Models

Attribute interface

MathOptInterface.is_set_by_optimizeFunction
is_set_by_optimize(::AnyAttribute)

Return a Bool indicating whether the value of the attribute is set during an optimize! call, that is, the attribute is used to query the result of the optimization.

If an attribute can be set by the user, define is_copyable instead.

An attribute cannot be both is_copyable and is_set_by_optimize.

Default fallback

This function returns false by default so it should be implemented for attributes that are set by optimize!.

Undefined behavior

Querying the value of the attribute that is_set_by_optimize before a call to optimize! is undefined and depends on solver-specific behavior.

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MathOptInterface.is_copyableFunction
is_copyable(::AnyAttribute)

Return a Bool indicating whether the value of the attribute may be copied during copy_to using set.

If an attribute is_copyable, then it cannot be modified by the optimizer, and get must always return the value that was set by the user.

If an attribute is the result of an optimization, define is_set_by_optimize instead.

An attribute cannot be both is_set_by_optimize and is_copyable.

Default fallback

By default is_copyable(attr) returns !is_set_by_optimize(attr), which is most probably true.

If an attribute should not be copied, define is_copyable(::MyAttribute) = false.

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MathOptInterface.getFunction
MOI.get(b::AbstractBridge, ::MOI.NumberOfVariables)::Int64

Return the number of variables created by the bridge b in the model.

See also MOI.NumberOfConstraints.

Implementation notes

  • There is a default fallback, so you need only implement this if the bridge adds new variables.
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MOI.get(b::AbstractBridge, ::MOI.ListOfVariableIndices)

Return the list of variables created by the bridge b.

See also MOI.ListOfVariableIndices.

Implementation notes

  • There is a default fallback, so you need only implement this if the bridge adds new variables.
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MOI.get(b::AbstractBridge, ::MOI.NumberOfConstraints{F,S})::Int64 where {F,S}

Return the number of constraints of the type F-in-S created by the bridge b.

See also MOI.NumberOfConstraints.

Implementation notes

  • There is a default fallback, so you need only implement this for the constraint types returned by added_constraint_types.
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MOI.get(b::AbstractBridge, ::MOI.ListOfConstraintIndices{F,S}) where {F,S}

Return a Vector{ConstraintIndex{F,S}} with indices of all constraints of type F-in-S created by the bride b.

See also MOI.ListOfConstraintIndices.

Implementation notes

  • There is a default fallback, so you need only implement this for the constraint types returned by added_constraint_types.
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function MOI.get(
    model::MOI.ModelLike,
    attr::MOI.AbstractConstraintAttribute,
    bridge::AbstractBridge,
)

Return the value of the attribute attr of the model model for the constraint bridged by bridge.

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get(model::GenericModel, attr::MathOptInterface.AbstractOptimizerAttribute)

Return the value of the attribute attr from the model's MOI backend.

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get(model::GenericModel, attr::MathOptInterface.AbstractModelAttribute)

Return the value of the attribute attr from the model's MOI backend.

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get(optimizer::AbstractOptimizer, attr::AbstractOptimizerAttribute)

Return an attribute attr of the optimizer optimizer.

get(model::ModelLike, attr::AbstractModelAttribute)

Return an attribute attr of the model model.

get(model::ModelLike, attr::AbstractVariableAttribute, v::VariableIndex)

If the attribute attr is set for the variable v in the model model, return its value, return nothing otherwise. If the attribute attr is not supported by model then an error should be thrown instead of returning nothing.

get(model::ModelLike, attr::AbstractVariableAttribute, v::Vector{VariableIndex})

Return a vector of attributes corresponding to each variable in the collection v in the model model.

get(model::ModelLike, attr::AbstractConstraintAttribute, c::ConstraintIndex)

If the attribute attr is set for the constraint c in the model model, return its value, return nothing otherwise. If the attribute attr is not supported by model then an error should be thrown instead of returning nothing.

get(
    model::ModelLike,
    attr::AbstractConstraintAttribute,
    c::Vector{ConstraintIndex{F,S}},
) where {F,S}

Return a vector of attributes corresponding to each constraint in the collection c in the model model.

get(model::ModelLike, ::Type{VariableIndex}, name::String)

If a variable with name name exists in the model model, return the corresponding index, otherwise return nothing. Errors if two variables have the same name.

get(
    model::ModelLike,
    ::Type{ConstraintIndex{F,S}},
    name::String,
) where {F,S}

If an F-in-S constraint with name name exists in the model model, return the corresponding index, otherwise return nothing. Errors if two constraints have the same name.

get(model::ModelLike, ::Type{ConstraintIndex}, name::String)

If any constraint with name name exists in the model model, return the corresponding index, otherwise return nothing. This version is available for convenience but may incur a performance penalty because it is not type stable. Errors if two constraints have the same name.

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MathOptInterface.get!Function
get!(output, model::ModelLike, args...)

An in-place version of get.

The signature matches that of get except that the result is placed in the vector output.

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MathOptInterface.setFunction
function MOI.set(
    model::MOI.ModelLike,
    attr::MOI.AbstractConstraintAttribute,
    bridge::AbstractBridge,
    value,
)

Set the value of the attribute attr of the model model for the constraint bridged by bridge.

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set(optimizer::AbstractOptimizer, attr::AbstractOptimizerAttribute, value)

Assign value to the attribute attr of the optimizer optimizer.

set(model::ModelLike, attr::AbstractModelAttribute, value)

Assign value to the attribute attr of the model model.

set(model::ModelLike, attr::AbstractVariableAttribute, v::VariableIndex, value)

Assign value to the attribute attr of variable v in model model.

set(
    model::ModelLike,
    attr::AbstractVariableAttribute,
    v::Vector{VariableIndex},
    vector_of_values,
)

Assign a value respectively to the attribute attr of each variable in the collection v in model model.

set(
    model::ModelLike,
    attr::AbstractConstraintAttribute,
    c::ConstraintIndex,
    value,
)

Assign a value to the attribute attr of constraint c in model model.

set(
    model::ModelLike,
    attr::AbstractConstraintAttribute,
    c::Vector{ConstraintIndex{F,S}},
    vector_of_values,
) where {F,S}

Assign a value respectively to the attribute attr of each constraint in the collection c in model model.

An UnsupportedAttribute error is thrown if model does not support the attribute attr (see supports) and a SetAttributeNotAllowed error is thrown if it supports the attribute attr but it cannot be set.

set(
    model::ModelLike,
    ::ConstraintSet,
    c::ConstraintIndex{F,S},
    set::S,
) where {F,S}

Change the set of constraint c to the new set set which should be of the same type as the original set.

set(
    model::ModelLike,
    ::ConstraintFunction,
    c::ConstraintIndex{F,S},
    func::F,
) where {F,S}

Replace the function in constraint c with func. F must match the original function type used to define the constraint.

Note

Setting the constraint function is not allowed if F is VariableIndex; a SettingVariableIndexNotAllowed error is thrown instead. This is because, it would require changing the index c since the index of VariableIndex constraints must be the same as the index of the variable.

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MathOptInterface.supportsFunction
MOI.supports(
    model::MOI.ModelLike,
    attr::MOI.AbstractConstraintAttribute,
    BT::Type{<:AbstractBridge},
)

Return a Bool indicating whether BT supports setting attr to model.

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supports(model::ModelLike, sub::AbstractSubmittable)::Bool

Return a Bool indicating whether model supports the submittable sub.

supports(model::ModelLike, attr::AbstractOptimizerAttribute)::Bool

Return a Bool indicating whether model supports the optimizer attribute attr. That is, it returns false if copy_to(model, src) shows a warning in case attr is in the ListOfOptimizerAttributesSet of src; see copy_to for more details on how unsupported optimizer attributes are handled in copy.

supports(model::ModelLike, attr::AbstractModelAttribute)::Bool

Return a Bool indicating whether model supports the model attribute attr. That is, it returns false if copy_to(model, src) cannot be performed in case attr is in the ListOfModelAttributesSet of src.

supports(
    model::ModelLike,
    attr::AbstractVariableAttribute,
    ::Type{VariableIndex},
)::Bool

Return a Bool indicating whether model supports the variable attribute attr. That is, it returns false if copy_to(model, src) cannot be performed in case attr is in the ListOfVariableAttributesSet of src.

supports(
    model::ModelLike,
    attr::AbstractConstraintAttribute,
    ::Type{ConstraintIndex{F,S}},
)::Bool where {F,S}

Return a Bool indicating whether model supports the constraint attribute attr applied to an F-in-S constraint. That is, it returns false if copy_to(model, src) cannot be performed in case attr is in the ListOfConstraintAttributesSet of src.

For all five methods, if the attribute is only not supported in specific circumstances, it should still return true.

Note that supports is only defined for attributes for which is_copyable returns true as other attributes do not appear in the list of attributes set obtained by ListOfXXXAttributesSet.

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MathOptInterface.attribute_value_typeFunction
attribute_value_type(attr::AnyAttribute)

Given an attribute attr, return the type of value expected by get, or returned by set.

Notes

  • Only implement this if it make sense to do so. If un-implemented, the default is Any.
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Model interface

MathOptInterface.is_emptyFunction
is_empty(model::ModelLike)

Returns false if the model has any model attribute set or has any variables or constraints.

Note that an empty model can have optimizer attributes set.

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MathOptInterface.empty!Function
empty!(model::ModelLike)

Empty the model, that is, remove all variables, constraints and model attributes but not optimizer attributes.

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MathOptInterface.write_to_fileFunction
write_to_file(model::ModelLike, filename::String)

Write the current model to the file at filename.

Supported file types depend on the model type.

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MathOptInterface.read_from_fileFunction
read_from_file(model::ModelLike, filename::String)

Read the file filename into the model model. If model is non-empty, this may throw an error.

Supported file types depend on the model type.

Note

Once the contents of the file are loaded into the model, users can query the variables via get(model, ListOfVariableIndices()). However, some filetypes, such as LP files, do not maintain an explicit ordering of the variables. Therefore, the returned list may be in an arbitrary order.

To avoid depending on the order of the indices, look up each variable index by name using get(model, VariableIndex, "name").

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MathOptInterface.copy_toFunction
copy_to(dest::ModelLike, src::ModelLike)::IndexMap

Copy the model from src into dest.

The target dest is emptied, and all previous indices to variables and constraints in dest are invalidated.

Returns an IndexMap object that translates variable and constraint indices from the src model to the corresponding indices in the dest model.

Notes

AbstractOptimizerAttributes are not copied to the dest model.

IndexMap

Implementations of copy_to must return an IndexMap. For technical reasons, this type is defined in the Utilities submodule as MOI.Utilities.IndexMap. However, since it is an integral part of the MOI API, we provide MOI.IndexMap as an alias.

Example

# Given empty `ModelLike` objects `src` and `dest`.

x = add_variable(src)

is_valid(src, x)   # true
is_valid(dest, x)  # false (`dest` has no variables)

index_map = copy_to(dest, src)
is_valid(dest, x) # false (unless index_map[x] == x)
is_valid(dest, index_map[x]) # true
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MathOptInterface.IndexMapType
IndexMap()

The dictionary-like object returned by copy_to.

IndexMap

Implementations of copy_to must return an IndexMap. For technical reasons, the IndexMap type is defined in the Utilities submodule as MOI.Utilities.IndexMap. However, since it is an integral part of the MOI API, we provide this MOI.IndexMap as an alias.

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Model attributes

MathOptInterface.NameType
Name()

A model attribute for the string identifying the model. It has a default value of "" if not set`.

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MathOptInterface.ObjectiveFunctionType
ObjectiveFunction{F<:AbstractScalarFunction}()

A model attribute for the objective function which has a type F<:AbstractScalarFunction.

F should be guaranteed to be equivalent but not necessarily identical to the function type provided by the user.

Throws an InexactError if the objective function cannot be converted to F, for example, the objective function is quadratic and F is ScalarAffineFunction{Float64} or it has non-integer coefficient and F is ScalarAffineFunction{Int}.

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MathOptInterface.ObjectiveFunctionTypeType
ObjectiveFunctionType()

A model attribute for the type F of the objective function set using the ObjectiveFunction{F} attribute.

Example

julia> import MathOptInterface as MOI

julia> model = MOI.Utilities.Model{Float64}();

julia> x = MOI.add_variable(model)
MOI.VariableIndex(1)

julia> MOI.set(model, MOI.ObjectiveFunction{MOI.VariableIndex}(), x)

julia> MOI.get(model, MOI.ObjectiveFunctionType())
MathOptInterface.VariableIndex
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MathOptInterface.ObjectiveSenseType
ObjectiveSense()

A model attribute for the objective sense of the objective function, which must be an OptimizationSense: MIN_SENSE, MAX_SENSE, or FEASIBILITY_SENSE. The default is FEASIBILITY_SENSE.

Interaction with ObjectiveFunction

Setting the sense to FEASIBILITY_SENSE unsets the ObjectiveFunction attribute. That is, if you first set ObjectiveFunction and then set ObjectiveSense to be FEASIBILITY_SENSE, no objective function will be passed to the solver.

In addition, some reformulations of ObjectiveFunction via bridges rely on the value of ObjectiveSense. Therefore, you should set ObjectiveSense before setting ObjectiveFunction.

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MathOptInterface.ListOfModelAttributesSetType
ListOfModelAttributesSet()

A model attribute for the Vector{AbstractModelAttribute} of all model attributes attr such that:

  1. is_copyable(attr) returns true, and
  2. the attribute was set to the model
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MathOptInterface.ListOfVariableAttributesSetType
ListOfVariableAttributesSet()

A model attribute for the Vector{AbstractVariableAttribute} of all variable attributes attr such that 1) is_copyable(attr) returns true and 2) the attribute was set to variables.

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MathOptInterface.ListOfVariablesWithAttributeSetType
ListOfVariablesWithAttributeSet(attr::AbstractVariableAttribute)

A model attribute for the Vector{VariableIndex} of all variables with the attribute attr set.

The returned list may not be minimal, so some elements may have their default value set.

Note

This is an optional attribute to implement. The default fallback is to get ListOfVariableIndices.

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MathOptInterface.ListOfConstraintsWithAttributeSetType
ListOfConstraintsWithAttributeSet{F,S}(attr:AbstractConstraintAttribute)

A model attribute for the Vector{ConstraintIndex{F,S}} of all constraints with the attribute attr set.

The returned list may not be minimal, so some elements may have their default value set.

Note

This is an optional attribute to implement. The default fallback is to get ListOfConstraintIndices.

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MathOptInterface.UserDefinedFunctionType
UserDefinedFunction(name::Symbol, arity::Int) <: AbstractModelAttribute

Set this attribute to register a user-defined function by the name of name with arity arguments.

Once registered, name will appear in ListOfSupportedNonlinearOperators.

You cannot register multiple UserDefinedFunctions with the same name but different arity.

Value type

The value to be set is a tuple containing one, two, or three functions to evaluate the function, the first-order derivative, and the second-order derivative respectively. Both derivatives are optional, but if you pass the second-order derivative you must also pass the first-order derivative.

For univariate functions with arity == 1, the functions in the tuple must have the form:

  • f(x::T)::T: returns the value of the function at x
  • ∇f(x::T)::T: returns the first-order derivative of f with respect to x
  • ∇²f(x::T)::T: returns the second-order derivative of f with respect to x.

For multivariate functions with arity > 1, the functions in the tuple must have the form:

  • f(x::T...)::T: returns the value of the function at x
  • ∇f(g::AbstractVector{T}, x::T...)::Nothing: fills the components of g, with g[i] being the first-order partial derivative of f with respect to x[i]
  • ∇²f(H::AbstractMatrix{T}, x::T...)::Nothing: fills the non-zero components of H, with H[i, j] being the second-order partial derivative of f with respect to x[i] and then x[j]. H is initialized to the zero matrix, so you do not need to set any zero elements.

Example

julia> import MathOptInterface as MOI

julia> f(x, y) = x^2 + y^2
f (generic function with 1 method)

julia> function ∇f(g, x, y)
           g .= 2 * x, 2 * y
           return
       end
∇f (generic function with 1 method)

julia> function ∇²f(H, x...)
           H[1, 1] = H[2, 2] = 2.0
           return
       end
∇²f (generic function with 1 method)

julia> model = MOI.Utilities.UniversalFallback(MOI.Utilities.Model{Float64}());

julia> MOI.set(model, MOI.UserDefinedFunction(:f, 2), (f,))

julia> MOI.set(model, MOI.UserDefinedFunction(:g, 2), (f, ∇f))

julia> MOI.set(model, MOI.UserDefinedFunction(:h, 2), (f, ∇f, ∇²f))

julia> x = MOI.add_variables(model, 2)
2-element Vector{MathOptInterface.VariableIndex}:
 MOI.VariableIndex(1)
 MOI.VariableIndex(2)

julia> MOI.set(model, MOI.ObjectiveSense(), MOI.MIN_SENSE)

julia> obj_f = MOI.ScalarNonlinearFunction(:f, Any[x[1], x[2]])
f(MOI.VariableIndex(1), MOI.VariableIndex(2))

julia> MOI.set(model, MOI.ObjectiveFunction{typeof(obj_f)}(), obj_f)

julia> print(model)
Minimize ScalarNonlinearFunction:
 f(v[1], v[2])

Subject to:
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Optimizer interface

MathOptInterface.AbstractOptimizerType
AbstractOptimizer <: ModelLike

Abstract supertype for objects representing an instance of an optimization problem tied to a particular solver. This is typically a solver's in-memory representation. In addition to ModelLike, AbstractOptimizer objects let you solve the model and query the solution.

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MathOptInterface.optimize!Method
optimize!(dest::AbstractOptimizer, src::ModelLike)::Tuple{IndexMap,Bool}

A "one-shot" call that copies the problem from src into dest and then uses dest to optimize the problem.

Returns a tuple of an IndexMap and a Bool copied.

  • The IndexMap object translates variable and constraint indices from the src model to the corresponding indices in the dest optimizer. See copy_to for details.
  • If copied == true, src was copied to dest and then cached, allowing incremental modification if supported by the solver.
  • If copied == false, a cache of the model was not kept in dest. Therefore, only the solution information (attributes for which is_set_by_optimize is true) is available to query.
Note

The main purpose of optimize! method with two arguments is for use in Utilities.CachingOptimizer.

Relationship to the single-argument optimize!

The default fallback of optimize!(dest::AbstractOptimizer, src::ModelLike) is

function optimize!(dest::AbstractOptimizer, src::ModelLike)
    index_map = copy_to(dest, src)
    optimize!(dest)
    return index_map, true
end

Therefore, subtypes of AbstractOptimizer should either implement this two-argument method, or implement both copy_to(::Optimizer, ::ModelLike) and optimize!(::Optimizer).

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MathOptInterface.instantiateFunction
instantiate(
    optimizer_constructor,
    with_cache_type::Union{Nothing,Type} = nothing,
    with_bridge_type::Union{Nothing,Type} = nothing,
)

Create an instance of an optimizer by either:

  • calling optimizer_constructor.optimizer_constructor() and setting the parameters in optimizer_constructor.params if optimizer_constructor is a OptimizerWithAttributes
  • calling optimizer_constructor() if optimizer_constructor is callable.

withcachetype

If with_cache_type is not nothing, then the optimizer is wrapped in a Utilities.CachingOptimizer to store a cache of the model. This is most useful if the optimizer you are constructing does not support the incremental interface (see supports_incremental_interface).

withbridgetype

If with_bridge_type is not nothing, the optimizer is wrapped in a Bridges.full_bridge_optimizer, enabling all the bridges defined in the MOI.Bridges submodule with coefficient type with_bridge_type.

In addition, if the optimizer created by optimizer_constructor does not support the incremental interface (see supports_incremental_interface), then, irrespective of with_cache_type, the optimizer is wrapped in a Utilities.CachingOptimizer to store a cache of the bridged model.

If with_cache_type and with_bridge_type are both not nothing, then they must be the same type.

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MathOptInterface.default_cacheFunction
default_cache(optimizer::ModelLike, ::Type{T}) where {T}

Return a new instance of the default model type to be used as cache for optimizer in a Utilities.CachingOptimizer for holding constraints of coefficient type T. By default, this returns Utilities.UniversalFallback(Utilities.Model{T}()). If copying from a instance of a given model type is faster for optimizer then a new method returning an instance of this model type should be defined.

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Optimizer attributes

MathOptInterface.SolverVersionType
SolverVersion()

An optimizer attribute for the string identifying the version of the solver.

Note

For solvers supporting semantic versioning, the SolverVersion should be a string of the form "vMAJOR.MINOR.PATCH", so that it can be converted to a Julia VersionNumber (for example, `VersionNumber("v1.2.3")).

We do not require Semantic Versioning because some solvers use alternate versioning systems. For example, CPLEX uses Calendar Versioning, so SolverVersion will return a string like "202001".

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MathOptInterface.SilentType
Silent()

An optimizer attribute for silencing the output of an optimizer. When set to true, it takes precedence over any other attribute controlling verbosity and requires the solver to produce no output. The default value is false which has no effect. In this case the verbosity is controlled by other attributes.

Note

Every optimizer should have verbosity on by default. For instance, if a solver has a solver-specific log level attribute, the MOI implementation should set it to 1 by default. If the user sets Silent to true, then the log level should be set to 0, even if the user specifically sets a value of log level. If the value of Silent is false then the log level set to the solver is the value given by the user for this solver-specific parameter or 1 if none is given.

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MathOptInterface.TimeLimitSecType
TimeLimitSec()

An optimizer attribute for setting a time limit (in seconds) for an optimization. When set to nothing, it deactivates the solver time limit. The default value is nothing.

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MathOptInterface.ObjectiveLimitType
ObjectiveLimit()

An optimizer attribute for setting a limit on the objective value.

The provided limit must be a Union{Real,Nothing}.

When set to nothing, the limit reverts to the solver's default.

The default value is nothing.

The solver may stop when the ObjectiveValue is better (lower for minimization, higher for maximization) than the ObjectiveLimit. If stopped, the TerminationStatus should be OBJECTIVE_LIMIT.

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MathOptInterface.SolutionLimitType
SolutionLimit()

An optimizer attribute for setting a limit on the number of available feasible solutions.

Default values

The provided limit must be a Union{Nothing,Int}.

When set to nothing, the limit reverts to the solver's default.

The default value is nothing.

Termination criteria

The solver may stop when the ResultCount is larger than or equal to the SolutionLimit. If stopped because of this attribute, the TerminationStatus must be SOLUTION_LIMIT.

Solution quality

The quality of the available solutions is solver-dependent. The set of resulting solutions is not guaranteed to contain an optimal solution.

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MathOptInterface.NodeLimitType
NodeLimit()

An optimizer attribute for setting a limit on the number of branch-and-bound nodes explored by a mixed-integer program (MIP) solver.

Default values

The provided limit must be a Union{Nothing,Int}.

When set to nothing, the limit reverts to the solver's default.

The default value is nothing.

Termination criteria

The solver may stop when the NodeCount is larger than or equal to the NodeLimit. If stopped because of this attribute, the TerminationStatus must be NODE_LIMIT.

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MathOptInterface.NumberOfThreadsType
NumberOfThreads()

An optimizer attribute for setting the number of threads used for an optimization. When set to nothing uses solver default. Values are positive integers. The default value is nothing.

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MathOptInterface.AbsoluteGapToleranceType
AbsoluteGapTolerance()

An optimizer attribute for setting the absolute gap tolerance for an optimization. This is an optimizer attribute, and should be set before calling optimize!. When set to nothing (if supported), uses solver default.

To set a relative gap tolerance, see RelativeGapTolerance.

Warning

The mathematical definition of "absolute gap", and its treatment during the optimization, are solver-dependent. However, assuming no other limit nor issue is encountered during the optimization, most solvers that implement this attribute will stop once $|f - b| ≤ g_{abs}$, where $b$ is the best bound, $f$ is the best feasible objective value, and $g_{abs}$ is the absolute gap.

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MathOptInterface.RelativeGapToleranceType
RelativeGapTolerance()

An optimizer attribute for setting the relative gap tolerance for an optimization. This is an optimizer attribute, and should be set before calling optimize!. When set to nothing (if supported), uses solver default.

If you are looking for the relative gap of the current best solution, see RelativeGap. If no limit nor issue is encountered during the optimization, the value of RelativeGap should be at most as large as RelativeGapTolerance.

# Before optimizing: set relative gap tolerance
# set 0.1% relative gap tolerance
MOI.set(model, MOI.RelativeGapTolerance(), 1e-3)
MOI.optimize!(model)

# After optimizing (assuming all went well)
# The relative gap tolerance has not changed...
MOI.get(model, MOI.RelativeGapTolerance())  # returns 1e-3
# ... and the relative gap of the obtained solution is smaller or equal to the
# tolerance
MOI.get(model, MOI.RelativeGap())  # should return something ≤ 1e-3
Warning

The mathematical definition of "relative gap", and its allowed range, are solver-dependent. Typically, solvers expect a value between 0.0 and 1.0.

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List of attributes useful for optimizers

MathOptInterface.TerminationStatusCodeType
TerminationStatusCode

An Enum of possible values for the TerminationStatus attribute. This attribute is meant to explain the reason why the optimizer stopped executing in the most recent call to optimize!.

Values

Possible values are:

  • OPTIMIZE_NOT_CALLED: The algorithm has not started.
  • OPTIMAL: The algorithm found a globally optimal solution.
  • INFEASIBLE: The algorithm concluded that no feasible solution exists.
  • DUAL_INFEASIBLE: The algorithm concluded that no dual bound exists for the problem. If, additionally, a feasible (primal) solution is known to exist, this status typically implies that the problem is unbounded, with some technical exceptions.
  • LOCALLY_SOLVED: The algorithm converged to a stationary point, local optimal solution, could not find directions for improvement, or otherwise completed its search without global guarantees.
  • LOCALLY_INFEASIBLE: The algorithm converged to an infeasible point or otherwise completed its search without finding a feasible solution, without guarantees that no feasible solution exists.
  • INFEASIBLE_OR_UNBOUNDED: The algorithm stopped because it decided that the problem is infeasible or unbounded; this occasionally happens during MIP presolve.
  • ALMOST_OPTIMAL: The algorithm found a globally optimal solution to relaxed tolerances.
  • ALMOST_INFEASIBLE: The algorithm concluded that no feasible solution exists within relaxed tolerances.
  • ALMOST_DUAL_INFEASIBLE: The algorithm concluded that no dual bound exists for the problem within relaxed tolerances.
  • ALMOST_LOCALLY_SOLVED: The algorithm converged to a stationary point, local optimal solution, or could not find directions for improvement within relaxed tolerances.
  • ITERATION_LIMIT: An iterative algorithm stopped after conducting the maximum number of iterations.
  • TIME_LIMIT: The algorithm stopped after a user-specified computation time.
  • NODE_LIMIT: A branch-and-bound algorithm stopped because it explored a maximum number of nodes in the branch-and-bound tree.
  • SOLUTION_LIMIT: The algorithm stopped because it found the required number of solutions. This is often used in MIPs to get the solver to return the first feasible solution it encounters.
  • MEMORY_LIMIT: The algorithm stopped because it ran out of memory.
  • OBJECTIVE_LIMIT: The algorithm stopped because it found a solution better than a minimum limit set by the user.
  • NORM_LIMIT: The algorithm stopped because the norm of an iterate became too large.
  • OTHER_LIMIT: The algorithm stopped due to a limit not covered by one of the _LIMIT_ statuses above.
  • SLOW_PROGRESS: The algorithm stopped because it was unable to continue making progress towards the solution.
  • NUMERICAL_ERROR: The algorithm stopped because it encountered unrecoverable numerical error.
  • INVALID_MODEL: The algorithm stopped because the model is invalid.
  • INVALID_OPTION: The algorithm stopped because it was provided an invalid option.
  • INTERRUPTED: The algorithm stopped because of an interrupt signal.
  • OTHER_ERROR: The algorithm stopped because of an error not covered by one of the statuses defined above.
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MathOptInterface.DUAL_INFEASIBLEConstant
DUAL_INFEASIBLE::TerminationStatusCode

An instance of the TerminationStatusCode enum.

DUAL_INFEASIBLE: The algorithm concluded that no dual bound exists for the problem. If, additionally, a feasible (primal) solution is known to exist, this status typically implies that the problem is unbounded, with some technical exceptions.

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MathOptInterface.LOCALLY_SOLVEDConstant
LOCALLY_SOLVED::TerminationStatusCode

An instance of the TerminationStatusCode enum.

LOCALLY_SOLVED: The algorithm converged to a stationary point, local optimal solution, could not find directions for improvement, or otherwise completed its search without global guarantees.

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MathOptInterface.LOCALLY_INFEASIBLEConstant
LOCALLY_INFEASIBLE::TerminationStatusCode

An instance of the TerminationStatusCode enum.

LOCALLY_INFEASIBLE: The algorithm converged to an infeasible point or otherwise completed its search without finding a feasible solution, without guarantees that no feasible solution exists.

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MathOptInterface.SOLUTION_LIMITConstant
SOLUTION_LIMIT::TerminationStatusCode

An instance of the TerminationStatusCode enum.

SOLUTION_LIMIT: The algorithm stopped because it found the required number of solutions. This is often used in MIPs to get the solver to return the first feasible solution it encounters.

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MathOptInterface.DualStatusType
DualStatus(result_index::Int = 1)

A model attribute for the ResultStatusCode of the dual result result_index. If result_index is omitted, it defaults to 1.

See ResultCount for information on how the results are ordered.

If result_index is larger than the value of ResultCount then NO_SOLUTION is returned.

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MathOptInterface.ResultCountType
ResultCount()

A model attribute for the number of results available.

Order of solutions

A number of attributes contain an index, result_index, which is used to refer to one of the available results. Thus, result_index must be an integer between 1 and the number of available results.

As a general rule, the first result (result_index=1) is the most important result (for example, an optimal solution or an infeasibility certificate). Other results will typically be alternate solutions that the solver found during the search for the first result.

If a (local) optimal solution is available, that is, TerminationStatus is OPTIMAL or LOCALLY_SOLVED, the first result must correspond to the (locally) optimal solution. Other results may be alternative optimal solutions, or they may be other suboptimal solutions; use ObjectiveValue to distinguish between them.

If a primal or dual infeasibility certificate is available, that is, TerminationStatus is INFEASIBLE or DUAL_INFEASIBLE and the corresponding PrimalStatus or DualStatus is INFEASIBILITY_CERTIFICATE, then the first result must be a certificate. Other results may be alternate certificates, or infeasible points.

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MathOptInterface.ObjectiveValueType
ObjectiveValue(result_index::Int = 1)

A model attribute for the objective value of the primal solution result_index.

If the solver does not have a primal value for the objective because the result_index is beyond the available solutions (whose number is indicated by the ResultCount attribute), getting this attribute must throw a ResultIndexBoundsError. Otherwise, if the result is unavailable for another reason (for instance, only a dual solution is available), the result is undefined. Users should first check PrimalStatus before accessing the ObjectiveValue attribute.

See ResultCount for information on how the results are ordered.

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MathOptInterface.DualObjectiveValueType
DualObjectiveValue(result_index::Int = 1)

A model attribute for the value of the objective function of the dual problem for the result_indexth dual result.

If the solver does not have a dual value for the objective because the result_index is beyond the available solutions (whose number is indicated by the ResultCount attribute), getting this attribute must throw a ResultIndexBoundsError. Otherwise, if the result is unavailable for another reason (for instance, only a primal solution is available), the result is undefined. Users should first check DualStatus before accessing the DualObjectiveValue attribute.

See ResultCount for information on how the results are ordered.

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MathOptInterface.RelativeGapType
RelativeGap()

A model attribute for the final relative optimality gap.

Warning

The definition of this gap is solver-dependent. However, most solvers implementing this attribute define the relative gap as some variation of $\frac{|b-f|}{|f|}$, where $b$ is the best bound and $f$ is the best feasible objective value.

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MathOptInterface.SimplexIterationsType
SimplexIterations()

A model attribute for the cumulative number of simplex iterations during the optimization process.

For a mixed-integer program (MIP), the return value is the total simplex iterations for all nodes.

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MathOptInterface.NodeCountType
NodeCount()

A model attribute for the total number of branch-and-bound nodes explored while solving a mixed-integer program (MIP).

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ResultStatusCode

MathOptInterface.ResultStatusCodeType
ResultStatusCode

An Enum of possible values for the PrimalStatus and DualStatus attributes.

The values indicate how to interpret the result vector.

Values

Possible values are:

  • NO_SOLUTION: the result vector is empty.
  • FEASIBLE_POINT: the result vector is a feasible point.
  • NEARLY_FEASIBLE_POINT: the result vector is feasible if some constraint tolerances are relaxed.
  • INFEASIBLE_POINT: the result vector is an infeasible point.
  • INFEASIBILITY_CERTIFICATE: the result vector is an infeasibility certificate. If the PrimalStatus is INFEASIBILITY_CERTIFICATE, then the primal result vector is a certificate of dual infeasibility. If the DualStatus is INFEASIBILITY_CERTIFICATE, then the dual result vector is a proof of primal infeasibility.
  • NEARLY_INFEASIBILITY_CERTIFICATE: the result satisfies a relaxed criterion for a certificate of infeasibility.
  • REDUCTION_CERTIFICATE: the result vector is an ill-posed certificate; see this article for details. If the PrimalStatus is REDUCTION_CERTIFICATE, then the primal result vector is a proof that the dual problem is ill-posed. If the DualStatus is REDUCTION_CERTIFICATE, then the dual result vector is a proof that the primal is ill-posed.
  • NEARLY_REDUCTION_CERTIFICATE: the result satisfies a relaxed criterion for an ill-posed certificate.
  • UNKNOWN_RESULT_STATUS: the result vector contains a solution with an unknown interpretation.
  • OTHER_RESULT_STATUS: the result vector contains a solution with an interpretation not covered by one of the statuses defined above
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MathOptInterface.INFEASIBILITY_CERTIFICATEConstant
INFEASIBILITY_CERTIFICATE::ResultStatusCode

An instance of the ResultStatusCode enum.

INFEASIBILITY_CERTIFICATE: the result vector is an infeasibility certificate. If the PrimalStatus is INFEASIBILITY_CERTIFICATE, then the primal result vector is a certificate of dual infeasibility. If the DualStatus is INFEASIBILITY_CERTIFICATE, then the dual result vector is a proof of primal infeasibility.

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MathOptInterface.REDUCTION_CERTIFICATEConstant
REDUCTION_CERTIFICATE::ResultStatusCode

An instance of the ResultStatusCode enum.

REDUCTION_CERTIFICATE: the result vector is an ill-posed certificate; see this article for details. If the PrimalStatus is REDUCTION_CERTIFICATE, then the primal result vector is a proof that the dual problem is ill-posed. If the DualStatus is REDUCTION_CERTIFICATE, then the dual result vector is a proof that the primal is ill-posed.

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Conflict Status

MathOptInterface.compute_conflict!Function
compute_conflict!(optimizer::AbstractOptimizer)

Computes a minimal subset of constraints such that the model with the other constraint removed is still infeasible.

Some solvers call a set of conflicting constraints an Irreducible Inconsistent Subsystem (IIS).

See also ConflictStatus and ConstraintConflictStatus.

Note

If the model is modified after a call to compute_conflict!, the implementor is not obliged to purge the conflict. Any calls to the above attributes may return values for the original conflict without a warning. Similarly, when modifying the model, the conflict can be discarded.

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MathOptInterface.ConflictStatusCodeType
ConflictStatusCode

An Enum of possible values for the ConflictStatus attribute. This attribute is meant to explain the reason why the conflict finder stopped executing in the most recent call to compute_conflict!.

Possible values are:

  • COMPUTE_CONFLICT_NOT_CALLED: the function compute_conflict! has not yet been called
  • NO_CONFLICT_EXISTS: there is no conflict because the problem is feasible
  • NO_CONFLICT_FOUND: the solver could not find a conflict
  • CONFLICT_FOUND: at least one conflict could be found
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MathOptInterface.ConflictParticipationStatusCodeType
ConflictParticipationStatusCode

An Enum of possible values for the ConstraintConflictStatus attribute. This attribute is meant to indicate whether a given constraint participates or not in the last computed conflict.

Values

Possible values are:

  • NOT_IN_CONFLICT: the constraint does not participate in the conflict
  • IN_CONFLICT: the constraint participates in the conflict
  • MAYBE_IN_CONFLICT: the constraint may participate in the conflict, the solver was not able to prove that the constraint can be excluded from the conflict
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