Questions tagged [sensitivity-analysis]
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Can sensitivity analysis and limits report be done on an BILP problem?
I am not that experienced with Operations Research yet. I have become familiar with what Sensitivity Analysis and Limits Reports are in general and through the use of Excel.
I know that they can only ...
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Sensitivity analysis for specific sets of constraints on DoCplex
I am working on DoCplex to run a large model with several variables and constraints. I used the following link from sensitivity analysis in python + Docplex to run the sensitivity analysis. In that ...
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How to obtain reduced cost in the graphical sensitivity analysis?
According to some tables in the book Operations Research by Hamdy Taha(7th edition), it seems that for a variable whose optimal value is zero, reduced cost can be evaluated by the following formulas:
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Sensitivity Analysis
In an Operations Research Problem:
"A beverage company wants to produce a new juice with a mixed flavor, using only orange and pineapple flavors. Orange flavor contains 5% of vitamin A and 2% of ...
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Sensitivity analysis of QP
Given a quadratic program
$$
f^* \equiv x^\top Q x + b^\top x \\
x \geq 0 \\
A^\top x = d \\
x \in \mathbb{R}^n
$$
I would like to analyze the sensitivity of the solution $x^*$ to perturbations in $Q$ ...
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Determining constraint relevance in crew scheduling problem
I am working on a crew scheduling problem formulated as a MIP binary optimization where each employee is represented by a binary variable $X_{ids}$ s.t. $i \in I$ is $i$th employee, $d \in D$ is the ...
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Sensitivity Analysis for Traveling Salesman
I am trying to understand how the idea of Sensitivity Analysis would apply to the Traveling Salesman Problem.
For instance, suppose my optimization algorithm returned the following path as the ...
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"Sensitivity Analysis" vs. "Machine Learning"
I have the following question that compares how "Sensitivity Analysis" is perceived in the field of Optimization compared to that of Machine Learning.
Sensitivity Analysis in Machine ...
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Can I print the linear programming sensitivity analysis report using google or-tools?
One can solve the linear programs using google or-tools with GLOP solver. I wonder if there is a way to print the sensitivity report (like shadow prices etc.).
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sensitivity analysis in python + Docplex
I want to do a sensitivity analysis for the following problem.
I know how to add new variables or constraints, but I do not know how I can change the right-hand side (RHS) of the constraint.
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Why are the final value and reduced cost 0 in excel sensitivity report for multiple variables even though there exists a unique optimal solution?
In solving a linear program (in specific a network optimization problem of the shortest path type) with the Excel solver, I noticed two things after running a sensitivity report on the solution ...
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Interpretation of Reduced Costs
I am looking for an answer to a question I can't quite get behind. (continuation of Linear Programming: Integer and non-integer decision variables)
I am given the following mathematical optimization ...
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LPs having a 'stable' objective value wrt changes in the constraint right-hand sides
I have a problem as:
$$
\begin{align}
\begin{array}{cl}
\underset{x \in \mathbb{R}^n_+}{\min} & c^\top x \\
\mathrm{s.t.} & Ax \leq \mathbf{1} \cdot b ,
\end{array}
\end{align}
$$
where $A \in ...
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Reading MPS file for linear programming and reconstructing the Optimization model
Are you aware of any tutorial that can help me learn on how to reconstruct the objective function and constraints from a MPS file once it's loaded in MATLAB. I can load the mps file given to me and ...
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How to obtain the sensitivity analysis of correlated data?
A company should supply 2 products namely A and B. The company can buy A and B in advance or in real-time, however at different prices. The demand is uncertain and prices are considered to be ...
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Waiting time in M/M/n queue
I was able to numerically "show" that an M/M/n queue is concave increasing in the number for $n$ servers, which makes intuitive sense. However is there a formal analytical proof for it? Where can I ...
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Linear programming sensitivity analysis using Matlab
I have a linear program in the MPS file format listing all the rows, columns, right-hand sides, etc. I can read that in Matlab and solve it using linprog. However, it seems there is no easy way to do ...
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Negative reduced cost for basic variable
I am observing something unusual : after solving a linear program, some basic variables have negative reduced costs (instead of $0$) :
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Variable Sensitivity Analysis
I am working with the following MIP :
\begin{alignat}2\min&\quad\sum_{j\in J} c_j x_j\\\text{s.t.}&\quad l_j \le f(x_j,t_j) \le u_j \quad &\forall j \in J \\&\quad x_j \in \mathbb{N} \...
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Partial derivative of LP solution $(x_1 , \ldots, x_n)$ w.r.t. $x_i$ or $a_i$
Suppose I have an optimal solution and I want to know how the solution would (likely) change if one of the coefficients in the objective function changes, or if I add a constraint that forces $x_i$ ...
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