Dantzig-Wolfe decomposition

English

Etymology

Originally developed by George Dantzig and Philip Wolfe, who published in 1960.

Noun

Dantzig-Wolfe decomposition (countable and uncountable, plural Dantzig-Wolfe decompositions)

1. (computing theory) An algorithm for solving linear programming problems with special structure, relying on delayed column generation for improving the tractability of large-scale linear programs.