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Scalable Computation of Dynamic Flow Problems via Multimarginal Graph-Structured Optimal Transport

Haasler, Isabel  
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Ringh, Axel
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Chen, Yongxin
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June 15, 2023
Mathematics Of Operations Research

In this work, we develop a new framework for dynamic network flow pro-blems based on optimal transport theory. We show that the dynamic multicommodity minimum-cost network flow problem can be formulated as a multimarginal optimal transport problem, where the cost function and the constraints on the marginals are asso-ciated with a graph structure. By exploiting these structures and building on recent advances in optimal transport theory, we develop an efficient method for such entropy -regularized optimal transport problems. In particular, the graph structure is utilized to efficiently compute the projections needed in the corresponding Sinkhorn iterations, and we arrive at a scheme that is both highly computationally efficient and easy to implement. To illustrate the performance of our algorithm, we compare it with a state-of-the-art linear programming (LP) solver. We achieve good approximations to the solution at least one order of magnitude faster than the LP solver. Finally, we showcase the methodology on a traffic routing problem with a large number of commodities.

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research article
DOI
10.1287/moor.2021.148
Web of Science ID

WOS:001014609000001

Author(s)
Haasler, Isabel  
Ringh, Axel
Chen, Yongxin
Karlsson, Johan
Date Issued

2023-06-15

Published in
Mathematics Of Operations Research
Subjects

Operations Research & Management Science

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Mathematics, Applied

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Operations Research & Management Science

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Mathematics

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multimarginal optimal transport

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dynamic network flow

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multicommodity network flow

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sinkhorn's method

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computational methods

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traffic routing

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marginal optimal transport

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traffic-control

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multicommodity

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formulation

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July 17, 2023
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