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A Frank-Wolfe-based primal heuristic for quadratic mixed-integer optimization

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Deborah Hendrych
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Sébastien Designolle
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Mathieu Besançon
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Sebastian Pokutta
DOI:10.1007/s12532-026-00340-3delete
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Abstract

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We propose a primal heuristic for quadratic mixed-integer problems. Our method extends the Boscia framework – originally a mixed-integer convex solver leveraging a Frank-Wolfe-based branch-and-bound approach – to address nonconvex quadratic objective functions and constraints. We reformulate nonlinear constraints, introduce preprocessing steps, and a suite of heuristics including rounding strategies, gradient-guided selection, and large neighborhood search techniques that exploit integer-feasible vertices generated during the Frank-Wolfe iterations. Computational results demonstrate the effectiveness of our method in solving challenging MIQCQPs, achieving improvements on QPLIB instances within minutes and winning first place in the Land-Doig MIP Computational Competition 2025.
Keywords:
Mixed-integer programming
First-order optimization
Quadratic programming
Primal Heuristics

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Mathematical Programming Computation cover
Mathematical Programming Computation
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3.6
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Zuse Institute Berlin
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Universite Grenoble Alpes
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