Re: Branch and Bound Algorithm / Module for Python?

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On 8/19/2012 5:04 AM, Rebekka-Marie wrote:
> Hello everybody,
>
> I would like to solve a Mixed Integer Optimization Problem with the
> Branch-And-Bound Algorithm.
>
> I designed my Minimizing function and the constraints. I tested them
> in a small program in AIMMS. So I already know that they are
> solvable.
>
> Now I want to solve them using Python.
>
> Is there a module / methods that I can download or a ready-made
> program text that you know about, where I can put my constraints and
> minimization function in?

Search 'Python constraint solver' and you should find at least two programs.

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy

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Branch and Bound Algorithm / Module for Python? Rebekka-Marie <rebekkamaries@googlemail.com> - 2012-08-19 02:04 -0700
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