Ambiguous chance-constrained binary programs under mean-covariance information

Yiling Zhang, Ruiwei Jiang, Siqian Shen

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Abstract

We consider chance-constrained binary programs, where each row of the inequalities that involve uncertainty needs to be satisfied probabilistically. Only the information of the mean and covariance matrix is available, and we solve distributionally robust chance-constrained binary programs (DCBP). Using two different ambiguity sets, we equivalently reformulate the DCBPs as 0-1 second-order cone (SOC) programs. We further exploit the submodularity of 0-1 SOC constraints under special and general covariance matrices, and we utilize the submodularity as well as lifting to derive extended polymatroid inequalities to strengthen the 0-1 SOC formulations. We incorporate the valid inequalities in a branch-and-cut algorithm for efficiently solving DCBPs. We demonstrate the computational efficacy and solution performance using diverse instances of a chance-constrained bin packing problem.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2922-2944
Number of pages23
JournalSIAM Journal on Optimization
Volume28
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018

Keywords

  • Bin packing
  • Chance-constrained binary program
  • Conic integer program
  • Distributionally robust optimization
  • Extended polymatroid
  • Submodularity

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software
  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • Applied Mathematics

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