This is a Julia interface to the mixed-integer linear programming solver Cbc. Cbc is a high-performance open-source solver. A basic high-level mixintprog
interface is provided through the MathProgBase package.
The supported platforms are Linux, OS X, and Windows. Binaries are provided for Windows and OS X, and will be installed by default. On Linux, Cbc will be automatically compiled from source. Ensure that a C++ compiler is installed first; on Debian-based systems, install the build-essential
package.
Using with MathProgBase
Cbc provides a solver object that can be passed to mixintprog
in MathProgBase (and used to create instances of the solver-independent AbstractMathProgModel
type):
using Cbc
using MathProgBase
mixintprog(..., CbcSolver(Option1=value1,Option2=value2,...))
see the MathProgBase documentation for further information.
Options are solver-dependent, and unfortunately not well documented. The following options are likely to be the most useful:
seconds
-- Solution timeout limit. (Must be aFloat64
)logLevel
-- Set to 1 to enable solution output.maxSolutions
-- Terminate after this many feasible solutions have been found.maxNodes
-- Terminate after this many branch-and-bound nodes have been evaluated.allowableGap
-- Terminate after optimality gap is less than this value (on an absolute scale).ratioGap
-- Terminate after optimality gap is smaller than this relative fraction.threads
-- Set the number of threads to use for parallel branch & bound
The complete list of parameters can be found by running the cbc
executable and typing ?
at the prompt.
The low-level C interface is available in the CbcCInterface
submodule:
using Cbc.CbcCInterface
Using this interface is not recommended.