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This paper presents a grid-enabled system for solving large-scale optimization problems. The system has been developed using Globus and MPICH-G2 grid technologies, and consists of two BCP solvers and of an interface portal. After a brief introduction to Branch, Cut and Price optimization algorithms, the system architecture, the solvers and the portal user interface are described. Finally, some of the tests performed and the obtained results are illustrated.
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Mancini, E.P., Marcarelli, S., Ritrovato, P., Vasil’ev, I., Villano, U. (2005). A Grid-Aware Branch, Cut and Price Implementation. In: Di Martino, B., Kranzlmüller, D., Dongarra, J. (eds) Recent Advances in Parallel Virtual Machine and Message Passing Interface. EuroPVM/MPI 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3666. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11557265_10
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