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<body class='hmmessage'><div style="text-align: left;">Thanks Bob.<br><br>However, I think that I am doing what you suggest and it is not working.<br>Here is what I do.<br>I set my integer variables to a given value as follows:<br><br>let {i in T} x[i]:= xinit[i];<br><br>The solution defined by the xinit values is integer feasible.<br>However, CBC does not use this integer solution as the incumbent one in the tree, since CBC takes a lot of time and nodes in the tree before coming up with a first integer feasible solution.<br><br>So could you tell me why I am having this issue and how to resolve it?<br><br><br>Many thanks,<br><br>Pratim<br></div><br><br><br><hr id="EC_stopSpelling">From: 4er@iems.northwestern.edu<br>To: pratim_usc@hotmail.com; cbc@list.coin-or.org<br>Subject: RE: [Cbc] Initial integer feasible solution<br>Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 23:51:09 -0500<br><br>
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will automatically pass those values to the solver. Then the solver is
free to do whatever it can with them.</span></font></p>
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<p class="EC_MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 208.5pt;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black;">Bob Fourer</span></font></p>
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<p class="EC_MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; font-weight: bold;">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">
cbc-bounces@list.coin-or.org [mailto:cbc-bounces@list.coin-or.org] <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">On Behalf Of </span></b>Pratim Vakish<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, October 02, 2008
8:12 PM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> cbc@list.coin-or.org<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Cbc] Initial integer
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<p class="EC_MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Hello,<br>
<br>
I am solving large-scale MIP problems using the CBC solver and the AMPL
interface.<br>
<br>
For some problems, I know an integer feasible solution of good
"quality" and I would like CBC to use it as first incumbent solution
in the branch-and-bound tree.<br>
I think that the CBC option</span></font><font size="2" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"> </span></font><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">CbcModel::setBestSolution()
allows to do that.<br>
<br>
I use AMPL and I would like to know what is the AMPL command to use this
option?<br>
How can I tell CBC (with AMPL) which solution I would like to use as first
incumbent solution?<br>
<br>
Thanks very much,<br>
<br>
Pratim</span></font></p>
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