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The recent success of bi-objective Branch-and-Bound (B&B) algorithms heavily relies on the efficient computation of upper and lower bound sets. These bound sets are used as a supplement to the classical dominance test to improve the computational time by imposing inequalities derived from (partial) dominance in the objective space. This process is called objective branching since it is mostly applied when generating child nodes. In this paper, we extend the concept of objective branching to multi-objective integer optimization problems with three or more objective functions. Several difficulties arise in this case, as there is no longer a lexicographic order among non-dominated outcome vectors when there are three or more objectives. We discuss the general concept of objective branching in any number of dimensions and suggest a merging operation of local upper bounds to avoid the generation of redundant sub-problems. Finally, results from extensive experimental studies on several classes of multi-objective optimization problems is reported.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 106012 |
Journal | Computers and Operations Research |
Volume | 148 |
Number of pages | 16 |
ISSN | 0305-0548 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Dec 2022 |
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