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Microsoft Solver Foundation (MSF) is a framework for modeling optimization problems. It provides a .NET API and runtime (Solver Foudation Services) and uses a declarative modeling language (OML). MSF contains built-in solvers and interfaces with external solvers.

Microsoft Solver Foundation (MSF) is a framework for modeling optimization problems. It provides a .NET API and runtime (Solver Foundation Services) including bindings for C# and F# and a declarative modeling language (OML). MSF includes built-in solvers and can interface with many popular third-party solvers. MSF also includes interfaces to Excel and Sharepoint.

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Defining the Goal using Microsoft Solution Foundation

Program Purpose: Integration. I am implementing an adaptive quadrature (aka numerical integration) algorithm for high dimensions (up to 100). The idea is to randomly break the volume up into smaller sections by evaluating points using a sampling…
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Does Microsoft Solver Foundation fit my needs?

I'm looking into options for a linear and non-linear programming (optimization) framework. Requirements are: Support linear and non-linear programming problems with approx. 100-1000 variables and up to about 1000 constraints (I gather that is…
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How to reference Microsoft.Solver.Foundation in vs12?

I'm trying to add Solver Foundation to a project I'm working on in Visual Studio 2012, but I can't find it in the list. I opened one of the example projects, and the reference is Microsoft.Solver.Foundation however I tried searching Microsoft.S on…
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how to: solver foundation quadratic least squares

I have two independent variables, GSH and Gls. Using these two variables, I'm trying to predict an outcome, prob. Using a function of the form: prob=a*Gls^2+b*GSH^2+c*Gls+d*GSH+e // (where a,b,c,d,e are coefficients) Sample of data: Gls( 2.3 2.3…
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Microsoft Solver Foundation Location Dispersion Goal

I am trying to use the microsoft solver foundation so I could be able to select the 3 most dispersed locations out of a collection of locations. I have added two goals to my model, one that ensures 3 locations are picked and another ensuring they…
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Use Microsoft Solver Foundation in C#

I'm trying to use Microsoft Solver Foundation in my C# application in VS2010 Ultimate. I've installed MSF (64 bit version) and as far as I understand I should be able to use the services after declaring: using Microsoft.SolverFoundation; However, I…
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Using Microsoft Solver Foundation in SQL Server CLR Assembly

I currently am writing my own CLR Stored Procedure and I need to use a solver from Microsoft Solver Foundation. In order to be able to add the reference to Microsft Solver Foundation in my CLR Project, I need to add that assembly to my SQL Server…
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Microsoft.Solver.Foundation .net standard

Does anybody know if a .net standard version of the Microsoft.Solver.Foundation is going to be available or if it is going to be open sourced? We are using it in our backend service and would like to convert the service to .net core and to do it I…
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Disadvantages of using Solver Foundation for constraint programming

What are the disadvantages of using Microsoft Solver Foundation for CLP? Solver does have some support in the Express/Standard versions, but would imagine that one would need to buy the expensive Gurobi / Knitro add-ons to accomplish anything more…
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How to deal with an active model already present in Microsoft Solver Foundation?

I used the library to solve line equation, it works for one creation of a class object from this library, but when I want to re-create the object, it throws me away: System.InvalidOperationException: There is already an active model in the…
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method as goal function in Microsoft Solver Foundation?

Here is a typical optimization formulation with MSF: using Microsoft.SolverFoundation.Services; SolverContext context = SolverContext.GetContext(); Model model = context.CreateModel(); //decisions Decision xs = new Decision(Domain.Real,…
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Quotations and pattern matching in F#

In a new console application, just pasting the following code leads to the exception "The parameter is not a recognized method name". Does the following code work on your installation? Joker: Do you know any reason why it would not work on…
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Represent geographical distribution as constraint in linear prob?

I'm learning Solver Foundation right now. I'm actually plugging in lpsolve for my project, but I think my problem is a generic issue of how to best represent my constraints. I have, what I think is, a fairly typical knapsack or packing problem. I…
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F# Microsoft Solver Foundation - NelderMeadSolver class

Could anyone show me a sample code to use NelderMeadSolver class in F#? For example, I want to minimize the following function: F(X, Y) F = (X-1)^2 + (y-1)^2 where 0< X < 2 , 0< Y < 2 Answer is obviousely X = 1, Y = 1 I found an example for…
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Microsoft Solver Foundation gives wrong answer for a simple ILP

I want to solve a binary Linear Problem in C# using Microsoft Solver Foundation. I don't know why I get wrong answer. The Objective Value should be 41.1 but I get 213. The value of 5 variables should be 1 and the other ones should be 0. But I get…
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