Submodular maximization and its generalization through an intersection cut lens.

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Title: Submodular maximization and its generalization through an intersection cut lens.
Authors: Xu, Liding1 (AUTHOR) liding.xu@polytechnique.edu, Liberti, Leo1 (AUTHOR) liberti@lix.polytechnique.fr
Source: Mathematical Programming. May2025, Vol. 211 Issue 1, p341-377. 37p.
Subjects: Submodular functions, Boolean functions, Set functions, Generalization, Algorithms
Abstract: We study a mixed-integer set S : = { (x , t) ∈ { 0 , 1 } n × R : f (x) ≥ t } arising in the submodular maximization problem, where f is a submodular function defined over { 0 , 1 } n . We use intersection cuts to tighten a polyhedral outer approximation of S . We construct a continuous extension F ¯ f of f, which is convex and defined over the entire space R n . We show that the epigraph epi ( F ¯ f) of F ¯ f is an S -free set, and characterize maximal S -free sets containing epi ( F ¯ f) . We propose a hybrid discrete Newton algorithm to compute an intersection cut efficiently and exactly. Our results are generalized to the hypograph or the superlevel set of a submodular-supermodular function over the Boolean hypercube, which is a model for discrete nonconvexity. A consequence of these results is intersection cuts for Boolean multilinear constraints. We evaluate our techniques on max cut, pseudo Boolean maximization, and Bayesian D-optimal design problems within a MIP solver. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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  Data: We study a mixed-integer set S : = { (x , t) ∈ { 0 , 1 } n × R : f (x) ≥ t } arising in the submodular maximization problem, where f is a submodular function defined over { 0 , 1 } n . We use intersection cuts to tighten a polyhedral outer approximation of S . We construct a continuous extension F ¯ f of f, which is convex and defined over the entire space R n . We show that the epigraph epi ( F ¯ f) of F ¯ f is an S -free set, and characterize maximal S -free sets containing epi ( F ¯ f) . We propose a hybrid discrete Newton algorithm to compute an intersection cut efficiently and exactly. Our results are generalized to the hypograph or the superlevel set of a submodular-supermodular function over the Boolean hypercube, which is a model for discrete nonconvexity. A consequence of these results is intersection cuts for Boolean multilinear constraints. We evaluate our techniques on max cut, pseudo Boolean maximization, and Bayesian D-optimal design problems within a MIP solver. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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