Questions tagged [c++]
For questions about solving Operations Research problems using the C++ programming language.
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Trying to add lazy constraints to traveling salesman problem
For a simple traveling salesman problem, I am trying to add the "miller-tucker-zemlin subtour elimination constraints" by using ILOLAZYCONSTRAINTCALLBACK.
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Incorporating OR-Tools in a CMake Project
I'm trying to incorporate or-tools into my cmake project.
I've tried some of the suggestions given by the project maintainers, who give a few different ways to integrate or-tools in the readme and in ...
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Python vs C++ performance on Discrete Optimization
Are there any useful resources to compare the performance of python and c++ languages in algorithms dedicated to solving discrete optimization problems?
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How to create Gurobi model using a matrix? (C++ API)
I have been working on the Gurobi (C++ API) using its reference manual for some time. I did not see any description in the manual regarding how to create the Gurobi model using a matrix and iterate ...
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How to create A, b and c matrices from very large .lp file?
I am working on Scaling MIP. I use Gurobi within Clion. I need to extract the coefficient of Xs (A matrix), right-hand side (B matrix), and an objective function(c matrix) from the .lp file and ...
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Gurobi with C++
This is not the right question to be posting here, but is anywhere a video tutorial/ written on how to link C++ header files with Gurobi?
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How to make CLion read .lp file and make Gurobi solve that file within CLion?
I am working on the scaling of a MIP using C++. I use Gurobi within CLion. The Gurobi model I use now in Clion require me to enter everything manually (model.addVar, model.addConstr...).
However, in a ...
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What kind of data structure should be used to store labels when implementing a labeling algorithm?
The shortest path problem with resource constraints is a common subproblem when doing column generation. It is often solved with a labeling algorithm. The procedure is very well explained here and ...
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The precision of the decimal number of the Cplex
I have faced a little weird problem when I use Cplex to solve my test problem. Basically, some of my data are float numbers up to three decimal numbers (For instance, 0.627). But, when I print out the ...
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Linear Optimization Library for C++ with GPU Support
Does anyone know any linear optimization libraries for C++ supporting GPUs for parallelization? If multiple, which do you recommend?
The GPU support is important to me since I am dealing with large ...
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Gurobi c++: Getting constraint matrix
I'm trying to get the constraint matrix from a Gurobi model in C++.
In Python, one can get this by simply calling a method that will populate a scipy object (see this post). However, in a C++ fashion, ...
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Invalid solutions to Piecewise Mccormick Envelope Implementation
I am currently trying to implement a piecewise McCormick envelope in Drake (c++). The current issue I am having is that the solution produced by the optimization does not produce a valid $x$ and $y$ ...
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How does CPLEX handle objective estimates passed to the makeBranch method?
I want to implement a (simple) branching heuristic through a CPLEX generic callback. There are multiple overloads of the makeBranch method in CPLEX's C++ API, see here:
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Implementing benders decomposition using Lazy and User cuts callback of Cplex
I am trying to implement benders decomposition for a simple fixed charge transportation problem for the purpose of learning. I implemented the classic Benders decomposition successfully by adding ...
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CPU time on Linux with Gurobi
I am solving a MILP model in C++ using Gurobi 10.1.
I retrieve the CPU time of my C++ program under Linux via the following commands:
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Calculated CPU time of C++ is different from actual time to solve MILP model via Gurobi
I am solving a MILP model in C++ using Gurobi 7.5.2. More specifically, I am determining the CPU time of my C++ program via the following commands:
clock_t start_time;
double elapsed_time;
start_time=...
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How to get an extreme ray of an LP from Gurobi
I am working on a problem of form
\begin{equation}
\begin{array}{l @{\quad} l}
\mathrm{max}_{x, u} & p^{\top} u
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\text{st.} & A u + a x \leq 0
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C++ code for branch and price
I looking to learn to use bpcolumn generation techniques in c++.
Does any body know of GitHub repository or any other site where I can find some code And learn about it...
The application can be ...
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Gurobi C++: adding variables with vector
I am solving an LP by using GUROBI - C++ combo.
Assume I have a variable $p \in \mathbb{R}^n$. I am adding this as a vector:
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No solution found from n MIP starts
Currently, I am working on the implementation of a MILP formulation with lazy constraints for an optimization problem, and I am using the MIP Start strategy. I am generating the integer feasible ...
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How exactly does OptionalIntervalVar work in OR-Tools?
I created OptionalIntervals for a number of tasks:
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assigning values to IntVar if and only if BoolVar, else zero [or-tools]
If I have an IntVar s[j] stored in a vector s, is it possible to iterate for (a period of ...
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OptionalIntervalVar enforced but not working OR-TOOLS
I'm using OptionalIntervalVar and then maximizing the starts. The optimal solution is not affecting the other variables that creates the ...
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Check which constraints are violated (Concert - Cplex Studio 12.10 - C++)
Currently, I am working on the implementation of a formulation for an optimization problem, at the moment I already have the MIP formulation implemented in C++ using Cplex studio 12.10 with the ...
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Modelling issue with precedence constraint in OR-Tools
I'm trying to solve an RCPSPDc model It is infeasible, although Ilog Cplex solves it, so I think I have a modelling issue. I have more constraints but the precedence is the one that makes it ...
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ValidateModel or tools in c++ and proto problems
I'm trying to validate my model, this is the relevant part of my code:
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Solving multiple easy ILP instances
I have an application where I am solving millions of ILP instances that differ from each other only on one constraint. The instances, of course, are relatively easy to solve or otherwise this would be ...
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Modelling issue with rcpsp and boolean expressions
I'm trying to solve an RCPSPDc problem in OR-Tools with CP-SAT solver.
In my RCPSPDc model (with discount rate) i want to set this objective:
$$\max_{s}\sum_{j\in J}\text{profit}_{j}\cdot \frac{1}{(1+...
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Cumulative Constraint OR-Tools
I'm trying to solve an rcpsp model.
I can't find documentation for the AddCumulative function of OR-Tools. How should this function be used?
I want to write this ...
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Precedence Constraint in OR-Tools
I'm trying to write this constraint in C++ and add it to my model (addLessOrEqual):
$$\text{start}_{i}+\text{duration}_{i}\le\text{start}_{j}$$ for an $(i,j)$ arc ...
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GUROBI Re-optimize a model
(For Linear Programming) I am aware of CPLEX's reoptimize methods. If I am not wrong, if you solve a problem and after that you add a new constraint, then you can call the reoptimize method for not to ...
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How can I implement a user-written lazy constraint callback in concert CPLEX with C++?
I am trying to implement a user-written lazy constraint callback in concert CPLEX with C++. Although I know there exists a way to implement callbacks in concert CPLEX with C++ via macros, I am looking ...
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Specify the sense of a constraint in CPLEX
I am writing a small wrapper around Gurobi and Cplex so that the models I write are solver independent. I'm very familiar with Gurobi but I'm very new to Cplex and I'm having trouble replicating ...
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CPLEX exceeds time limit issue
I am solving a MILP model using CPLEX 12.8.0, but CPLEX exceeds the time limit on some test instances. More specifically, I set the time limit for 30 minutes using the cplex.setParam(IloCplex::TiLim, ...
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Parallelization of an existing Adaptive Large Neighbourhood Search Heuristic
I am solving (or say, trying to find good solutions for) an arbitrary combinatorial optimization problem, think of it as a Vehicle Routing Problem with a bunch of side constraints that are not ...
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Correct way to get a dual extreme ray for an infeasible LP in CPLEX / C++
We are coding a Benders decomposition using CPLEX/Concert (C++) and we are having some troubles to generate a feasibility cut because we are not sure how to get an extreme ray of the dual for a primal ...
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How to implement a custom global constraint in IBM's ILOG CP optimizer
How do you implement a custom, global constraint in CP Optimizer? This is not a trivial thing to do, as CP Optimizer does not ship any examples of a custom constraint, and the documentation is very ...
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