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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Thx : )<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Three modelling questions:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Question 1:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> Is there any advantage in defining bounds in BOUNDS section rather than in SUBJECT TO section? I.e.
is one of the following preferred for an (integer and/or continuous) variable?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">SUBJECT TO<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">I1>=0<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">I1<=10<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">0 <= I1 <= 10<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0cm"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Question 2:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> What is/is there any purpose of defining no bounds, i.e. using FREE in
BOUNDS section, for integer variables?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">BOUNDS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">I1 FREE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0cm"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Question 3:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> Is there any difference between the following two?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">(I have seen “+0” being used several places).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Thanks in advance,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Bjorn<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Haroldo Santos [mailto:haroldo.santos@gmail.com]
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<b>Sent:</b> mandag 13. november 2017 13:03<br>
<b>To:</b> Bjørn Sigurd Johansen (Spider Solutions AS) <bjorn.sigurd.johansen@spidersolutions.no><br>
<b>Cc:</b> cbc@list.coin-or.org; cbc@coin-or.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Cbc] lp file format<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">I think that there is no cbc specific (more precisely Osi) LP format documentation. The LP file format was introduced in CPLEX and I think that CPLEX has the official documentation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 5:54 AM, Bjørn Sigurd Johansen (Spider Solutions AS) <<a href="mailto:bjorn.sigurd.johansen@spidersolutions.no" target="_blank">bjorn.sigurd.johansen@spidersolutions.no</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US">Hi!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US">Is there any description on the CBC lp file format available ?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US">Or may the Cplex format description at
<a href="http://lpsolve.sourceforge.net/5.0/CPLEX-format.htm" target="_blank">http://lpsolve.sourceforge.net/5.0/CPLEX-format.htm</a> be used ?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US">Best,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US">Bjorn</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">=============================================================<br>
Haroldo Gambini Santos<br>
Computing Department<br>
Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto - UFOP<br>
email: haroldo [at ] <a href="http://iceb.ufop.br" target="_blank">iceb.ufop.br</a><br>
home/research page: <a href="http://www.decom.ufop.br/haroldo/" target="_blank">www.decom.ufop.br/haroldo</a><br>
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It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely<br>
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