| [557] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" standalone="no"?> |
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| [559] | 2 | <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Appendix A. FAQ</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.2"/><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="CBC User Guide"/><link rel="up" href="index.html" title="CBC User Guide"/><link rel="previous" href="ch09.html" title="Chapter 9. Messages "/><link rel="next" href="apb.html" title="Appendix B. Doxygen"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Appendix A. FAQ</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ch09.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center"> </th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="apb.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><div class="appendix" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a id="id3008960"/>Appendix A. FAQ</h2></div></div><div/></div><div class="qandaset"><table border="0" summary="Q and A Set"><col align="left" width="1%"/><tbody><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a id="id3008324"/><a id="id3008983"/><b>Q:. </b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p> |
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| [560] | 3 | What is <a href="https://projects.coin-or.org/Cbc/wiki/FAQ" target="_top">CBC</a>? |
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| [554] | 4 | </p></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b>A:. </b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p> |
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| [557] | 5 | The <a href="http://www.coin-or.org/" target="_top">COIN-OR</a> Branch and Cut code |
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| [554] | 6 | is designed to be a high quality mixed integer code provided under the terms of the |
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| 7 | <a href="http://opensource.org/licenses/cpl.php" target="_top">Common Public License</a>. |
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| 8 | CBC is written in C++, and is primarily intended to be used as a callable |
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| 9 | library (though a rudimentary stand-alone executable exists). |
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| [557] | 10 | The first documented release was .90.0 The current release is version .90.0. (JF 04/01/05) |
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| [559] | 11 | </p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a id="id3009038"/><a id="id3009041"/><b>Q:. </b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p> |
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| [554] | 12 | What are some of the features of CBC? |
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| 13 | </p></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b>A:. </b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p> |
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| [557] | 14 | CBC allows the use of any CGL cuts and the use of heuristics and |
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| 15 | specialized branching methods. (JF 04/01/05) |
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| [559] | 16 | </p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a id="id3009977"/><a id="id3009980"/><b>Q:. </b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p> |
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| [554] | 17 | How do I obtain and install CBC? |
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| 18 | </p></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b>A:. </b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p> |
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| [557] | 19 | Please see the |
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| [554] | 20 | <a href="http://www.coin-or.org/faqs.html" target="_top">COIN-OR FAQ</a> |
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| 21 | for details on how to |
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| 22 | <a href="http://www.coin-or.org/faqs.html#ObtainSrcCode" target="_top">obtain</a> |
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| 23 | and |
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| 24 | <a href="http://www.coin-or.org/faqs.html#BuildCode" target="_top">install</a> |
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| [557] | 25 | COIN-OR modules. (JF 04/01/05) |
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| [559] | 26 | </p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a id="id3010026"/><a id="id3010029"/><b>Q:. </b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p> |
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| [554] | 27 | Is CBC reliable? |
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| 28 | </p></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b>A:. </b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p> |
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| [557] | 29 | CBC has been tested on many problems, |
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| 30 | but more testing and improvement is needed before it can get to version 1.0. (JF 04/01/05) |
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| [559] | 31 | </p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a id="id3010052"/><a id="id3010055"/><b>Q:. </b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p> |
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| [554] | 32 | Is there any documentation for CBC? |
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| 33 | </p></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b>A:. </b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p> |
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| [557] | 34 | If you can see this you have the best there is:-) |
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| [554] | 35 | Also available is a list of |
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| 36 | <a href="http://www.coin-or.org/Doxygen/Cbc/" target="_top">CBC class descriptions</a> generated |
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| [557] | 37 | by <a href="http://www.doxygen.org" target="_top">Doxygen</a>. (JF 04/01/05) |
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| [559] | 38 | </p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a id="id3010093"/><a id="id3010096"/><b>Q:. </b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p> |
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| [554] | 39 | Is CBC as fast as Cplex or Xpress? |
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| 40 | </p></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b>A:. </b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p> |
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| [557] | 41 | No. However its design is much more flexible so advanced users |
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| 42 | will be able to tailor CBC to their needs. (JF 04/01/05) |
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| [559] | 43 | </p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a id="id3010119"/><a id="id3010122"/><b>Q:. </b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p> |
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| [554] | 44 | When will version 1.0 of CBC be available? |
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| 45 | </p></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b>A:. </b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p> |
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| [557] | 46 | It is expected that version 1.0 will be released in time for the 2005 |
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| 47 | <a href="http://www.informs.org" target="_top">INFORMS</a> annual meeting. (JF 04/01/05) |
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| [559] | 48 | </p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a id="id3010153"/><a id="id3010156"/><b>Q:. </b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p> |
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| [554] | 49 | What can the community do to help? |
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| 50 | </p></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b>A:. </b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p> |
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| [557] | 51 | People from all around the world are already helping. There are |
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| 52 | probably ten people who do not always post to the discussion mail list but are constantly |
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| [554] | 53 | "improving" the code by demanding performance or bug fixes or enhancements. And there |
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| [557] | 54 | are others posting questions to discussion groups. (JF 04/01/05) |
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| 55 | </p><p> |
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| 56 | A good start is to join the coin-discuss |
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| 57 | <a href="http://www.coin-or.org/mail.html" target="_top">mailing list</a> where CBC is discussed. Some |
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| 58 | other possibilities include: |
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| 59 | </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p> |
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| 60 | Comment on the design |
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| 61 | </p></li><li><p> |
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| 62 | Give feedback on the documentation and FAQs. |
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| 63 | </p></li><li><p> |
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| 64 | Break the code, or better yet -- mend it. |
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| 65 | </p></li><li><p> |
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| 66 | Tackle any of the "to-dos" listed in the Doxyen documentation and contribute back to COIN-OR. |
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| 67 | </p></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ch09.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="index.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="apb.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Chapter 9. |
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