[Cbc] solving time in C++ >> time in Gams

Christos chtsolak at gmail.com
Wed Oct 10 11:07:54 EDT 2012


Ok i solved the errors.

Now i debuged both the libs and the source code in release mode. Solving 
Time is 1/3. Still the standalone executable that i downloaded is 2.5 
times faster...

Is there any idea?

On 10/10/2012 17:21, Iain Dunning wrote:
> Compile everything in release mode - both the libraries and your project.
>
> - Iain
>
> On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 10:20 AM, Christos <chtsolak at gmail.com 
> <mailto:chtsolak at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Yes you both were right. I have compiled libraries in debug mode.
>     Thank you.
>
>     Now i compiled them in release mode, but i get 177 same errors:
>
>     error LNK2038: mismatch detected for '_ITERATOR_DEBUG_LEVEL':
>     value '0' doesn't match value '2' in test.obj
>
>     What's this?
>     (i am trying to compile project in debug mode)
>
>
>
>     On 10/10/2012 16:59, Iain Dunning wrote:
>>     I wrote that guide.
>>     Is it possible you are building your program in "Debug" mode? If
>>     the lib files are large, it suggests they are being built with
>>     debugging information...
>>     Changing to "Release" mode could create speed ups of that order.
>>
>>     Cheers,
>>     Iain
>>
>>     On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 4:39 AM, Christos <chtsolak at gmail.com
>>     <mailto:chtsolak at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         In order to help you help me i compiled my code with this
>>         method:https://projects.coin-or.org/Cbc/wiki/VSSetup
>>
>>         And as i can see lib files from repository are much smaller
>>         then these created with the above method.
>>
>>         Is this matter?
>>
>>
>>         On 9/10/2012 23:00, Christos wrote:
>>>         Very useful info!
>>>
>>>         I downloaded Cbc-2.7.5-win64-intel11.1 and run cbc.exe in
>>>         the bin folder.
>>>         I used 2 methods-commands for solving, branchAndBound and solve.
>>>
>>>         They both solved it almost 10 times faster!!!
>>>
>>>         Now, to come to a solution, i need to know what's the
>>>         differnece between solving with stand alone and simply by
>>>         calling the solver via my code which was implemented in MS
>>>         visual studio 2010..
>>>
>>>         If you can help me with this, i would have find the solution
>>>         to my big problem!
>>>         I am waiting impatiently for your words.
>>>
>>>         Thank you!
>>>
>>>         On 9/10/2012 22:26, David Ibarra Gómez wrote:
>>>>         You can find the CBC binaries here:
>>>>         https://projects.coin-or.org/CoinBinary or (here
>>>>         http://www.coin-or.org/download/binary/Cbc/). You can test
>>>>         different versions
>>>>
>>>>         From the shell you can call the executable binary. Then you
>>>>         just:
>>>>
>>>>         1. Import MPS file by just typing "import mpsfilename.mps"
>>>>         2. and then you can solve it just typing "branchAndCut"
>>>>
>>>>         Then compare the time to solve with the API.
>>>>
>>>>         A random google search to find a "recipe" could be (at the
>>>>         end of page 6):
>>>>         http://wpweb2.tepper.cmu.edu/fmargot/coin/proj5.pdf
>>>>
>>>>         Regards
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>         Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2012 20:50:04 +0300
>>>>         From: chtsolak at gmail.com <mailto:chtsolak at gmail.com>
>>>>         To: dibarra21 at hotmail.com <mailto:dibarra21 at hotmail.com>
>>>>         CC: cbc at list.coin-or.org <mailto:cbc at list.coin-or.org>
>>>>         Subject: Re: [Cbc] solving time in C++ >> time in Gams
>>>>
>>>>         i have the latest version, 2.7.7....
>>>>
>>>>         I solve it by using the default cbc solver, (i am not
>>>>         getting involved in the solver) with this way:
>>>>
>>>>         /solver1.loadProblem(numcols, numrows, start, index, value,
>>>>         collb, colub, obj, rowlb, rowub);
>>>>         CbcModel model(solver1);
>>>>         CbcMain0(model);
>>>>         const char * argv2[]={"DAS","-solve","-quit"}; //
>>>>         CbcMain1(3,argv2,model); /
>>>>
>>>>         So, i do not think that it's ommiting the presolve step, am
>>>>         i wrong?
>>>>
>>>>         Where can i find the latest version, and how can i load an
>>>>         mps file?
>>>>
>>>>         Thank you
>>>>
>>>>         On 9/10/2012 20:42, David Ibarra Gómez wrote:
>>>>
>>>>             Hi,
>>>>
>>>>             there are several things that can cause this:
>>>>
>>>>               * different solvers version,
>>>>               * solving is a complex task: presolve (cuting planes,
>>>>                 heuristics, ...) and then branch and bound (cut).
>>>>                 If you omit the first part or you do not do exactly
>>>>                 the same steps result could be different.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>             Did you try to solve using CBC CLI (stand alone
>>>>             executable) ?
>>>>
>>>>             Regards
>>>>
>>>>             ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>             Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2012 12:16:49 +0300
>>>>             From: chtsolak at gmail.com <mailto:chtsolak at gmail.com>
>>>>             To: cbc at list.coin-or.org <mailto:cbc at list.coin-or.org>
>>>>             Subject: [Cbc] solving time in C++ >> time in Gams
>>>>
>>>>             Hi all again,
>>>>
>>>>             I have 1  question for you, if i solve it, i won't
>>>>             bother you again :-P
>>>>
>>>>             I am using cbc in order to make an executable via MS
>>>>             visual studio which solves a model.
>>>>             In order to solve it, takes 60 mins
>>>>
>>>>             I have made the same problem with GAMS and solved it in
>>>>             30 secs, 120 times faster!!
>>>>
>>>>             Is it because of an error in modeling or due to the
>>>>             different interface? (exe-GAMS)
>>>>
>>>>             Why is there this enormous difference?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>             Thank you in advance.//
>>>>             //
>>>>             //
>>>>             /
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>>>>
>>>
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