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I am solving my first model in CPLEX 22.1. I have setup a quadratic MIP with 100 variables and the model has been running for a day already with the best integer and best bound solutions barely changing over long periods of time. Can I pause the solver and inspect the current best solution (i.e. the vector which gives the currently best objective)?

I am also looking to apply heuristics and read in the guide that I need to modify the "MIP emphasis" parameter. Is there a way of doing this in the GUI? All I can find is "Effort level of heuristics" in the settings menus.

Select lines of log file:

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Elapsed time = 88392.21 sec. (10809704.28 ticks, tree = 107998.33 MB, solutions = 18)
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  • $\begingroup$ Can you show the log? $\endgroup$
    – Erwin Kalvelagen
    Oct 11, 2022 at 13:39
  • $\begingroup$ You cannot change the solver options while the solver is running. But you can add a settings file to your run configuration, and in there you have access to a myriad of options and settings. $\endgroup$
    – Sune
    Oct 11, 2022 at 14:50
  • $\begingroup$ @ErwinKalvelagen I've now added some lines of the Engine log $\endgroup$
    – twaits791
    Oct 11, 2022 at 16:33
  • $\begingroup$ Cplex may or may not linearize things when binary variables are quadratic (Cplex uses some ML classifier for that). Switching that approach can make a ton of difference (via QTOLIN). I can't see from this part if this can be the case. You also may try the MIPEMPHASIS and/or CUTS option. $\endgroup$
    – Erwin Kalvelagen
    Oct 11, 2022 at 17:10
  • $\begingroup$ Of course, you should also re-evaluate your problem formulation. $\endgroup$
    – Erwin Kalvelagen
    Oct 12, 2022 at 14:00

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See execution toolbar in the CPLEX IDE

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Pause / Resume will help and you can also use breakpoints with the debugger that you can use for the scripting part within OPL

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I don't think you can pause the current run. If you stop the run, inspect the solution and then instruct the solver to solve again, without changing anything in the model, it should resume where it left off (assuming warm starts are turned on, which they are by default). This works when using one of the programming APIs (C++, Java etc.), but I have not tried it from the Studio IDE, so I would recommend testing it before using it in a production run.

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