Facets of an assignment problem with 0-1 side constraint
We show that the problem of finding a perfect matching satisfying a single equality constraint with a 0-1 coefficients in an n x n incomplete bipartite graph, polynomially reduces to a special case of the same peoblem called the partitioned case. Finding a solution matching for the partitioned case in the incomlpete bipartite graph, is equivalent to minimizing a partial sum of the variables over Q(n1,n2)(n,r1) = the convex hull of incidence vectors of solution matchings for the partitioned case in the complete bipartite graph. An important strategy to solve this minimization problem is to develop a polyhedral characterization of Q(n1,n2)(n,r1). Towards this effort, we present two large classes of valid inequalities for Q(n1,n2)(n,r1), which are proved to be facet inducing using a facet lifting scheme.
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