[Ipopt] Same input, different output if executed in a loop (c++)

[Antonello Lobianco]

ciao Roberto,
 you could also use a tool like valgrind to check that your algorithm
doesn't have any memory problem.

/Antonello


2014/1/7 Roberto Verdelli <roberto.verdelli at techedgegroup.com>

> Scenario: c++ code.
> Whenever I run my optimization problem with the same inputs, by double
> clicking the executable twice or more, I get the exact same output every
> time. That's logical because the algorithm is deterministic.
>
> The weird thing is that if I wrap my code in a loop that solves twice the
> same exact problem I get two different results. (in terms of number of
> iterations and value of the figure of merit)
> I checked and there's no persistent variable that could hold some result
> of the previous iteration.
>
> I guess the problem is related to the primal/dual infeasibility problem
> because, checking the verbose output, I see the divergence of the two
> solutions start as soon as the P/D infeasibility problem is solved for the
> first time (first iteration).
>
> Should this happen or should I double check for some persistent data that
> is shared between iterations? (I'm pretty sure there's no such data)
>
> Does IpOpt keep in memory something of the previous run? Is there a way to
> clear this data?
>
> Thanks for your help.
> Roberto.
>
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