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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Hi All,</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I am wondering how to construct a MIP problem by using
constraint matrix. I have done the following procedure to create a MIP problem,
</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=IT style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; si-&gt;loadProblem(*matrix, NULL, col_ub,
NULL, sense, rhs, NULL);</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=IT style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; si-&gt;setInteger(ctype, n_cols);</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:18.0pt'><font size=1 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>si-&gt;writeMps(&quot;problem&quot;);</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>However, the column type show in
&#8220;problem.mps&#8221; is still continuous. But after invoke the branchAndBound(),
the column type is changed to integer. Is it possible to obtain an integer
model before invoking the B&amp;B?</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Thanks.</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Cheers,</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Spencer</span></font></p>

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