| Name | Units | Default Value | Validation Rule | Description |
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| Carry over MIP Time | Yes/No | 0 | In (0,-1) | If unused MIP Max Time is carried over to the next MIP solve allowing more time on harder problems |
| Cold Start Optimizer 1 | - | 0 | In (0,1,4,5,6,9,10) | First priority optimizer used to solve problems from a cold-start. |
| Cold Start Optimizer 2 | - | 0 | In (0,1,4,5,6) | Second priority optimizer used to solve problems from a cold-start. |
| Cold Start Optimizer 3 | - | 0 | In (0,1,4,5,6) | Third priority optimizer used to solve problems from a cold-start. |
| Concurrent Mode | - | 0 | In (0,1) | Mode for the concurrent optimizer |
| Feasibility Repair Failure | - | 0 | In (0,1) | Action to take if an infeasible problem cannot be repaired. |
| Feasibility Tolerance | - | 0 | ≥0 | Allowable violation of variable bounds (0 = solver default value) |
| Hot Start Optimizer 1 | - | 0 | In (0,1,4,5,6,9,10) | First priority optimizer used to solve problems from a hot-start. |
| Hot Start Optimizer 2 | - | 0 | In (0,1,4,5,6) | Second priority optimizer used to solve problems from a hot-start. |
| Hot Start Optimizer 3 | - | 0 | In (0,1,4,5,6) | Third priority optimizer used to solve problems from a hot-start. |
| Maximum Monitored MIP Iterations | - | -1 | | Maximum number of monitored row/column iterations with MIP enabled |
| Maximum Parallel Tasks | - | -1 | ≥-1 | Maximum number of parallel optimizations run concurrently, where -1 means one task per CPU. |
| Maximum Threads | - | -1 | ≥-1 | Maximum number of threads used simultaneously by all simplex and interior point optimizers, where -1 means all available threads. |
| MIP Absolute Gap | - | 0 | ≥0 | Absolute tolerance on the gap between the best integer objective and the objective of the best node remaining |
| MIP Focus | - | 0 | In (0,1,2,3) | High-level solution strategy for the MIP solver |
| MIP Improve Start Gap | - | 0 | ≥0 | Switch strategy to improving the best integer solution when this gap is reached. |
| MIP Max Relative Gap | - | 0 | ≥0 | When set to a value greater than zero, the MIP Max Time is treated as a soft constraint with optimization continuing until the MIP Max Relative Gap is reached. |
| MIP Max Relaxation Repair Time | s | -1 | ≥-1 | Maximum time allowed in repairing an infeasible mixed integer programming problem |
| MIP Max Time | s | -1 | ≥-1 | Maximum time in mixed integer programming algorithm |
| MIP Max Time with Carry over | s | -1 | ≥-1 | Maximum time in mixed integer programming algorithm including any unused time carried over |
| MIP Maximum Threads | - | -1 | ≥-1 | Maximum number of threads used by the mixed integer optimizer, where -1 means all available threads. |
| MIP Node Optimizer | - | 0 | In (0,1,4,5,6,9,10) | Optimizer used at the nodes of the branch and bound algorithm. |
| MIP Relative Gap | - | 0.0001 | ≥0 | Declare the integer solution optimal when this gap is reached between the current integer solution and best-bound linear relaxation (this is not a measure of optimality). |
| MIP Root Optimizer | - | 0 | In (0,1,4,5,6,9,10) | Optimizer used to solve the linear relaxation of a mixed-integer program. |
| MIP Start Solution | - | 1 | Between 0 And 2 | MIP solver will be warm started with previous solutions according to this setting. |
| Monitoring Maximum Threads | - | -1 | ≥-1 | Maximum number of threads for monitored constraint iterations, where -1 means all available threads. |
| Monitoring Periodic Clearing | - | 0 | ≥0 | Clear monitored constraints and variables from the formulation periodically (number of steps) |
| Objective Scalar | - | 1 | >0 | Scale the objective function internally by this factor |
| Objective Tolerance | - | 0 | ≥0 | Smallest allowable objective function coefficient |
| Optimality Tolerance | - | 0 | ≥0 | Optimality tolerance (0 = solver default value) |
| Small LP Nonzero Count | - | 250000 | >0 | Maximum number of non-zeros in a 'small' linear programming problem. |
| Small LP Optimizer | - | 0 | Between 0 And 9 | Optimizer used to solve 'small' liner programming problems. |
| SOLVER | - | 1 | In (0,1,2,3,4,6,7) | SOLVER engine used by PLEXOS. |