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In [[mathematical optimization]], '''ordinal optimization''' is the maximization of functions taking values in a [[partially ordered set]] ("poset"). Ordinal optimization has applications in the theory of [[queuing theory|queuing]] [[flow network|networks]].
 
== Mathematical foundations ==
{{See also|Mathematical optimization|Partially ordered set|Lattice (order)|Greedoid|Antimatroid|Combinatorial optimization|Duality (mathematics)#Order-reversing dualities}}
 
Ordinal optimization is the maximization of function taking values in a [[partially ordered set]] ("poset") — or, [[duality (mathematics)#Order-reversing dualities|dually]], the minimization of functions taking values in a poset.<ref>Dietrich, B. L.; Hoffman, A. J. On greedy algorithms, partially ordered sets, and submodular functions. ''IBM J. Res. Develop.'' 47 (2003), no. 1, 25–30.  <!-- MR1957350 (2003k:90102) --></ref><ref>Topkis, Donald M. ''Supermodularity and complementarity''. Frontiers of Economic Research. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1998. xii+272 pp. ISBN 0-691-03244-0 <!-- MR1614637 (99i:90024) --></ref><ref>Singer, Ivan ''Abstract convex analysis''. Canadian Mathematical Society Series of Monographs and Advanced Texts. A Wiley-Interscience Publication. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1997. xxii+491 pp. ISBN 0-471-16015-6 <!-- MR1461544 --></ref><ref>Björner, Anders; Ziegler, Günter M. Introduction to greedoids. ''Matroid applications'', 284–357, Encyclopedia Math. Appl., 40, Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, 1992,<!-- MR1165545 (94a:05038) --></ref>
 
=== Definitions ===
 
A '''partial order''' is a [[binary relation]] "≤" over  a [[Set (mathematics)|set]] ''P'' which is [[reflexive relation|reflexive]], [[antisymmetric relation|antisymmetric]], and [[transitive relation|transitive]], i.e., for all ''a'', ''b'', and ''c'' in ''P'', we have that:
 
*''a ≤ a'' (reflexivity);
*if ''a ≤ b'' and ''b ≤ a'' then ''a'' = ''b'' (antisymmetry);
*if ''a ≤ b'' and ''b ≤ c'' then ''a ≤ c'' (transitivity).
 
In other words, a partial order is an antisymmetric [[preorder]].
 
A set with a partial order is called a '''partially ordered set''' (also called a '''poset'''). The term ''ordered set'' is sometimes also used for posets, as long as it is clear from the context that no other kinds of orders are meant. In particular, totally ordered sets can also be referred to as "ordered sets", especially in areas where these structures are more common than posets.
 
For ''a, b'' distinct elements of a partially ordered set ''P'', if ''a ≤ b'' or ''b ≤ a'', then ''a'' and ''b'' are '''comparable'''. Otherwise they are '''incomparable'''. If every two elements of a poset are comparable, the poset is called a [[totally ordered set]] or '''chain''' (e.g. the natural numbers under order). A poset in which every two elements are incomparable is called an [[antichain]].
 
=== Examples ===
 
Standard examples of posets arising in mathematics include:
 
* The [[real number]]s ordered by the standard ''less-than-or-equal'' relation ≤ (a totally ordered set as well).
* The set of [[subset]]s of a given set (its [[power set]]) ordered by [[subset|inclusion]]
* The set of subspaces of a [[vector space]] ordered by inclusion.
* For a partially ordered set ''P'', the [[sequence space]] containing all [[sequence]]s of elements from ''P'', where sequence ''a'' precedes sequence ''b'' if every item in ''a'' precedes the corresponding item in ''b''. Formally, <big>(''a''<sub>''n''</sub>)<sub>''n''∈ℕ</sub>&nbsp;≤&nbsp;(''b''<sub>''n''</sub>)<sub>''n''∈ℕ</sub></big> if and only if <big>''a''<sub>''n''</sub>&nbsp;≤&nbsp;''b''<sub>''n''</sub></big> for all ''n'' in ℕ.
* For a set ''X'' and a partially ordered set ''P'', the [[function space]] containing all functions from ''X'' to ''P'', where ''f'' ≤ ''g'' if and only if ''f''(''x'') ≤ ''g''(''x'') for all ''x'' in ''X''.
* The vertex set of a [[directed acyclic graph]] ordered by [[reachability]].
* The set of [[natural numbers]] equipped with the relation of [[divisibility]].
 
=== Extrema ===
 
There are several notions of "greatest" and "least" element in a poset ''P'', notably:
 
* [[Greatest element]] and least element: An element ''g'' in ''P'' is a greatest element if for every element ''a'' in ''P'', ''a''&nbsp;≤&nbsp;''g''. An element ''m'' in ''P'' is a least element if for every element ''a'' in ''P'', ''a''&nbsp;≥&nbsp;''m''. A poset can only have one greatest or least element.
* [[Maximal element]]s and minimal elements: An element ''g'' in P is a maximal element if there is no element ''a'' in ''P'' such that ''a''&nbsp;>&nbsp;''g''. Similarly, an element ''m'' in ''P'' is a minimal element if there is no element ''a'' in P such that ''a''&nbsp;<&nbsp;''m''. If a poset has a greatest element, it must be the unique maximal element, but otherwise there can be more than one maximal element, and similarly for least elements and minimal elements.
* [[Upper and lower bounds]]: For a subset ''A'' of ''P'', an element ''x'' in ''P'' is an upper bound of ''A'' if ''a''&nbsp;≤&nbsp;''x'', for each element ''a'' in ''A''. In particular, ''x'' need not be in ''A'' to be an upper bound of ''A''. Similarly, an element ''x'' in ''P'' is a lower bound of ''A'' if ''a''&nbsp;≥&nbsp;''x'', for each element ''a'' in ''A''. A greatest element of ''P'' is an upper bound of ''P'' itself, and a least element is a lower bound of ''P''.
 
For example, consider the natural numbers, ordered by divisibility: 1 is a least element, as it divides all other elements, but this set does not have a greatest element nor does it have any maximal elements: any ''g'' divides 2''g'', so 2''g'' is greater than ''g'' and ''g'' cannot be maximal. If instead we consider only the natural numbers that are greater than 1, then the resulting poset does not have a least element, but any [[prime number]] is a minimal element. In this poset, 60 is an upper bound (though not the least upper bound) of {2,3,5} and 2 is a lower bound of {4,6,8,12}.
 
=== Additional structure ===
 
In many such cases, the poset has additional structure: For example, the poset can be a [[lattice (order)|lattice]] or a [[ordered semigroup|partially ordered algebraic structure]].
 
====Lattices====
{{Main|Lattice (order)}}
A [[Partially ordered set|poset]] (''L'', ≤) is a '''lattice''' if it satisfies the following two axioms.
 
;Existence of binary joins:
: For any two elements ''a'' and ''b'' of ''L'', the set {''a, b''} has a '''[[Join (mathematics)|join]]''': <math>a \lor b</math> (also known as the least upper bound, or the supremum).
;Existence of binary meets:
: For any two elements ''a'' and ''b'' of ''L'', the set {''a, b''} has a '''[[meet (mathematics)|meet]]''': <math>a \land b</math> (also known as the greatest lower bound, or the infimum).
 
The join and meet of ''a'' and ''b'' are denoted by <math>a \lor b</math> and <math>a \land b</math>, respectively. This definition makes <math> \lor </math> and <math> \land </math> [[binary operation]]s. The first axiom says that ''L'' is a [[join-semilattice]]; the second says that ''L'' is a [[meet-semilattice]]. Both operations are monotone with respect to the order: ''a''<sub>1</sub>&nbsp;≤&nbsp;''a''<sub>2</sub> and ''b''<sub>1</sub>&nbsp;≤&nbsp;''b''<sub>2</sub> implies that a<sub>1</sub><math> \lor </math> b<sub>1</sub> ≤ a<sub>2</sub> <math>\lor </math> b<sub>2</sub> and a<sub>1</sub><math> \land </math>b<sub>1</sub> ≤ a<sub>2</sub><math> \land </math>b<sub>2</sub>.
 
It follows by an [[mathematical induction|induction]] argument that every non-empty finite subset of a lattice has a join (supremum) and a meet (infimum). With additional assumptions, further conclusions may be possible; ''see'' [[Completeness (order theory)]] for more discussion of this subject.
 
A '''bounded lattice''' has a [[greatest element|greatest]] (or maximum) and [[least element|least]] (or minimum) element, denoted 1 and 0 by convention (also called '''top''' and '''bottom'''). Any lattice can be converted into a bounded lattice by adding a greatest and least element, and every non-empty finite lattice is bounded, by taking the join (resp., meet) of all elements, denoted by <math>\bigvee A=a_1\lor\cdots\lor a_n</math> (resp.<math>\bigwedge A=a_1\land\cdots\land a_n</math>) where <math>A=\{a_1,\ldots,a_n\}</math>.
 
A poset is a bounded lattice if and only if every finite set of elements (including the empty set) has a join and a meet. Here, the join of an empty set of elements is defined to be the least element  <math>\bigvee\varnothing=0</math>, and the meet of the empty set is defined to be the greatest element <math>\bigwedge\varnothing=1</math>. This convention is consistent with the associativity and commutativity of meet and join: the join of a union of finite sets is equal to the join of the joins of the sets, and dually, the meet of a union of finite sets is equal to the meet of the meets of the sets, i.e., for finite subsets ''A'' and ''B'' of a poset ''L'',
 
:<math>\bigvee \left( A \cup B \right)= \left( \bigvee A \right) \vee \left( \bigvee B \right)</math>
 
and
 
:<math>\bigwedge \left( A \cup B \right)= \left(\bigwedge A \right) \wedge \left( \bigwedge B \right)</math>
 
hold. Taking ''B'' to be the empty set,
 
:<math>\bigvee \left( A \cup \emptyset \right)
= \left( \bigvee A \right) \vee \left( \bigvee \emptyset \right)
= \left( \bigvee A \right) \vee 0
= \bigvee A</math>
 
and
 
:<math>\bigwedge \left( A \cup \emptyset \right)
= \left( \bigwedge A \right) \wedge \left( \bigwedge \emptyset \right)
= \left( \bigwedge A \right) \wedge 1
= \bigwedge A</math>
 
which is consistent with the fact that <math>A \cup \emptyset = A</math>.
 
====Ordered algebraic structure====
{{Main|Ordered semigroup}}
{{See also|Ordered vector space|Riesz space}}
The poset can be a [[Ordered semigroup|partially ordered algebraic structure]].<ref>Fujishige, Satoru ''Submodular functions and optimization''. Second edition. Annals of Discrete Mathematics, 58. Elsevier B. V., Amsterdam, 2005. xiv+395 pp. ISBN 0-444-52086-4 <!-- MR2171629 (2006d:90098) --></ref><ref>Gondran, Michel; Minoux, Michel ''Graphs, dioids and semirings. New models and algorithms''. Operations Research/Computer Science Interfaces Series, 41. Springer, New York, 2008. xx+383 pp. ISBN 978-0-387-75449-9 <!-- MR2389137 (2009g:16066) --></ref><ref>Dietrich, B. L.; Hoffman, A. J. On greedy algorithms, partially ordered sets, and submodular functions. ''IBM J. Res. Develop.'' 47 (2003), no. 1, 25–30.  <!-- MR1957350 (2003k:90102) --></ref><ref>Murota, Kazuo ''Discrete convex analysis''. SIAM Monographs on Discrete Mathematics and Applications. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), Philadelphia, PA, 2003. xxii+389 pp. ISBN 0-89871-540-7 <!-- MR1997998 (2004f:90007) --></ref><ref>Topkis, Donald M. ''Supermodularity and complementarity''. Frontiers of Economic Research. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1998. xii+272 pp. ISBN 0-691-03244-0 <!-- MR1614637 (99i:90024) --></ref><ref>Zimmermann, U. ''Linear and combinatorial optimization in ordered algebraic structures''. Ann. Discrete Math. 10 (1981), viii+380 pp. <!-- MR0609751 --></ref><ref>Cuninghame-Green, Raymond ''Minimax algebra''. Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, 166. Springer-Verlag, Berlin-New York, 1979. xi+258 pp. ISBN 3-540-09113-0 <!-- MR0580321 --></ref>
 
In [[algebra]], an ''ordered semigroup'' is a [[semigroup]] (''S'',•) together with a [[partial order]] ≤ that is ''compatible'' with the semigroup operation, meaning that ''x'' ≤ ''y'' implies z•x ≤ z•y and x•z ≤ y•z for all ''x'', ''y'', ''z'' in ''S''. If S is a [[Group (mathematics)|group]] and it is ordered as a semigroup, one obtains the notion of [[ordered group]], and similarly if S is a [[monoid]] it may be called ''ordered monoid''. [[Ordered vector space|Partially ordered vector space]]s and [[Riesz space|vector lattice]]s are important in [[multiobjective optimization|optimization with multiple objectives]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Zălinescu|first=C.|title=Convex analysis in general vector spaces|publisher=World Scientific Publishing&nbsp; Co.,&nbsp;Inc|location = River Edge,&nbsp;NJ|year= 2002|pages=xx+367|isbn=981-238-067-1|mr=1921556}}</ref>
 
== Ordinal optimization in computer science and statistics ==
{{See also|Selection algorithm}}
 
Problems of ordinal optimization arise in many disciplines. [[Computer science|Computer scientists]] study [[selection algorithm]]s, which are simpler than [[sorting algorithm]]s.<ref>[[Donald Knuth]]. ''[[The Art of Computer Programming]]'', Volume 3: ''Sorting and Searching'', Third Edition. Addison-Wesley, 1997. ISBN 0-201-89685-0. Section 5.3.3: Minimum-Comparison Selection, pp.207&ndash;219.</ref><ref>[[Thomas H. Cormen]], [[Charles E. Leiserson]], [[Ronald L. Rivest]], and [[Clifford Stein]]. ''[[Introduction to Algorithms]]'', Second Edition. MIT Press and McGraw-Hill, 2001. ISBN 0-262-03293-7. Chapter 9: Medians and Order Statistics, pp.183&ndash;196. Section 14.1: Dynamic order statistics, pp.302&ndash;308.</ref>
 
[[Statistical decision theory]] studies "selection problems" that require the identification of a "best" subpopulation or of identifying a "near best" subpopulation.<ref>Gibbons, Jean Dickinson; [[Ingram Olkin|Olkin, Ingram]], and Sobel, Milton, ''Selecting and Ordering of Populations'', Wiley, (1977). (Republished as a Classic in Applied Mathematics by SIAM.)</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Gupta|first1=Shanti&nbsp;S.|last2=Panchapakesan|first2=S.|title=Multiple decision procedures: Theory and methodology of selecting and ranking populations|series=Wiley Series in Probability and Mathematical Statistics|publisher=John Wiley &&nbsp;Sons|location=New York|year=1979|pages=xxv+573|isbn=0-471-05177-2|mr=555416}} (Republished as a Classic in Applied Mathematics by SIAM.)</ref><ref>Santner, Thomas J., and Tamhane, A. C., ''Design of Experiments: Ranking and Selection'', M. Dekker, (1984).</ref><ref>Robert E. Bechhofer, Thomas J. Santner, David M. Goldsman. ''Design and Analysis of Experiments for Statistical Selection, Screening, and Multiple Comparisons''. John Wiley & Sons, 1995.</ref><ref>Friedrich Liese, Klaus-J. Miescke. 2008. ''Statistical Decision Theory: Estimation, Testing, and Selection''. Springer Verlag.</ref>
 
== Applications ==
{{See also|Antimatroid|Max-plus algebra|Flow network|Queuing theory|Discrete event simulation}}
 
Since the 1960s, the field of ordinal optimization has expanded in theory and in applications. In particular, [[antimatroid]]s and the "[[max-plus algebra]]" have found application in [[flow network|network analysis]] and [[queuing theory]], particularly in queuing networks and [[discrete event simulation|discrete-event systems]].<ref>{{cite book| last1=Glasserman|first1=Paul|last2=Yao|first2=David D.|title=Monotone structure in discrete-event systems|series=Wiley Series in Probability and Mathematical Statistics: Applied Probability and Statistics|publisher=John Wiley & Sons, Inc.|location=New York|year=1994|pages=xiv+297|isbn=0-471-58041-4|mr=1266839 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Baccelli, François Louis; Cohen, Guy; Olsder, Geert Jan; Quadrat, Jean-Pierre|title=Synchronization and linearity: An algebra for discrete event systems|series=Wiley Series in Probability and Mathematical Statistics: Probability and Mathematical Statistics|publisher=John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.|location=Chichester|year=1992|pages=xx+489|isbn=0-471-93609-X |mr=1204266 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Heidergott, Bernd; Oldser, Geert Jan; van der Woude, Jacob|title=Max plus at work: Modeling and analysis of synchronized systems, a course on max-plus algebra and its applications|series=Princeton Series in Applied Mathematics|publisher=Princeton University Press|location=Princeton, NJ|year=2006|pages=xii+213|isbn=978-0-691-11763-8, 0-691-11763-2, 0-691-11763-2|mr=2188299 }}</ref>
 
== See also ==
 
* [[Stochastic optimization]]
* [[Computational complexity theory]]
* [[Heuristic (computer science)|Heuristics]]
* [[Level of measurement]] ("Ordinal data")
 
== References ==
 
{{reflist|colwidth=30em}}
 
== Further reading ==
 
* Fujishige, Satoru ''Submodular functions and optimization''. Second edition. Annals of Discrete Mathematics, 58. Elsevier B. V., Amsterdam, 2005. xiv+395 pp.&nbsp;ISBN 0-444-52086-4 <!-- MR2171629 (2006d:90098) -->
* Gondran, Michel; Minoux, Michel ''Graphs, dioids and semirings. New models and algorithms''. Operations Research/Computer Science Interfaces Series, 41. Springer, New York, 2008. xx+383 pp.&nbsp;ISBN 978-0-387-75449-9 <!-- MR2389137 (2009g:16066) -->
* Dietrich, B. L.; Hoffman, A. J. On greedy algorithms, partially ordered sets, and submodular functions. ''IBM J. Res. Develop.'' 47 (2003), no. 1, 25–30.  <!-- MR1957350 (2003k:90102) -->
* Murota, Kazuo ''Discrete convex analysis''. SIAM Monographs on Discrete Mathematics and Applications. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), Philadelphia, PA, 2003. xxii+389 pp.&nbsp;ISBN 0-89871-540-7 <!-- MR1997998 (2004f:90007) -->
* Topkis, Donald M. ''Supermodularity and complementarity''. Frontiers of Economic Research. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1998. xii+272 pp.&nbsp;ISBN 0-691-03244-0 <!-- MR1614637 (99i:90024) -->
* Singer, Ivan ''Abstract convex analysis''. Canadian Mathematical Society Series of Monographs and Advanced Texts. A Wiley-Interscience Publication. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1997. xxii+491 pp.&nbsp;ISBN 0-471-16015-6 <!-- MR1461544 -->
* Björner, Anders; Ziegler, Günter M. Introduction to greedoids. ''Matroid applications'', 284–357, Encyclopedia Math. Appl., 40, Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, 1992,<!-- MR1165545 (94a:05038) -->
* Zimmermann, U. ''Linear and combinatorial optimization in ordered algebraic structures''. Ann. Discrete Math. 10 (1981), viii+380 pp. <!-- MR0609751 -->
* Cuninghame-Green, Raymond ''Minimax algebra''. Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, 166. Springer-Verlag, Berlin-New York, 1979. xi+258 pp.&nbsp;ISBN 3-540-09113-0 <!-- MR0580321 -->
* {{cite book|author=Baccelli, François Louis; Cohen, Guy; Olsder, Geert Jan; Quadrat, Jean-Pierre|title=Synchronization and linearity: An algebra for discrete event systems|series=Wiley Series in Probability and Mathematical Statistics: Probability and Mathematical Statistics|publisher=John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.|location=Chichester|year=1992|pages=xx+489|isbn=0-471-93609-X
|mr=1204266}}
* {{cite book| last1=Glasserman|first1=Paul|last2=Yao|first2=David D.|title=Monotone structure in discrete-event systems|series=Wiley Series in Probability and Mathematical Statistics: Applied Probability and Statistics|publisher=John Wiley & Sons, Inc.|location=New York|year=1994|pages=xiv+297|isbn=0-471-58041-4|mr=1266839}}
* {{cite book|author=Heidergott, Bernd; Oldser, Geert Jan; van der Woude, Jacob|title=Max plus at work: Modeling and analysis of synchronized systems, a course on max-plus algebra and its applications|series=Princeton Series in Applied Mathematics|publisher=Princeton University Press|location=Princeton, NJ|year=2006|pages=xii+213|isbn=978-0-691-11763-8, 0-691-11763-2, 0-691-11763-2|mr=2188299}}
* [[Yu-Chi Ho|Ho, Y.C.]], Sreenivas, R., Vakili, P.,"Ordinal Optimization of Discrete Event Dynamic Systems", J. of DEDS 2(2), 61-88, (1992).
* Allen, Eric, and Marija D. Ilic. ''Price-Based Commitment Decisions in the Electricity Market''. Advances in industrial control. London: Springer, 1999. ISBN 978-1-85233-069-9
 
== External links ==
* [http://people.deas.harvard.edu/~ho/DEDS/OO/Reference/OOReference.html Annotated bibliography on ordinal optimization] by [[Yu-Chi Ho]]
 
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In mathematical optimization, ordinal optimization is the maximization of functions taking values in a partially ordered set ("poset"). Ordinal optimization has applications in the theory of queuing networks.

Mathematical foundations

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Ordinal optimization is the maximization of function taking values in a partially ordered set ("poset") — or, dually, the minimization of functions taking values in a poset.[1][2][3][4]

Definitions

A partial order is a binary relation "≤" over a set P which is reflexive, antisymmetric, and transitive, i.e., for all a, b, and c in P, we have that:

  • a ≤ a (reflexivity);
  • if a ≤ b and b ≤ a then a = b (antisymmetry);
  • if a ≤ b and b ≤ c then a ≤ c (transitivity).

In other words, a partial order is an antisymmetric preorder.

A set with a partial order is called a partially ordered set (also called a poset). The term ordered set is sometimes also used for posets, as long as it is clear from the context that no other kinds of orders are meant. In particular, totally ordered sets can also be referred to as "ordered sets", especially in areas where these structures are more common than posets.

For a, b distinct elements of a partially ordered set P, if a ≤ b or b ≤ a, then a and b are comparable. Otherwise they are incomparable. If every two elements of a poset are comparable, the poset is called a totally ordered set or chain (e.g. the natural numbers under order). A poset in which every two elements are incomparable is called an antichain.

Examples

Standard examples of posets arising in mathematics include:

  • The real numbers ordered by the standard less-than-or-equal relation ≤ (a totally ordered set as well).
  • The set of subsets of a given set (its power set) ordered by inclusion
  • The set of subspaces of a vector space ordered by inclusion.
  • For a partially ordered set P, the sequence space containing all sequences of elements from P, where sequence a precedes sequence b if every item in a precedes the corresponding item in b. Formally, (an)n∈ℕ ≤ (bn)n∈ℕ if and only if an ≤ bn for all n in ℕ.
  • For a set X and a partially ordered set P, the function space containing all functions from X to P, where f ≤ g if and only if f(x) ≤ g(x) for all x in X.
  • The vertex set of a directed acyclic graph ordered by reachability.
  • The set of natural numbers equipped with the relation of divisibility.

Extrema

There are several notions of "greatest" and "least" element in a poset P, notably:

  • Greatest element and least element: An element g in P is a greatest element if for every element a in P, a ≤ g. An element m in P is a least element if for every element a in P, a ≥ m. A poset can only have one greatest or least element.
  • Maximal elements and minimal elements: An element g in P is a maximal element if there is no element a in P such that a > g. Similarly, an element m in P is a minimal element if there is no element a in P such that a < m. If a poset has a greatest element, it must be the unique maximal element, but otherwise there can be more than one maximal element, and similarly for least elements and minimal elements.
  • Upper and lower bounds: For a subset A of P, an element x in P is an upper bound of A if a ≤ x, for each element a in A. In particular, x need not be in A to be an upper bound of A. Similarly, an element x in P is a lower bound of A if a ≥ x, for each element a in A. A greatest element of P is an upper bound of P itself, and a least element is a lower bound of P.

For example, consider the natural numbers, ordered by divisibility: 1 is a least element, as it divides all other elements, but this set does not have a greatest element nor does it have any maximal elements: any g divides 2g, so 2g is greater than g and g cannot be maximal. If instead we consider only the natural numbers that are greater than 1, then the resulting poset does not have a least element, but any prime number is a minimal element. In this poset, 60 is an upper bound (though not the least upper bound) of {2,3,5} and 2 is a lower bound of {4,6,8,12}.

Additional structure

In many such cases, the poset has additional structure: For example, the poset can be a lattice or a partially ordered algebraic structure.

Lattices

Mining Engineer (Excluding Oil ) Truman from Alma, loves to spend time knotting, largest property developers in singapore developers in singapore and stamp collecting. Recently had a family visit to Urnes Stave Church. A poset (L, ≤) is a lattice if it satisfies the following two axioms.

Existence of binary joins
For any two elements a and b of L, the set {a, b} has a join: (also known as the least upper bound, or the supremum).
Existence of binary meets
For any two elements a and b of L, the set {a, b} has a meet: (also known as the greatest lower bound, or the infimum).

The join and meet of a and b are denoted by and , respectively. This definition makes and binary operations. The first axiom says that L is a join-semilattice; the second says that L is a meet-semilattice. Both operations are monotone with respect to the order: a1 ≤ a2 and b1 ≤ b2 implies that a1 b1 ≤ a2 b2 and a1b1 ≤ a2b2.

It follows by an induction argument that every non-empty finite subset of a lattice has a join (supremum) and a meet (infimum). With additional assumptions, further conclusions may be possible; see Completeness (order theory) for more discussion of this subject.

A bounded lattice has a greatest (or maximum) and least (or minimum) element, denoted 1 and 0 by convention (also called top and bottom). Any lattice can be converted into a bounded lattice by adding a greatest and least element, and every non-empty finite lattice is bounded, by taking the join (resp., meet) of all elements, denoted by (resp.) where .

A poset is a bounded lattice if and only if every finite set of elements (including the empty set) has a join and a meet. Here, the join of an empty set of elements is defined to be the least element , and the meet of the empty set is defined to be the greatest element . This convention is consistent with the associativity and commutativity of meet and join: the join of a union of finite sets is equal to the join of the joins of the sets, and dually, the meet of a union of finite sets is equal to the meet of the meets of the sets, i.e., for finite subsets A and B of a poset L,

and

hold. Taking B to be the empty set,

and

which is consistent with the fact that .

Ordered algebraic structure

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In algebra, an ordered semigroup is a semigroup (S,•) together with a partial order ≤ that is compatible with the semigroup operation, meaning that x ≤ y implies z•x ≤ z•y and x•z ≤ y•z for all x, y, z in S. If S is a group and it is ordered as a semigroup, one obtains the notion of ordered group, and similarly if S is a monoid it may be called ordered monoid. Partially ordered vector spaces and vector lattices are important in optimization with multiple objectives.[12]

Ordinal optimization in computer science and statistics

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Problems of ordinal optimization arise in many disciplines. Computer scientists study selection algorithms, which are simpler than sorting algorithms.[13][14]

Statistical decision theory studies "selection problems" that require the identification of a "best" subpopulation or of identifying a "near best" subpopulation.[15][16][17][18][19]

Applications

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Since the 1960s, the field of ordinal optimization has expanded in theory and in applications. In particular, antimatroids and the "max-plus algebra" have found application in network analysis and queuing theory, particularly in queuing networks and discrete-event systems.[20][21][22]

See also

References

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Further reading

  • Fujishige, Satoru Submodular functions and optimization. Second edition. Annals of Discrete Mathematics, 58. Elsevier B. V., Amsterdam, 2005. xiv+395 pp. ISBN 0-444-52086-4
  • Gondran, Michel; Minoux, Michel Graphs, dioids and semirings. New models and algorithms. Operations Research/Computer Science Interfaces Series, 41. Springer, New York, 2008. xx+383 pp. ISBN 978-0-387-75449-9
  • Dietrich, B. L.; Hoffman, A. J. On greedy algorithms, partially ordered sets, and submodular functions. IBM J. Res. Develop. 47 (2003), no. 1, 25–30.
  • Murota, Kazuo Discrete convex analysis. SIAM Monographs on Discrete Mathematics and Applications. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), Philadelphia, PA, 2003. xxii+389 pp. ISBN 0-89871-540-7
  • Topkis, Donald M. Supermodularity and complementarity. Frontiers of Economic Research. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1998. xii+272 pp. ISBN 0-691-03244-0
  • Singer, Ivan Abstract convex analysis. Canadian Mathematical Society Series of Monographs and Advanced Texts. A Wiley-Interscience Publication. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1997. xxii+491 pp. ISBN 0-471-16015-6
  • Björner, Anders; Ziegler, Günter M. Introduction to greedoids. Matroid applications, 284–357, Encyclopedia Math. Appl., 40, Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, 1992,
  • Zimmermann, U. Linear and combinatorial optimization in ordered algebraic structures. Ann. Discrete Math. 10 (1981), viii+380 pp.
  • Cuninghame-Green, Raymond Minimax algebra. Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, 166. Springer-Verlag, Berlin-New York, 1979. xi+258 pp. ISBN 3-540-09113-0
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  • Ho, Y.C., Sreenivas, R., Vakili, P.,"Ordinal Optimization of Discrete Event Dynamic Systems", J. of DEDS 2(2), 61-88, (1992).
  • Allen, Eric, and Marija D. Ilic. Price-Based Commitment Decisions in the Electricity Market. Advances in industrial control. London: Springer, 1999. ISBN 978-1-85233-069-9

External links

  1. ↑ Dietrich, B. L.; Hoffman, A. J. On greedy algorithms, partially ordered sets, and submodular functions. IBM J. Res. Develop. 47 (2003), no. 1, 25–30.
  2. ↑ Topkis, Donald M. Supermodularity and complementarity. Frontiers of Economic Research. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1998. xii+272 pp. ISBN 0-691-03244-0
  3. ↑ Singer, Ivan Abstract convex analysis. Canadian Mathematical Society Series of Monographs and Advanced Texts. A Wiley-Interscience Publication. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1997. xxii+491 pp. ISBN 0-471-16015-6
  4. ↑ Björner, Anders; Ziegler, Günter M. Introduction to greedoids. Matroid applications, 284–357, Encyclopedia Math. Appl., 40, Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, 1992,
  5. ↑ Fujishige, Satoru Submodular functions and optimization. Second edition. Annals of Discrete Mathematics, 58. Elsevier B. V., Amsterdam, 2005. xiv+395 pp. ISBN 0-444-52086-4
  6. ↑ Gondran, Michel; Minoux, Michel Graphs, dioids and semirings. New models and algorithms. Operations Research/Computer Science Interfaces Series, 41. Springer, New York, 2008. xx+383 pp. ISBN 978-0-387-75449-9
  7. ↑ Dietrich, B. L.; Hoffman, A. J. On greedy algorithms, partially ordered sets, and submodular functions. IBM J. Res. Develop. 47 (2003), no. 1, 25–30.
  8. ↑ Murota, Kazuo Discrete convex analysis. SIAM Monographs on Discrete Mathematics and Applications. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), Philadelphia, PA, 2003. xxii+389 pp. ISBN 0-89871-540-7
  9. ↑ Topkis, Donald M. Supermodularity and complementarity. Frontiers of Economic Research. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1998. xii+272 pp. ISBN 0-691-03244-0
  10. ↑ Zimmermann, U. Linear and combinatorial optimization in ordered algebraic structures. Ann. Discrete Math. 10 (1981), viii+380 pp.
  11. ↑ Cuninghame-Green, Raymond Minimax algebra. Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, 166. Springer-Verlag, Berlin-New York, 1979. xi+258 pp. ISBN 3-540-09113-0
  12. ↑ 20 year-old Real Estate Agent Rusty from Saint-Paul, has hobbies and interests which includes monopoly, property developers in singapore and poker. Will soon undertake a contiki trip that may include going to the Lower Valley of the Omo.

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  13. ↑ Donald Knuth. The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 3: Sorting and Searching, Third Edition. Addison-Wesley, 1997. ISBN 0-201-89685-0. Section 5.3.3: Minimum-Comparison Selection, pp.207–219.
  14. ↑ Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, and Clifford Stein. Introduction to Algorithms, Second Edition. MIT Press and McGraw-Hill, 2001. ISBN 0-262-03293-7. Chapter 9: Medians and Order Statistics, pp.183–196. Section 14.1: Dynamic order statistics, pp.302–308.
  15. ↑ Gibbons, Jean Dickinson; Olkin, Ingram, and Sobel, Milton, Selecting and Ordering of Populations, Wiley, (1977). (Republished as a Classic in Applied Mathematics by SIAM.)
  16. ↑ 20 year-old Real Estate Agent Rusty from Saint-Paul, has hobbies and interests which includes monopoly, property developers in singapore and poker. Will soon undertake a contiki trip that may include going to the Lower Valley of the Omo.

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  17. ↑ Santner, Thomas J., and Tamhane, A. C., Design of Experiments: Ranking and Selection, M. Dekker, (1984).
  18. ↑ Robert E. Bechhofer, Thomas J. Santner, David M. Goldsman. Design and Analysis of Experiments for Statistical Selection, Screening, and Multiple Comparisons. John Wiley & Sons, 1995.
  19. ↑ Friedrich Liese, Klaus-J. Miescke. 2008. Statistical Decision Theory: Estimation, Testing, and Selection. Springer Verlag.
  20. ↑ 20 year-old Real Estate Agent Rusty from Saint-Paul, has hobbies and interests which includes monopoly, property developers in singapore and poker. Will soon undertake a contiki trip that may include going to the Lower Valley of the Omo.

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  21. ↑ 20 year-old Real Estate Agent Rusty from Saint-Paul, has hobbies and interests which includes monopoly, property developers in singapore and poker. Will soon undertake a contiki trip that may include going to the Lower Valley of the Omo.

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  22. ↑ 20 year-old Real Estate Agent Rusty from Saint-Paul, has hobbies and interests which includes monopoly, property developers in singapore and poker. Will soon undertake a contiki trip that may include going to the Lower Valley of the Omo.

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