Minimal Mod-k Cuts for Packing, Covering and Partitioning Problems

This research was carried out by Richard W. Eglese and Adam N. Letchford and supported by the EPSRC under research grant number GR/L88795.

This page was last updated on 4th August 2000.

The papers arising from the research are available from http://www.lancs.ac.uk/staff/letchfoa/pubs.htm

Two sets of test problems have been created for set packing and are available from this web site (in a format suitable for CPLEX or LINDO).

1. Random instances

These instances were created by setting each constraint coefficient to one randomly with probability 0.05. A description of these problems and layout of the files is available here.

Results for upper bounds from LP relaxation and best known solutions (most optimal) are available here.

Test Problems:

pk11c.lp pk12c.lp pk13c.lp pk14c.lp

pk21c.lp pk22c.lp pk23c.lp pk24c.lp

pk31c.lp pk32c.lp pk33c.lp pk34c.lp

pk41c.lp pk42c.lp pk43c.lp pk44c.lp

pk11w.lp pk12w.lp pk13w.lp pk14w.lp

pk21w.lp pk22w.lp pk23w.lp pk24w.lp

pk31w.lp pk32w.lp pk33w.lp pk34w.lp

pk41w.lp pk42w.lp pk43w.lp pk44w.lp

2. Transformed max-clique instances

These instances were created by transforming some standard max-clique instances into set packing problems. (The original max-clique instances were used in the second DIMACS implementation challenge.)

Results for upper bounds from LP relaxation and best known solutions (many optimal) are available here.

Test Problems:

brock200-1.lp brock200-2.lp brock200-3.lp brock200-4.lp

brock400-1.lp brock400-2.lp brock400-3.lp brock400-4.lp

C125-9.lp C250-9.lp C500-9.lp

cfat200-5.lp

DSJC500-5.lp

hamming6-4.lp

keller4.lp

MANN-a27.lp

p-hat300-1.lp p-hat300-2.lp p-hat300-3.lp p-hat500-1.lp p-hat500-2.lp p-hat500-3.lp

san200-7-2.lp san400-5-1.lp san400-7-1.lp san400-7-2.lp san400-7-3.lp

sanr200-7.lp sanr200-9.lp sanr400-5.lp sanr400-7.lp

Test problems for Set Covering and Set Partitioning may be found on ORLIB

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