<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)">
<!--[if !mso]>
<style>
v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
</style>
<![endif]-->
<style>
<!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Tahoma;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Verdana;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
p
{mso-style-priority:99;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}
p.ecmsonormal, li.ecmsonormal, div.ecmsonormal
{mso-style-name:ec_msonormal;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}
p.ecmsochpdefault, li.ecmsochpdefault, div.ecmsochpdefault
{mso-style-name:ec_msochpdefault;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}
span.ecmsohyperlink
{mso-style-name:ec_msohyperlink;}
span.ecmsohyperlinkfollowed
{mso-style-name:ec_msohyperlinkfollowed;}
span.ecemailstyle18
{mso-style-name:ec_emailstyle18;}
span.ecemailstyle19
{mso-style-name:ec_emailstyle19;}
p.ecmsonormal1, li.ecmsonormal1, div.ecmsonormal1
{mso-style-name:ec_msonormal1;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}
span.ecmsohyperlink1
{mso-style-name:ec_msohyperlink1;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.ecmsohyperlinkfollowed1
{mso-style-name:ec_msohyperlinkfollowed1;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.ecemailstyle181
{mso-style-name:ec_emailstyle181;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D;}
span.ecemailstyle191
{mso-style-name:ec_emailstyle191;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D;}
p.ecmsochpdefault1, li.ecmsochpdefault1, div.ecmsochpdefault1
{mso-style-name:ec_msochpdefault1;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}
span.EmailStyle30
{mso-style-type:personal-reply;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:10.0pt;}
@page Section1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.Section1
{page:Section1;}
-->
</style>
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple>
<div class=Section1>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Fogot to mention that Blis is written in C++, and it API will be
C++ code. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>If only change objective coefficients, then it will be quick to
add a set objective function. If need change others like constraint matrix. It
requires a bit more work. Please let me know what you need change the
model.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Copy to chipps mailing list. Please use that mailing list
because not all people in coin-discuss might be interested in chipps.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Yan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<div>
<div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Jack Bryan
[mailto:dtustudy68@hotmail.com] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 04, 2009 11:31 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Yan Xu<br>
<b>Cc:</b> coin-discuss@list.coin-or.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Coin-discuss] coin Blis supports MPICH or MPICH2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</div>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>thanks,<br>
<br>
Does </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>parallel BLIS support API routines calling from C </span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>or C++ program ? <br>
<br>
Does </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>parallel </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Blis support some operations on MILP models ? <br>
<br>
I need some API routines to do some operations on A,b,c parameters of MILP
models <br>
and then call </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>parallel </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Verdana","sans-serif"'>BLIS solver to solve the MILP model.<br>
<br>
But, I need to change the obj. function C to the MILP model at each iteration ,
and <br>
then solve the new MILP model with </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>parallel </span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>BLIS .<br>
<br>
It means that I can not write a MILP models as an output file with mps format.<br>
I have to solve a new model with </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>parallel </span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>BLIS at each
iteration on the fly.<br>
<br>
I have used lp_solve (another open source solver) API routines to design a C
program <br>
and it works well.<br>
<br>
Now, I want to solve large MILP models so I only want to use </span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>parallel
</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>BLIS
as a black box.<br>
<br>
I want to change my original C program as little as possible so that I can <br>
focus on algorithm design not on programing with different languages.<br>
<br>
I find that lp_solve support API from C (also maybe C++).<br>
Now, I hope that </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>parallel </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Verdana","sans-serif"'>BLIS also suport API from C or C++.<br>
<br>
I plan to design a C program that can call lP_solve API routines to do some <br>
operations on A,b,c and generate a mew MILP model on the fly and then the C <br>
program can also call </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>parallel </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Verdana","sans-serif"'>BLIS API routines such that the new model <br>
can be solved by </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>parallel </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Verdana","sans-serif"'>BLIS. <br>
<br>
Any help is apprecited.<br>
<br>
Jack.<br>
Feb. 4 2009<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>
<hr size=2 width="100%" align=center id=stopSpelling>
</span></div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>From: Yan.Xu@sas.com<br>
To: dtustudy68@hotmail.com; coin-discuss@list.coin-or.org<br>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 11:01:33 -0500<br>
Subject: RE: [Coin-discuss] coin Blis supports MPICH or MPICH2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I checked my notes. Here is more details. I tried mpich-1.2.7
and mpich2-1.0.4 before. They are fine with BLIS except you need add an extra
option</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> CXXDEFS=”-DMPICH_IGNORE_CXX_SEEK”</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>in configuring command line if using mpich2-1.0.4.</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Yan</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div>
<div style='border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;
border-color:-moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color'>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Yan Xu <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 04, 2009 10:47 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Jack Bryan'; coin-discuss@list.coin-or.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Coin-discuss] coin Blis supports MPICH or MPICH2</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Jack,</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>ALPS/BLIS uses functions defined by MPI-1 only. It looks to me
that MPICH implements MPI-1 and MPICH2 implements MPI-1 and MPI-2. So, Blis
should runs fine with MPICH and MPICH2.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Hope this helps,</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Yan</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div>
<div style='border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;
border-color:-moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color'>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> coin-discuss-bounces@list.coin-or.org
[mailto:coin-discuss-bounces@list.coin-or.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jack Bryan<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 04, 2009 10:04 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> coin-discuss@list.coin-or.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Coin-discuss] coin Blis supports MPICH or MPICH2</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Hi, <br>
<br>
Blis solver supports MPICH or MPICH2 ?<br>
<br>
which version ?<br>
<br>
Any help is apprecited.<br>
<br>
Jack.<br>
Feb. 4 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>
<hr size=2 width="100%" align=center>
</span></div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Windows
Live™: Keep your life in sync. <a
href="http://windowslive.com/howitworks?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_allup_howitworks_022009">See
how it works.</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>
<hr size=2 width="100%" align=center>
</span></div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Windows
Live™: E-mail. Chat. Share. Get more ways to connect. <a
href="http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t2_allup_explore_022009"
target="_new">Check it out.</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>