Initializing help system before first use

Matrix representation

For the problem input into Xpress Optimizer, the mathematical model is transformed into the following constraint matrix (Table QP matrix).

Table 14.1: QP matrix
frac1 frac2 frac3 frac4 frac5 frac6 frac7 frac8 frac9 frac10
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Oper. RHS
MinNA 0 10 13 16 19 0.5
Allfrac 1 11 14 17 110 112 114 116 118 120 122 = 1
Yield 2 52 175 268 1211 813 915 717 619 3121 2123 9
rowidx matval
colbeg 0 3 6 9 12 14 16 18 20 22 24

As in the previous chapters, the superscripts for the matrix coefficients indicate the order of the entries in the arrays rowidx and matval, the first three entries of which are highlighted (printed in italics).

The coefficients of the quadratic objective function are given by the following variance/covariance matrix (Table Variance/covariance matrix).

Table 14.2: Variance/covariance matrix
frac1 frac2 frac3 frac4 frac5 frac6 frac7 frac8 frac9 frac10
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
frac1 0 0.1
frac2 1 19 -2 4 1 1 1 0.5 10 5
frac3 2 -2 28 1 2 1 1 -2 -1
frac4 3 4 1 22 1 2 3 4
frac5 4 1 2 4 -1.5 -2 -1 1 1
frac6 5 1 1 1 -1.5 3.5 2 0.5 1 1.5
frac7 6 1 1 2 -2 2 5 0.5 1 2.5
frac8 7 0.5 -1 0.5 0.5 1 0.5 0.5
frac9 8 10 -2 3 1 1 1 0.5 25 8
frac10 9 5 -1 4 1 1.5 2.5 0.5 8 16


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