Re: [boost] GSOC LP library for Boost

Subject: Re: [boost] GSOC LP library for Boost
From: Chad Seibert (chadjseibert_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-03-28 14:48:13

This is a quite reasonable approach, since the MPS file format is a common
file format for LP instances. So for library based solvers, I can interface
directly with the library, but for standalone solvers, communication with
the MPS file format ought to make things much easier.

On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Simonson, Lucanus J <
lucanus.j.simonson_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> Chad Seibert wrote:
> > That's exactly what I was thinking, I just wanted to code against
> > lp_solve
> > to start. But as I finish writing an interface against lp_solve, I can
> > generalize these interfaces to other libraries. I should be able to
> > code against the commercial CPLEX solver as well. If there are other
> > libraries that we wish to support, just let me know.
>
> You should be able to target stand alone solvers with a file IO interface
> in addition to library solvers.  Writing out the input file format, invoking
> the external process, waiting for it to finish and then reading its output
> file back in should be quite easy to do behind the scenes of the adaptor to
> the generic interface.
>
> Regards,
> Luke
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