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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>I am using </span></font><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>ALPS</span></font></st1:place><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'> framework (version 0.95) in COPS family to
parallelize my computing program for a discrete optimization problem (Matrix Bandwidth
optimization). It looks to be a well architected and robust framework.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Due to the difficulty of
Bandwidth problem, in the current program I test for each of input bandwidth
value if there is any feasible solution for that. If yes, then it is the
necessary solution and searching should be stopped. Otherwise searching
continues until the full tree has been tested and an answer of Infeasibility
will be returned. In other words, I want the search to stop when a solution
found, not until all nodes have been pruned, both sequentially and parallelly.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Can you tell me how to
configure/program such a message/event? In the current program, in function BwTreeNode::<span
class=GramE>process(</span>bool isRoot, bool rampUp), where class <span
class=SpellE>BwTreeNode</span> inherited from class AlpsTreeNode, when a
solution found I try to using <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>-sending a message with ALPS_S_FINAL_SOL<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>-getKnowledgeBroker()->setExitStatus(AlpsExitStatusOptimal);<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>But that didn’t help,
the search keeps running until all nodes have been pruned. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Any hint, advice or solution
will be welcomed.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Khoa Vo<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place><st1:PlaceType><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Institute</span></font></st1:PlaceType><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'> of </span></font><st1:PlaceName><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Computer</span></font></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'> Science<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place><st1:PlaceType><font size=2 face=Arial><span
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size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'> of </span></font><st1:PlaceName><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Heidelberg</span></font></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Im Neuenheimer Feld 368<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>69120 </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Heidelberg</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Germany</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
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mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Email: <a
href="mailto:khoa.vo@informatik.uni-heidelberg.de">khoa.vo@informatik.uni-heidelberg.de</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Phone: 49-6221-545743<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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