• Journal of the Korean Operations Research and Management Science Society
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.131-146
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• 1996

In this paper, we describe the facial structure of the steiner problem in a directed graph by formulating it as set covering problem. We first characterize trivial facets and derive a necessary condition for nontrival facets. We also introduce a class of valid inequalities with 0-1 coefficients and show when such inequalities define facets.

• Management Science and Financial Engineering
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.97-106
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• 2004

In this paper, we propose an effective cut generation method based on the Chvatal-Gomory procedure for a variable-capacity (0,l)-Knapsack problem with two general integer variables. We first derive a class of valid inequalities for the problem using Chvatal-Gomory procedure, then analyze the associated separation problem. Based on the results, we show that there exists a pseudo-polynomial time algorithm to solve the separation problem. By analyzing the theoretical strength of the inequalities which can be generated by the proposed cut generation method, we show that generated inequalties define facets under mild conditions. We also extend the result to the case in which a nontrivial upper bound is imposed on a general integer variable.