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    ok, I went to another computer and it is 11 seconds.<br>
    <br>
    rodf@eccocrr12:~$ vi *.mps<br>
    5 files to edit<br>
    rodf@eccocrr12:~$ cat reflex2014.ini<br>
    fuelregion GAS 1.00<br>
    stepstorun 30<br>
    skipnetwork<br>
    casedb casedb<br>
    usecplex<br>
    database_type mysql<br>
    dbsid reflex84 <br>
    dbuser user1 <br>
    dbpassword cisco<br>
    dbport 3306<br>
    dbhost localhost<br>
    efdplusPenalty 40000.0<br>
    efdminusPenalty 115.0<br>
    unservedPenalty 40000.0<br>
    overgenPenalty 10000.0<br>
    curtailmentPenalty 115.0<br>
    drPrice 0.0<br>
    drPMax 0.0<br>
    drELim 0.0<br>
    unitstack ioustackpgectunit<br>
    <br>
    rodf@eccocrr12:~$ cat reflex2014.ini<br>
    fuelregion GAS 1.00<br>
    stepstorun 30<br>
    skipnetwork<br>
    casedb casedb<br>
    usecplex<br>
    database_type mysql<br>
    dbsid reflex84 <br>
    dbuser user1 <br>
    dbpassword cisco<br>
    dbport 3306<br>
    dbhost localhost<br>
    efdplusPenalty 40000.0<br>
    efdminusPenalty 115.0<br>
    unservedPenalty 40000.0<br>
    overgenPenalty 10000.0<br>
    curtailmentPenalty 115.0<br>
    drPrice 0.0<br>
    drPMax 0.0<br>
    drELim 0.0<br>
    unitstack ioustack2022ct0425<br>
    <br>
    rodf@eccocrr12:~$ top<br>
    <br>
    top - 12:46:07 up 44 days,  2:08,  5 users,  load average: 0.22,
    0.17, 0.14<br>
    Tasks: 175 total,   2 running, 173 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie<br>
    Cpu(s):  1.2%us,  0.4%sy,  0.0%ni, 98.4%id,  0.0%wa,  0.0%hi, 
    0.0%si,  0.0%st<br>
    Mem:  16350428k total, 10988412k used,  5362016k free,   184284k
    buffers<br>
    Swap: 25074904k total,      160k used, 25074744k free,  8285760k
    cached<br>
    <br>
      PID USER      PR  NI  VIRT  RES  SHR S %CPU %MEM    TIME+ 
    COMMAND            <br>
     1052 root      20   0  164m  20m 9544 S    4  0.1 916:12.70
    Xorg               <br>
    25924 rodf      20   0 1014m 173m  41m S    4  1.1   1473:36
    firefox            <br>
     1545 rodf      20   0  466m  18m  12m S    2  0.1 167:36.82
    vino-server        <br>
     1529 rodf      20   0  580m  29m  14m S    1  0.2   4:41.74
    gnome-panel        <br>
     3794 rodf      20   0 1576m 1.1g  11m S    1  6.8 197:05.34
    gnome-terminal     <br>
     1357 rodf      20   0  733m  18m  12m S    0  0.1   6:11.64
    gnome-settings-    <br>
     1503 rodf      20   0  309m  24m  12m S    0  0.2 106:03.02
    compiz             <br>
     4070 rodf      20   0 2358m  81m  39m S    0  0.5  94:04.53
    mysql-workbench    <br>
        1 root      20   0 24572 2508 1352 S    0  0.0   0:01.50
    init               <br>
        2 root      20   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00
    kthreadd           <br>
        3 root      20   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:17.74
    ksoftirqd/0        <br>
        6 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.79
    migration/0        <br>
        7 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:10.12
    watchdog/0         <br>
        8 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.46
    migration/1        <br>
        9 root      20   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   9:43.36
    kworker/1:0        <br>
    rodf@eccocrr12:~$ pwd<br>
    /home/rodf<br>
    rodf@eccocrr12:~$ ls *.lp<br>
    dump-5-20121111.lp<br>
    rodf@eccocrr12:~$ ./cplex<br>
    IBM ILOG License Manager: "- Site Replacement Keys 3.2" is accessing
    CPLEX 12 with option(s): "b e m p=MAX q".<br>
    <br>
    IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio Academic Research Edition<br>
    Welcome to IBM(R) ILOG(R) CPLEX(R) Interactive Optimizer 12.4.0.0<br>
      with Simplex, Mixed Integer &amp; Barrier Optimizers<br>
    5725-A06 5725-A29 5724-Y48 5724-Y49 5724-Y54 5724-Y55<br>
    Copyright IBM Corp. 1988, 2011.  All Rights Reserved.<br>
    <br>
    Type 'help' for a list of available commands.<br>
    Type 'help' followed by a command name for more<br>
    information on commands.<br>
    <br>
    CPLEX&gt; r dump-5-20121111.lp<br>
    Warning, line 33970: Name 'tolerance_0' does not exist.<br>
    Warning, line 33971: Name 'tolerance_0' does not exist.<br>
    Warning, line 33972: Name 'tolerance_1' does not exist.<br>
    Warning, line 33973: Name 'tolerance_1' does not exist.<br>
    Warning, line 33986: Name 'tolerance_4' does not exist.<br>
    Warning, line 33987: Name 'tolerance_4' does not exist.<br>
    Warning, line 33988: Name 'tolerance_5' does not exist.<br>
    Warning, line 33989: Name 'tolerance_5' does not exist.<br>
    Warning, line 33996: Name 'tolerance_7' does not exist.<br>
    Warning, line 33997: Name 'tolerance_7' does not exist.<br>
    Warning, line 36312: Name 'tolerance_0' does not exist.<br>
    Warning, line 36312: Name 'tolerance_1' does not exist.<br>
    Warning, line 36313: Name 'tolerance_4' does not exist.<br>
    Warning, line 36313: Name 'tolerance_5' does not exist.<br>
    Warning, line 36314: Name 'tolerance_7' does not exist.<br>
    Problem 'dump-5-20121111.lp' read.<br>
    Read time =    0.07 sec.<br>
    CPLEX&gt; o<br>
    Tried aggregator 2 times.<br>
    MIP Presolve eliminated 367 rows and 2385 columns.<br>
    Aggregator did 5 substitutions.<br>
    Reduced MIP has 3344 rows, 20712 columns, and 69531 nonzeros.<br>
    Reduced MIP has 20708 binaries, 4 generals, 0 SOSs, and 0
    indicators.<br>
    Presolve time =    0.06 sec.<br>
    Probing time =    0.02 sec.<br>
    Clique table members: 52134.<br>
    MIP emphasis: balance optimality and feasibility.<br>
    MIP search method: dynamic search.<br>
    Parallel mode: deterministic, using up to 8 threads.<br>
    Root relaxation solution time =    0.34 sec.<br>
    <br>
            Nodes                                         Cuts/<br>
       Node  Left     Objective  IInf  Best Integer    Best Bound   
    ItCnt     Gap<br>
    <br>
          0     0        0.0000  1311                      0.0000      
    11         <br>
          0     2        0.0000     7                      0.0000      
    11         <br>
    Elapsed real time =   2.85 sec. (tree size =  0.01 MB, solutions =
    0)<br>
         10    10    infeasible                            0.0000    
    2624         <br>
         21    19    infeasible                            0.0000    
    7126         <br>
         28    22        0.6667    29                      0.0000   
    12124         <br>
         48    34    infeasible                            0.0000   
    38807         <br>
         54    35        0.6667    75                      0.0000   
    56192         <br>
         63    36    infeasible                            0.0000   
    70582         <br>
    *    70    41      integral     0        3.0000        0.0000   
    77046  100.00%<br>
         78    39        cutoff              3.0000        0.0000   
    87335  100.00%<br>
         88    37    infeasible              3.0000        0.0000   
    94912  100.00%<br>
        128    25        0.0000     6        3.0000        0.0000  
    141729  100.00%<br>
    Elapsed real time =  10.93 sec. (tree size =  0.02 MB, solutions =
    1)<br>
    <br>
    Root node processing (before b&amp;c):<br>
      Real time             =    2.58<br>
    Parallel b&amp;c, 8 threads:<br>
      Real time             =    8.76<br>
      Sync time (average)   =    0.01<br>
      Wait time (average)   =    0.00<br>
                              -------<br>
    Total (root+branch&amp;cut) =   11.34 sec.<br>
    <br>
    Solution pool: 1 solution saved.<br>
    <br>
    MIP - Integer optimal solution:  Objective =  3.0000000000e+00<br>
    Solution time =   11.46 sec.  Iterations = 189264  Nodes = 172<br>
    Deterministic time = 8680.56 ticks  (757.39 ticks/sec)<br>
    <br>
    CPLEX&gt; <br>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 19/05/2014 10:48 AM, Karl St-Cyr
      wrote:<br>
    </div>
    <blockquote
cite="mid:CAG2u=038afM-bYZYL3V=A_V+6s6FW=xw5e2FQOxRyvqqfFyK7w@mail.gmail.com"
      type="cite">
      <div dir="ltr">
        <p style="margin-bottom:0cm">The problem is not the feasibility
          of
          the problem but the time it takes to solve it. 130 sec is way
          above
          what I would consider acceptable for the implementation I want
          to do.
          As I stated before, a problem may be comprised of 300+ of
          these
          dumps. Most of them will be solved in a fraction of a second,
          but if
          every complex ones take 130 sec I will not be able to use this
          implementation and will be forced revert to a simpler approach
          to the
          problem that gives me lesser results.</p>
        <p style="margin-bottom:0cm"> I will keep looking for another
          solution.<br>
        </p>
        <p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><br>
        </p>
        <div class="gmail_extra"><br>
          <div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, May 17, 2014 at 1:22 AM, Rod
            Frowd <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                href="mailto:rod@frowd.net" target="_blank">rod@frowd.net</a>&gt;</span>
            wrote:<br>
            <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px
0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
              <div
                style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,0)"
                bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> This problem seems to
                solve ok with cplex:<br>
                <br>
                Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]<br>
                Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights
                reserved.<br>
                <br>
                C:\Users\Rod Frowd&gt;cd downloads<br>
                <br>
                C:\Users\Rod Frowd\Downloads&gt;cplex<br>
                <br>
                Welcome to CPLEX Interactive Optimizer 12.1.0<br>
                  with Simplex, Mixed Integer &amp; Barrier Optimizers<br>
                5724-Y48 (c) Copyright IBM Corp. 1988, 2009.  All Rights
                Reserved.<br>
                CPLEX is a registered trademark of IBM Corp.<br>
                <br>
                Type 'help' for a list of available commands.<br>
                Type 'help' followed by a command name for more<br>
                information on commands.<br>
                <br>
                <br>
                CPLEX&gt; r dump-5-20121111.lp<br>
                Warning, line 33970: Name 'tolerance_0' does not exist.<br>
                Warning, line 33971: Name 'tolerance_0' does not exist.<br>
                Warning, line 33972: Name 'tolerance_1' does not exist.<br>
                Warning, line 33973: Name 'tolerance_1' does not exist.<br>
                Warning, line 33986: Name 'tolerance_4' does not exist.<br>
                Warning, line 33987: Name 'tolerance_4' does not exist.<br>
                Warning, line 33988: Name 'tolerance_5' does not exist.<br>
                Warning, line 33989: Name 'tolerance_5' does not exist.<br>
                Warning, line 33996: Name 'tolerance_7' does not exist.<br>
                Warning, line 33997: Name 'tolerance_7' does not exist.<br>
                Warning, line 36312: Name 'tolerance_0' does not exist.<br>
                Warning, line 36312: Name 'tolerance_1' does not exist.<br>
                Warning, line 36313: Name 'tolerance_4' does not exist.<br>
                Warning, line 36313: Name 'tolerance_5' does not exist.<br>
                Warning, line 36314: Name 'tolerance_7' does not exist.<br>
                Problem 'dump-5-20121111.lp' read.<br>
                Read time =    0.08 sec.<br>
                CPLEX&gt; o<br>
                Tried aggregator 1 time.<br>
                MIP Presolve eliminated 367 rows and 2385 columns.<br>
                Aggregator did 5 substitutions.<br>
                Reduced MIP has 3344 rows, 20712 columns, and 69531
                nonzeros.<br>
                Reduced MIP has 20708 binaries, 4 generals, 0 SOSs, and
                0 indicators.<br>
                Presolve time =    0.33 sec.<br>
                Clique table members: 3322.<br>
                MIP emphasis: balance optimality and feasibility.<br>
                MIP search method: dynamic search.<br>
                Parallel mode: deterministic, using up to 8 threads.<br>
                Root relaxation solution time =    1.34 sec.<br>
                <br>
                        Nodes                                        
                Cuts/<br>
                   Node  Left     Objective  IInf  Best Integer     Best
                Node    ItCnt     Gap<br>
                <br>
                      0     0        0.0000   856                     
                0.0000     4698<br>
                      0     0        0.0000     4                   
                Fract: 2     4698<br>
                      0     0        0.0000     9                    
                Cuts: 2     4702<br>
                      0     2        0.0000     9                     
                0.0000     4702<br>
                *    83    70      integral     0        5.0000       
                0.0000    58637  100.00%<br>
                    100    80    infeasible              5.0000       
                0.0000    66047  100.00%<br>
                *   128    80      integral     0        3.0000       
                0.0000    89612  100.00%<br>
                    200    86        1.0000     4        3.0000       
                0.0000   126676  100.00%<br>
                    300   104        1.0000     4        3.0000       
                0.0000   176476  100.00%<br>
                    400   120        0.5000    59        3.0000       
                0.5000   225409   83.33%<br>
                    500    87        0.0000    33        3.0000       
                0.5000   284694   83.33%<br>
                    600    30    infeasible              3.0000       
                0.5000   345371   83.33%<br>
                    700    24    infeasible              3.0000       
                0.6667   409641   77.78%<br>
                    800     4        1.3333   100        3.0000       
                0.6667   439745   77.78%<br>
                <br>
                Zero-half cuts applied:  3<br>
                Gomory fractional cuts applied:  5<br>
                <br>
                Root node processing (before b&amp;c):<br>
                  Real time             =    6.60<br>
                Parallel b&amp;c, 8 threads:<br>
                  Real time             =  122.65<br>
                  Sync time (average)   =   42.83<br>
                  Wait time (average)   =   53.99<br>
                                          -------<br>
                Total (root+branch&amp;cut) =  129.25 sec.<br>
                <br>
                Solution pool: 2 solutions saved.<br>
                <br>
                MIP - Integer optimal solution:  Objective =
                3.0000000000e+000<br>
                Solution time =  129.65 sec.  Iterations = 442232  Nodes
                = 823<br>
                <br>
                CPLEX&gt;
                <div>
                  <div class="h5"><br>
                    <div>On 14/05/2014 5:14 AM, Karl St-Cyr wrote:<br>
                    </div>
                  </div>
                </div>
                <blockquote type="cite">
                  <div>
                    <div class="h5">
                      <div dir="ltr">
                        <p style="margin-bottom:0cm"> <font
                            color="#222222"><font face="Times New Roman,
                              serif"><font size="3">Hello again,</font></font></font></p>
                        <p style="margin-bottom:0cm"> <br>
                        </p>
                        <p style="margin-bottom:0cm"> <font
                            color="#222222"><font face="Times New Roman,
                              serif"><font size="3">First of all, I
                                would like to thanks the mailing list
                                for the support. I realize I am quite
                                new to this and your support has made
                                the whole experience much more positive
                                and has pointed me in the right
                                direction.</font></font></font></p>
                        <p style="margin-bottom:0cm"> <br>
                        </p>
                        <p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><font
                            color="#222222"><font face="Times New Roman,
                              serif"><font size="3">I realized I had
                                some bugs in the creation of my linear
                                problem and I hopefully fixed them. Even
                                with the tips I got, the "new" problem
                                is unsolvable in a decent amount of
                                time. The linear problem take over 5 000
                                seconds to solve. I've read the
                                documentation and tried different
                                combination of arguments without any
                                luck. So, once again, I'm asking for
                                some help.</font></font></font></p>
                        <p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><br>
                        </p>
                        <p style="margin-bottom:0cm"> <font
                            color="#222222"><font face="Times New Roman,
                              serif"><font size="3">Here is an instance
                                I have issues with.</font></font></font></p>
                        <p style="margin-bottom:0cm"> <br>
                        </p>
                        <p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><a
                            moz-do-not-send="true"
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                        <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 8, 2014 at
                          8:39 AM, Karl St-Cyr <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a
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                                <p style="margin-bottom:0cm">Hi,</p>
                                <p style="margin-bottom:0cm"> I'm trying
                                  to use CBC to solve my linear problem.
                                  After implementing a version of BigM I
                                  manage to find a better solution but
                                  the time to solve it is a bit too high
                                  for my needs. This is my first time
                                  using CBC and I want to make sure I'm
                                  not doing something wrong or missing a
                                  way to speed it up.</p>
                                <p style="margin-bottom:0cm">You'll find
                                  3 dump examples I have problems with
                                  in the link bellow (take note that 1
                                  problem can be composed of 300+ of
                                  theses dumps and would need to execute
                                  all of them in more or less 7 min,
                                  some of the dumps are also taking
                                  close to no time).</p>
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                                  <div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Thank
                                      you for your help</font></div>
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                                      <div><font face="arial,
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                        <div dir="ltr">Karl St-Cyr
                          <div>Développeur logiciel<br>
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                          <div>Patrik Dufresne Service Logiciel</div>
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