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# Solver Algorithms Options

## DEPS Evolutionary Algorithm

DEPS consists of two independent algorithms: Differential Evolution and Particle Swarm Optimization. Both are especially suited for numerical problems, such as nonlinear optimization, and are complementary to each other in that they even out each other’s shortcomings.

Beállítás | Leírás
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Egyed váltási rátája | Specifies the probability for an individual to choose the Differential Evolution strategy.
Assume variables as non negative | Mark to force variables to be positive only.
DE: Kereszteződés valószínűsége | Defines the probability of the individual being combined with the globally best point. If crossover is not used, the point is assembled from the own memory of the individual.
DE: Skálafaktor | During crossover, the scaling factor decides about the “speed” of movement.
Tanulási ciklusok | Defines the number of iterations, the algorithm should take. In each iteration, all individuals make a guess on the best solution and share their knowledge.
PS: Kognitív állandó | Sets the importance of the own memory (in particular the best reached point so far).
PS: Összehúzódási együttható | Defines the speed at which the particles/individuals move towards each other.
PS: Mutáció valószínűsége | Defines the probability, that instead of moving a component of the particle towards the best point, it randomly chooses a new value from the valid range for that variable.
PS: Közösségi állandó | Sets the importance of the global best point between all particles/individuals.
Show Enhanced Solver Status | If enabled, an additional dialog is shown during the solving process which gives information about the current progress, the level of stagnation, the currently best known solution as well as the possibility, to stop or resume the solver.
Populáció mérete | Defines the number of individuals to participate in the learning process. Each individual finds its own solutions and contributes to the overall knowledge.
Stagnálási korlát | If this number of individuals found solutions within a close range, the iteration is stopped and the best of these values is chosen as optimal.
Stagnálási tűréshatár | Defines in what range solutions are considered “similar”.

ACR-összehasonlító használata

If disabled (default), the BCH Comparator is used. It compares two individuals by first looking at their constraint violations and only if those are equal, it measures their current solution.

If enabled, the ACR Comparator is used. It compares two individuals dependent on the current iteration and measures their goodness with knowledge about the libraries worst known solutions (in regard to their constraint violations).

Véletlen kezdőpont használata | If enabled, the library is simply filled up with randomly chosen points. If disabled, the currently present values (as given by the user) are inserted in the library as reference point.
Változó korlátainak kitalálása | If enabled (default), the algorithm tries to find variable bounds by looking at the starting values.
Változó korlátjának küszöbe | When guessing variable bounds, this threshold specifies, how the initial values are shifted to build the bounds. For an example how these values are calculated, please refer to the Manual in the Wiki.

## SCO Evolutionary Algorithm

Social Cognitive Optimization takes into account the human behavior of learning and sharing information. Each individual has access to a common library with knowledge shared between all individuals.

Beállítás | Leírás
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Assume variables as non negative | Mark to force variables to be positive only.
Tanulási ciklusok | Defines the number of iterations, the algorithm should take. In each iteration, all individuals make a guess on the best solution and share their knowledge.
Show Enhanced Solver Status | If enabled, an additional dialog is shown during the solving process which gives information about the current progress, the level of stagnation, the currently best known solution as well as the possibility, to stop or resume the solver.
Könyvtár mérete | Defines the amount of information to store in the public library. Each individual stores knowledge there and asks for information.
Populáció mérete | Defines the number of individuals to participate in the learning process. Each individual finds its own solutions and contributes to the overall knowledge.
Stagnálási korlát | If this number of individuals found solutions within a close range, the iteration is stopped and the best of these values is chosen as optimal.
Stagnálási tűréshatár | Defines in what range solutions are considered “similar”.

ACR-összehasonlító használata

If disabled (default), the BCH Comparator is used. It compares two individuals by first looking at their constraint violations and only if those are equal, it measures their current solution.

If enabled, the ACR Comparator is used. It compares two individuals dependent on the current iteration and measures their goodness with knowledge about the libraries worst known solutions (in regard to their constraint violations).

Változó korlátainak kitalálása | If enabled (default), the algorithm tries to find variable bounds by looking at the starting values.
Változó korlátjának küszöbe | When guessing variable bounds, this threshold specifies, how the initial values are shifted to build the bounds. For an example how these values are calculated, please refer to the Manual in the Wiki.

## LibreOffice Linear Solver and CoinMP Linear solver

Beállítás | Leírás
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Assume variables as integers | Mark to force variables to be integers only.
Assume variables as non negative | Mark to force variables to be positive only.
Epszilonszint | Epsilon level. Valid values are in range 0 (very tight) to 3 (very loose). Epsilon is the tolerance for rounding values to zero.
Elágazási és kötési mélység korlátozása | Specifies the maximum branch-and-bound depth. A positive value means that the depth is absolute. A negative value means a relative branch-and-bound depth limit.
Megoldó időkorlátja | Sets the maximum time for the algorithm to converge to a solution.

## LibreOffice Swarm Non-Linear Solver (Experimental)

Beállítás | Leírás
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Assume variables as integers | Mark to force variables to be integers only.
Assume variables as non negative | Mark to force variables to be positive only.
Megoldó időkorlátja | Sets the maximum time for the algorithm to converge to a solution.
Raj alapú algoritmus | Set the swarm algorithm. 0 for differential evolution and 1 for particle swarm optimization. Default is 0.

Kapcsolódó témakörök

Solver Options

Megoldó

Wiki page on non-linear solvers and their algorithms

lp_solve reference guide in sourceforge.net