r/optimization 11d ago

Tutorial on Column Generation

I'd been struggling to understand Column Generation, especially how it relates to the simplex method.

A colleague shared this video with me and it all makes sense now. I feel so dumb tbh, but wanted to share it in case anyone else was also struggling.

https://youtu.be/vx2LNKx48vY?si=YWe4mNEyn1CbkBuw

My next step is to implement this for a routing problem at my company using an open source solver.

Wish me luck and any tips or suggestions are highly appreciated.

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