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Binary variables in time series: integer linear programming

I'm working on a problem and I can't seem to find an easy solution to it. It's about an optimization problem, concerning a time series. I have a binary variable $\alpha_t$ for $t \in [0, 24[$. I ...
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A Mixed Integer Model with Mixed Integer sub-Problems

This questions is geared toward Operations Research. I have a Mixed integer Linear Program model. My integer variables are all binary. In the model, if we fix a set of complicating binary variables (...
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Binary variable in a constraint

I have the following optimization problem: Model I: $$f(x,y) \\ s.t., \\ y\leq x+M(1-V)\\ y \leq MV \\ x \geq 0, y \geq 0$$ where x and y are continuous variables whereas V is a binary variable. M ...
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Binary Integer Programming

I need to form teams. There are 8 projects and 60 students. Each project has different requirements. For example, out of 5 total requirements, project 1 has 2 requirements: must have a programmer and ...
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How to minimize the square of $\sum b_i x_i$ where each $b_i$ can be either $0$ or $1$?

Would you please help me solve the following problem where $b_{ij}$ is my decision variable that must be determined and all other parameters are known. $$\min \left(\sum_{i=1}^n b_i x_i\right)^2$$ ...
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Simplex and mathematical models: Truncating expresion to 0 if negative

Is there a simplex compatible way to model an expression that "truncates" (sorry for not finding a better word for it) the value to 0 if it turns negative? I have the following restrictions: $$t_{i,k}...
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Minimizing deviations from threshold value from a given group of numbers

Given a set of numbers $a_n$, a threshold level $t$, how do I find the combination of numbers that will sum to at least the threshold with minimum deviation? Added: That is, they must always exceed ...
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Binary Programming with nonlinear constraints

i have the following type of problem i'm interested to solve: Minimize the objective function: $f(x_1,\ldots, x_8) = \sum_{i=1}^8 a_i x_i$ with $a_i \in [0, \infty)$ and $x_i \in \{0,1\}$ and given ...
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