Repairing misbehaving mathematical programming models: Concepts and a GAMS-based approach Academic Article

abstract

• Mathematical-programming formulations can yield faulty answers. Models can be unbounded, infeasible, or optimal with unrealistic answers. I develop techniques for screening mathematical-programming formulations for structural problems pre- and postsolution. The presolution approaches identify problems within single variables and constraints. The postsolution techniques may require model augmentation and rely on theory-based examination of primal and dual solutions. I demonstrate these approaches in the context of linear programming and have computerized them in association with GAMS. They are freely distributed through a web page.

authors

• Mccarl, Bruce

published proceedings

• INTERFACES

author list (cited authors)

• McCarl, B. A.

citation count

• 2

complete list of authors

• McCarl, BA

publication date

• October 1998

publisher

• Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)  Publisher

published in

• Interfaces  Journal

keywords

• Linear Programming, Applications

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1287/inte.28.5.124

start page

• 124

end page

• 138

volume

• 28

issue

• 5

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1287%2Finte.28.5.124