
handle: 11567/282628
A new simple MIP heuristic, called Randomized Neighborhood Search (RANS) is proposed, whose purpose is to produce within short time bounds high quality solutions especially for large size MIP problems as the ones characterizing real industrial applications. Starting from starts from a feasible incumbent solution RANS iterates solutions' neighborhood exploration randomly defined by calling a MIP solver as a black box tool. RANS rationale is similar to the one of other MIP heuristics recently appeared in literature but, differently, it exploits only a randomization mechanism to guide the MIP solver. RANS has some self-tuning rules so that it needs as single input parameter the maximum computation time. RANS also includes a procedure for generating the first incumbent solution based on the same randomization concepts, that can be used as an initialization alternative for particularly hard instances. RANS effectiveness is shown by an experimental comparison with other MIP heuristics.
| selected citations These citations are derived from selected sources. This is an alternative to the "Influence" indicator, which also reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically). | 0 | |
| popularity This indicator reflects the "current" impact/attention (the "hype") of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network. | Average | |
| influence This indicator reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically). | Average | |
| impulse This indicator reflects the initial momentum of an article directly after its publication, based on the underlying citation network. | Average |
