Originally posted by: ArthurRodrigues

Is there any way to inform CPLEX of a previously known feasible solution or even previously known lower and/or upper bounds prior to MIP optimization?

Explaining better: I have a linear integer model loaded into CPLEX but I already found either a feasible solution to it or a good initial bound to its solution. So, I was wondering if there was any way to tell CPLEX about this informations, so it could take advantage of it, maybe speeding up the solving process.

Thank you for your help,

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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

What you are asking for is "MIP starts" and is explained in this and this chapter in the user manual.
You can also provide initial bounds using parameters CPX_PARAM_CUTLO or CPX_PARAM_CUTUP.
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