Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder1.enfer-du-nord.net!cs.uu.nl!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed5.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.000 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'python.': 0.02; 'subject:Python': 0.05; 'everybody,': 0.05; "'python": 0.07; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'terry': 0.09; 'programs.': 0.11; 'algorithm.': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'reedy': 0.16; 'subject:Branch': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.17; 'integer': 0.17; 'jan': 0.18; 'module': 0.19; 'least': 0.25; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.25; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.26; 'am,': 0.27; 'header:X-Complaints- To:1': 0.28; 'function': 0.30; 'mixed': 0.33; 'problem': 0.33; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.33; 'text': 0.34; 'subject:?': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'received:org': 0.36; 'should': 0.36; 'optimization': 0.37; 'two': 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'where': 0.40; 'header:Received:5': 0.40; 'solve': 0.62; 'about,': 0.84; 'ready-made': 0.84; 'received:fios.verizon.net': 0.84 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Terry Reedy Subject: Re: Branch and Bound Algorithm / Module for Python? Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2012 14:04:45 -0400 References: <4a2d7df3-7415-4c4b-82de-856190b296ce@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pool-173-75-251-66.phlapa.fios.verizon.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:14.0) Gecko/20120713 Thunderbird/14.0 In-Reply-To: <4a2d7df3-7415-4c4b-82de-856190b296ce@googlegroups.com> X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 21 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1345399512 news.xs4all.nl 6861 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:55391 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:27413 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