Abstract
The one-dimensional cutting stock problem (1D-CSP) and the two-dimensional two-stage guillotine constrained cutting problem (2D-2CP) are considered in this paper. The Gilmore–Gomory models of these problems have very strong continuous relaxations providing a good bound in an LP-based solution approach. In recent years, there have been several efforts to attack the one-dimensional problem by LP-based branch-and-bound with column generation (called branch-and-price) and by general-purpose C hvá tal–G omory cutting planes. In this paper we investigate a combination of both approaches, i.e., the LP relaxation at each branch-and-price node is strengthened by C hvá tal–G omory and G omory mixed-integer cuts. The branching rule is that of branching on variables of the Gilmore–Gomory formulation. Tests show that, for 1D-CSP, general-purpose cuts are useful only in exceptional cases. However, for 2D-2CP their combination with branching is more effective than either approach alone and mostly better than other methods from the literature.
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