[Symphony] modelling language for symphony

[Rundlett, Stuart J (Stuart)]

 Hello,

Can you quantify how much slower Symphony is than Cplex for MIP problems? Have there been any benchmark tests done?

We had been using an old (6.5) version of Cplex (with AMPL) and are now using Symphony 5.1.10 (with GMPL), but I have not been able to do any direct comparisons yet because the software runs on different processors. I have not had any major problem taking models written in AMPL for Cplex  and getting them to run with GMPL for Symphony, although a few changes are needed.

Thanks.

Stu Rundlett

-----Original Message-----
From: symphony-bounces at list.coin-or.org [mailto:symphony-bounces at list.coin-or.org] On Behalf Of Ashutosh Mahajan
Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 1:15 PM
To: G Chandramouli
Cc: symphony at list.coin-or.org
Subject: Re: [Symphony] modelling language for symphony

On Mon, 21 Sep 2009, G Chandramouli wrote:

>    Hi,
>        I am doing my thesis in MIP of location problem. I am using LINGO but
>    it is very slow. I have 400 binary variables and over 200000 constraints.

are you giving LINGO all the constraints at once? have you tried starting with
few constraints and adding only those that are violated later? 

>    I want to use symphony but I don't have a proper modelling language. AMPL
>    is costly and can't be afforded. Can I model it on AMPL limited (free)
>    version using symphony solver.

i dont think the free version allows you to model a problem with such a size.

> Can GMPL be used for modelling such a large problem? What about FLOPC++ ? 

either should work, but i havent used them myself.

> Any limitations with these languages for
>    large problems? Also suggest me an alternative , in case above languages
>    fail
>    Pls. tell me whether symphony is faster than LINGO and Cplex in case of
>    parallel systems and individual system.

we havent compared symphony to LINGO, but we are definitely slower than Cplex.
also, if you have cplex, you will most probably have access to ampl or
gams for modelling as well.

--
regards
Ashutosh Mahajan
http://coral.ie.lehigh.edu/~asm4


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