Purpose
 
 
  This function begins a search for the optimal solution of the problem. The direction of optimization is given by
 
OBJSENSE.
 
  Synopsis
 
 
 int XPRS_CC XPRSoptimize(XPRSprob prob, const char *flags, int *solvestatus, int *solstatus);
 
 
 OPTIMIZE [-flags]
 
 
  Arguments
 
 
 
  
   | 
     prob 
     | 
     The current problem.
     | 
  
   | 
     flags 
     | 
     Flags to pass to
     XPRSoptimize (
     OPTIMIZE). The default is
     "" or
     NULL. If the argument includes:
     
     
      
       | 
         s 
         | 
         solve the problem to local optimality;
         |  
       | 
         x 
         | 
         solve the problem to global optimality;
         |  
       | 
         l 
         | 
         if a branch and bound search is necessary to solve the problem, stop after solving the root node.
         |  | 
  
   | 
     solvestatus 
     | 
     The solve status after termination. Takes the same values as
     SOLVESTATUS | 
  
   | 
     solstatus 
     | 
     The solution status after termination. Takes the same values as
     SOLSTATUS | 
 
 
  Example
 
 
 See also examples
 goalprog.c, Polygon_initialvalue.c, Polygon_textformula.c, Polygon_tokens.c, Polygon_userfunc.c, Polygon_userfunc_map.c, Polygon_userfunc_mapdelta.c, Polygon_userfunc_multimap.c, Polygon_userfunc_multimapdelta.c, Polygon_userfunc_vecmap.c, Polygon_userfunc_vecmapdelta.c.
 
 
  Further information
 
  
 2.
 
XPRSoptimize automatically selects the optimization method based on the problem type. If the problem contains nonlinear formulas or a non-convex quadratic constraint or objective function, it is equivalent to calling
 
XPRSnlpoptimize, except that the
 
g flag will be applied by default. Otherwise, for a problem identified as a MIP, it is equivalent to calling
 
XPRSmipoptimize and for all other problems it is equivalent to calling
 
XPRSlpoptimize. To determine which method was selected check the
 
OPTIMIZETYPEUSED attribute. If the value is
 
XPRS_OPTIMIZETYPE_LOCAL, then you can check the
 
LOCALSOLVERSELECTED attribute to determine which local solver was selected.
 
 3. Passing the
 s flag is equivalent to setting the
 NLPSOLVER control to
 XSLP_NLPSOLVER_LOCAL. Passing the
 x flag is equivalent to setting the
 NLPSOLVER control to
 XSLP_NLPSOLVER_GLOBAL. If neither flag is passed, and if the
 NLPSOLVER control is
 XSLP_NLPSOLVER_AUTOMATIC, then this decision will be made based on problem attributes, including convexity and the presence of user functions, and which features are authorized by the license file.
 
 
 4. Any additional flags not listed above will be treated in the same way as for
 
XPRSlpoptimize,
 
XPRSmipoptimize and
 
XPRSnlpoptimize, depending on the type of optimization performed. The
 
DEFAULTALG control will also behave in the same way as for these functions.
 
 5. If there is a solve in progress,
 
XPRSoptimize will always try to continue that solve (similar to
 
XPRSmipoptimize but unlike
 
XPRSnlpoptimize, which would only do so if the
 
-c flag was given).
 
 6. The method used to solve the problem is stored in the
 
OPTIMIZETYPEUSED attribute.
 
 7. Regarding the
 l flag, a branch and bound search is required when a problem is identified as a MIP, or when the global solver is selected. This includes a problem with non-linear formulas that can be reformulated as a MIP (for example, if the formulas contain only piecewise linear functions, min/max functions or convex quadratic constraints). In these cases, passing the
 l flag will cause the Optimizer to stop after solving the initial LP relaxation.
 
 
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