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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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Is there a sample using Nelder-Mead solver in Microsoft Solver Foundation?

I have been checking the examples that come with Microsoft Solver Foundation for an example using the Neler-Mead solver. The samples website says there is one, but when I open the NLP sample written in C#, all I see is the Compact Quasi-Newton…
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Binding a 2D array of doubles to a parameter in MS Solver Foundation

How to bind a 2D array to a parameter in Solver Foundation? Have tried defining the array as double(,); as double()() and as a list of tuples(double, i, j). I have also tried to implement the extension methods to SetBinding, suggested here;…
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How to use If operator in MS Solver Foundation?

What's wrong with this code?: SolverContext sc = SolverContext.GetContext(); Model m = sc.CreateModel(); m.AddDecision(new Decision(Domain.IntegerNonnegative, "a")); m.AddDecision(new Decision(Domain.IntegerNonnegative,…
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Finding optimal point on 2D area using Solver

It's my first time with Solver Foundation, and I don't understand how to specify goal function. Problem I'm trying to solve using Solver is finding optimal point on 2D surface basing on goal function. As input data, I have 3 point on this surface…
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On working with ranges of real numbers in Microsoft Solver Foundation

A solver project I am working on (C#) requires to test if there is a solution, regardless of quality, or not to a problem where some of the inputs fall within some pre-defined range of real numbers. I put together the following example that contains…
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Simple Minimization, but pass into method

I'm trying to use Solver Foundation to solve a simple one variable minimization problem (C#), but I'm new to this library and am finding an easy example hard to find... What I'm trying to do minimize using variable x: MIN[const - method(x)], where…
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Microsoft Solver Foundation - Register a constraint as string on a root model referencing a submodel variable

i have this code to solve a simple problem with Msf var solver = SolverContext.GetContext(); var model = solver.CreateModel(); //define two simple variables var decisionX = new Decision(Domain.Set(0,1,2,3,4,8), "X" ); var decisionY = new…
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Automating a custom simplex LP Excel Solver in C# code

I am trying to solve a Linear problem programmatically with C# using Microsoft Solver foundation library. Currently our business is solving the problem manually using the Excel Solver Add-in. Now, I am trying to automate the same thing in C#. I am…
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Automatic parameter tuning

I've got a an audio processing app that takes an input audio file, processes it, and spits out a modified output audio file. This audio processing app has 10-15 parameters that affect how it processes the audio, and thus affects the content of the…
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Why is Microsoft Solver Foundation not returning a solution?

I'm trying to solve my linear program with Microsoft Solver Foundation, but it doesn't return a solution. It doesn't give a clear message to what is wrong, so I'm not sure what is going on. I have checked the constraints and I believe they are coded…
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How to run Microsoft Solver Foundation in parallel tasks

I would like to run Microsoft Solver Foundation in parallel tasks. I tried with the solution below and it throws an exception "ArgumentException: exePath must be specified when not running inside a stand alone exe.". It runs fine one after another…
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Solve non-linear equation with MS Solver Foundation C#

Context I would like to solve the following equation using C# algorithms, and do not want to reinvent the wheel. I examined Math.NET, and quickly turned out it only supports solving liner matrix equations with numeric methods. Searching toward I…
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MissingMethodException using MS Solver Foundation v2.1

I am new to MS Solver Foundation and am trying to run the CompactQuasiNewtonSolver from C# but I am getting an error. The only code I have inside my main method is this: CompactQuasiNewtonSolver solver = new CompactQuasiNewtonSolver(1); but I get…
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Microsoft Foundation Solver : Job Shop Scheduling issue

I am just starting using solvers, and I still have pretty much no idea what I doing but: Lets say I have a JOB Shop Schedulling problem of sorts, and I have followed a tutorial and got a somewhat working solution, right now I am trying to expand on…
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Why noone else can run my program with MS SolverFoundation namespace in it?

I have created a program that uses Microsoft Solver Foundation, so contains a using Microsoft.SolverFoundation.Services line around the start. This required a .Net 4 Framework to be used as target framework. For me, the program runs perfect, but…
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