NEOS Interfaces to bnbs

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bnbs

The NEOS Server offers BNBS for the solution of multi-stage stochastic LP problems. The problems have to be in SMPS format. Note that names should start with a letter.

BNBS uses a "Bouncing" Nested Benders Solver (decomposition). It utilizes either CPLEX, SOPLEX, or GLPK as LP solver.

The BNBS algorithm was developed by Fredrik Altenstedt. See his dissertation. Source code is available here.

This solver was implemented by Hans Mittelmann and executes at

Using the NEOS Server for BNBS

The user must submit a stochastic LP in SMPS format.
Note that names should start with a letter. BNBS cannot handle integer constraints.
This is the default commands file. Here are explanations.
Examples of problems in SMPS format can be found here.

Using the NEOS Server for bnbs/SMPS


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CORE file
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TIME file
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STOCH file
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Commands file (optional)
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