operations, is sufficient to compute an exact solution to an LP. Previous work has often considered oracles that provide solutions of an arbitrary specified precision. While this leads to polynomial-time algorithms, the level of precision required is often unrealistic for practical computation. In contrast, our work provides a foundation for understanding and analyzing the behavior of the methods that are currently most effective in practice for solving LPs exactly.
| Author: | Ambros GleixnerORCiD, Daniel SteffyORCiD |
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| Document Type: | In Proceedings |
| Parent Title (English): | A. Lodi, V. Nagarajan (eds), Integer Programming and Combinatorial Optimization: 20th International Conference, IPCO 2019 |
| First Page: | 399 |
| Last Page: | 412 |
| Year of first publication: | 2019 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17953-3_30 |
