Operations Research Transactions ›› 2015, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (4): 37-47.doi: 10.15960/j.cnki.issn.1007-6093.2015.04.004

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A new semi-Lagrangian relaxation method to solve the un-capacitated facility location problem

ZHANG Huizhen1,2,*, WEI Xin1, MA Liang1   

  1. 1.School of Management, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China; 2. Center for Supernetworks Research, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
  • Received:2014-11-24 Online:2015-12-15 Published:2015-12-15
  • Contact: 张惠珍 zhzzywz@gmail.com

Abstract:

The un-capacitated facility location (UFL) problem is a classical combinatorial optimization hard problem and has been applied in various fields. The semi-Lagrangian relaxation method is one of the exact solution methods to the UFL. In this paper, the mathematical nature of the SLR applied to solve the UFL is further studied. Based on this, the SLR applied to solve the UFL is improved from the theoretical point of view, and the approach is also discussed to enhance its
computational capability. The numerical results show that the improvement proposed in this paper is feasible and effective.

Key words: Un-capacitated facility location, Lagrangian relaxation, Semi-Lagrangian relaxation, Primal-dual optimal solution