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/**@file   lpi.h
 * @ingroup LPIS
 * @brief  interface methods for specific LP solvers
 * @author Tobias Achterberg
 * @author Marc Pfetsch
 *
 */
 
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#ifndef __SCIP_LPI_H__
#define __SCIP_LPI_H__
 
#include "blockmemshell/memory.h"
#include "lpi/type_lpi.h"
#include "scip/def.h"
#include "scip/type_message.h"
#include "scip/type_retcode.h"
 
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif
 
/**@addtogroup LPIS
 *
 * This file specifies a generic LP solver interface used by SCIP to create, modify, and solve linear programs of the
 * form
 *
 * ```
 *   min/max   obj * x
 *      lhs <=   A * x  <= rhs
 *      lb  <=       x  <= ub
 * ```
 *
 * and query information about the solution. Although it includes a few SCIP header files, e.g., because it uses SCIP's
 * return codes, it can be used independently of any SCIP instance.
 *
 * The basis status for (column) variables are as follows:
 * - If x_j = lb, then j is at its lower bound (SCIP_BASESTAT_LOWER).
 * - If x_j = ub, then j is at its lower bound (SCIP_BASESTAT_UPPER).
 * - If x_j is in the basis, it has SCIP_BASESTAT_BASIC status.
 * - If x_j is free and non-basic, it has SCIP_BASESTAT_ZERO status.
 *
 * The basis status for (row) slack variables are:
 * - If (A * x)_i = lhs, then i is at its lower bound (SCIP_BASESTAT_LOWER).
 * - If (A * x)_i = rhs, then i is at its upper bound (SCIP_BASESTAT_UPPER).
 * - If the slack variable for row i is basic, it has SCIP_BASESTAT_BASIC status.
 *
 * If the solvers use their status differently, those status codes have to be corrected.
 *
 * In the methods accessing information about the (inverse of the) basis matrix, the interface assumes the following
 * column-oriented format: slack variables of rows have coefficient +1 and the basis matrix is a regular m times m
 * submatrix of (A,I), where m is the number of rows and I is the identity matrix. This means that if, internally, the
 * LP solver uses coefficients -1 for some of the slack variables, then every row associated with a slack variable whose
 * coefficient is -1 should be negated in order to return the result in terms of the LP interface definition.
 *
 * The creation of a new LP should always be done in the following ways: Either one can use SCIPlpiLoadColLP() or one
 * first adds empty columns or rows. Then the matrix entries can be added by adding columns and rows, respectively.
 * Adding matrix entries for a row or column that have not been added before will result in an error.
 *
 * The handling of the objective limit is as follows, if supported by the LP-solver: If the objective is larger than the
 * objective limit for minimization problems or smaller than the objective limit for maximization problems, the solution
 * process can be stopped. This naturally occurs in a branch-and-bound process, where the objective limit is set to the
 * value of the best solution found so far. If the problem is a minimization problem and we use the dual simplex, the
 * dual feasible solutions are maximized. If their value are larger than the objective limit, the process can be
 * stopped. In this case, no feasible integer solution can be found in the corresponding branch.
 *
 * Some LP-solvers also support the opposite setting, but this can easily be checked after the solution process (i.e.,
 * for a minimization problem a check whether the optimal value is smaller than the limit). Note that this check can
 * only be determined at the end of the optimization. Thus, we do not support this.
 *
 * @{
 */
 
/*
 * Miscellaneous Methods
 */
 
/**@name Miscellaneous Methods */
/**@{ */
 
/** gets name and version of LP solver */
SCIP_EXPORT
const char* SCIPlpiGetSolverName(
   void
   );
 
/** gets description of LP solver (developer, webpage, ...) */
SCIP_EXPORT
const char* SCIPlpiGetSolverDesc(
   void
   );
 
/** gets pointer for LP solver - use only with great care
 *
 *  The behavior of this function depends on the solver and its use is
 *  therefore only recommended if you really know what you are
 *  doing. In general, it returns a pointer to the LP solver object.
 */
SCIP_EXPORT
void* SCIPlpiGetSolverPointer(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi                 /**< pointer to an LP interface structure */
   );
 
/** pass integrality information about variables to the solver */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiSetIntegralityInformation(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< pointer to an LP interface structure */
   int                   ncols,              /**< length of integrality array */
   int*                  intInfo             /**< integrality array (0: continuous, 1: integer). May be NULL iff ncols is 0.  */
   );
 
/** informs about availability of a primal simplex solving method */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_Bool SCIPlpiHasPrimalSolve(
   void
   );
 
/** informs about availability of a dual simplex solving method */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_Bool SCIPlpiHasDualSolve(
   void
   );
 
/** informs about availability of a barrier solving method */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_Bool SCIPlpiHasBarrierSolve(
   void
   );
 
/**@} */
 
 
 
 
/*
 * LPI Creation and Destruction Methods
 */
 
/**@name LPI Creation and Destruction Methods */
/**@{ */
 
/** creates an LP problem object */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiCreate(
   SCIP_LPI**            lpi,                /**< pointer to an LP interface structure */
   SCIP_MESSAGEHDLR*     messagehdlr,        /**< message handler to use for printing messages, or NULL */
   const char*           name,               /**< problem name */
   SCIP_OBJSEN           objsen              /**< objective sense */
   );
 
/** deletes an LP problem object */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiFree(
   SCIP_LPI**            lpi                 /**< pointer to an LP interface structure */
   );
 
/**@} */
 
 
 
 
/*
 * Modification Methods
 */
 
/**@name Modification Methods */
/**@{ */
 
/** copies LP data with column matrix into LP solver */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiLoadColLP(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   SCIP_OBJSEN           objsen,             /**< objective sense */
   int                   ncols,              /**< number of columns */
   const SCIP_Real*      obj,                /**< objective function values of columns */
   const SCIP_Real*      lb,                 /**< lower bounds of columns */
   const SCIP_Real*      ub,                 /**< upper bounds of columns */
   char**                colnames,           /**< column names, or NULL */
   int                   nrows,              /**< number of rows */
   const SCIP_Real*      lhs,                /**< left hand sides of rows */
   const SCIP_Real*      rhs,                /**< right hand sides of rows */
   char**                rownames,           /**< row names, or NULL */
   int                   nnonz,              /**< number of nonzero elements in the constraint matrix */
   const int*            beg,                /**< start index of each column in ind- and val-array */
   const int*            ind,                /**< row indices of constraint matrix entries */
   const SCIP_Real*      val                 /**< values of constraint matrix entries */
   );
 
/** adds columns to the LP
 *
 *  @note ind array is not checked for duplicates, problems may appear if indices are added more than once
 */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiAddCols(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   int                   ncols,              /**< number of columns to be added */
   const SCIP_Real*      obj,                /**< objective function values of new columns */
   const SCIP_Real*      lb,                 /**< lower bounds of new columns */
   const SCIP_Real*      ub,                 /**< upper bounds of new columns */
   char**                colnames,           /**< column names, or NULL */
   int                   nnonz,              /**< number of nonzero elements to be added to the constraint matrix */
   const int*            beg,                /**< start index of each column in ind- and val-array, or NULL if nnonz == 0 */
   const int*            ind,                /**< row indices of constraint matrix entries, or NULL if nnonz == 0 */
   const SCIP_Real*      val                 /**< values of constraint matrix entries, or NULL if nnonz == 0 */
   );
 
/** deletes all columns in the given range from LP */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiDelCols(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   int                   firstcol,           /**< first column to be deleted */
   int                   lastcol             /**< last column to be deleted */
   );
 
/** deletes columns from SCIP_LPI; the new position of a column must not be greater that its old position */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiDelColset(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   int*                  dstat               /**< deletion status of columns
                                              *   input:  1 if column should be deleted, 0 if not
                                              *   output: new position of column, -1 if column was deleted */
   );
 
/** adds rows to the LP
 *
 *  @note ind array is not checked for duplicates, problems may appear if indices are added more than once
 */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiAddRows(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   int                   nrows,              /**< number of rows to be added */
   const SCIP_Real*      lhs,                /**< left hand sides of new rows */
   const SCIP_Real*      rhs,                /**< right hand sides of new rows */
   char**                rownames,           /**< row names, or NULL */
   int                   nnonz,              /**< number of nonzero elements to be added to the constraint matrix */
   const int*            beg,                /**< start index of each row in ind- and val-array, or NULL if nnonz == 0 */
   const int*            ind,                /**< column indices of constraint matrix entries, or NULL if nnonz == 0 */
   const SCIP_Real*      val                 /**< values of constraint matrix entries, or NULL if nnonz == 0 */
   );
 
/** deletes all rows in the given range from LP */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiDelRows(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   int                   firstrow,           /**< first row to be deleted */
   int                   lastrow             /**< last row to be deleted */
   );
 
/** deletes rows from SCIP_LPI; the new position of a row must not be greater that its old position */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiDelRowset(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   int*                  dstat               /**< deletion status of rows
                                              *   input:  1 if row should be deleted, 0 if not
                                              *   output: new position of row, -1 if row was deleted */
   );
 
/** clears the whole LP */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiClear(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi                 /**< LP interface structure */
   );
 
/** changes lower and upper bounds of columns */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiChgBounds(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   int                   ncols,              /**< number of columns to change bounds for */
   const int*            ind,                /**< column indices or NULL if ncols is zero */
   const SCIP_Real*      lb,                 /**< values for the new lower bounds or NULL if ncols is zero */
   const SCIP_Real*      ub                  /**< values for the new upper bounds or NULL if ncols is zero */
   );
 
/** changes left and right hand sides of rows */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiChgSides(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   int                   nrows,              /**< number of rows to change sides for */
   const int*            ind,                /**< row indices */
   const SCIP_Real*      lhs,                /**< new values for left hand sides */
   const SCIP_Real*      rhs                 /**< new values for right hand sides */
   );
 
/** changes a single coefficient */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiChgCoef(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   int                   row,                /**< row number of coefficient to change */
   int                   col,                /**< column number of coefficient to change */
   SCIP_Real             newval              /**< new value of coefficient */
   );
 
/** changes the objective sense */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiChgObjsen(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   SCIP_OBJSEN           objsen              /**< new objective sense */
   );
 
/** changes objective values of columns in the LP */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiChgObj(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   int                   ncols,              /**< number of columns to change objective value for */
   const int*            ind,                /**< column indices to change objective value for */
   const SCIP_Real*      obj                 /**< new objective values for columns */
   );
 
/** multiplies a row with a non-zero scalar; for negative scalars, the row's sense is switched accordingly */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiScaleRow(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   int                   row,                /**< row number to scale */
   SCIP_Real             scaleval            /**< scaling multiplier */
   );
 
/** multiplies a column with a non-zero scalar; the objective value is multiplied with the scalar, and the bounds
 *  are divided by the scalar; for negative scalars, the column's bounds are switched
 */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiScaleCol(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   int                   col,                /**< column number to scale */
   SCIP_Real             scaleval            /**< scaling multiplier */
   );
 
/**@} */
 
 
 
 
/*
 * Data Accessing Methods
 */
 
/**@name Data Accessing Methods */
/**@{ */
 
/** gets the number of rows in the LP */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiGetNRows(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   int*                  nrows               /**< pointer to store the number of rows */
   );
 
/** gets the number of columns in the LP */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiGetNCols(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   int*                  ncols               /**< pointer to store the number of cols */
   );
 
/** gets the objective sense of the LP */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiGetObjsen(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   SCIP_OBJSEN*          objsen              /**< pointer to store objective sense */
   );
 
/** gets the number of nonzero elements in the LP constraint matrix */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiGetNNonz(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   int*                  nnonz               /**< pointer to store the number of nonzeros */
   );
 
/** gets columns from LP problem object; the arrays have to be large enough to store all values;
 *  Either both, lb and ub, have to be NULL, or both have to be non-NULL,
 *  either nnonz, beg, ind, and val have to be NULL, or all of them have to be non-NULL.
 */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiGetCols(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   int                   firstcol,           /**< first column to get from LP */
   int                   lastcol,            /**< last column to get from LP */
   SCIP_Real*            lb,                 /**< buffer to store the lower bound vector, or NULL */
   SCIP_Real*            ub,                 /**< buffer to store the upper bound vector, or NULL */
   int*                  nnonz,              /**< pointer to store the number of nonzero elements returned, or NULL */
   int*                  beg,                /**< buffer to store start index of each column in ind- and val-array, or NULL */
   int*                  ind,                /**< buffer to store row indices of constraint matrix entries, or NULL */
   SCIP_Real*            val                 /**< buffer to store values of constraint matrix entries, or NULL */
   );
 
/** gets rows from LP problem object; the arrays have to be large enough to store all values.
 *  Either both, lhs and rhs, have to be NULL, or both have to be non-NULL,
 *  either nnonz, beg, ind, and val have to be NULL, or all of them have to be non-NULL.
 */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiGetRows(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   int                   firstrow,           /**< first row to get from LP */
   int                   lastrow,            /**< last row to get from LP */
   SCIP_Real*            lhs,                /**< buffer to store left hand side vector, or NULL */
   SCIP_Real*            rhs,                /**< buffer to store right hand side vector, or NULL */
   int*                  nnonz,              /**< pointer to store the number of nonzero elements returned, or NULL */
   int*                  beg,                /**< buffer to store start index of each row in ind- and val-array, or NULL */
   int*                  ind,                /**< buffer to store column indices of constraint matrix entries, or NULL */
   SCIP_Real*            val                 /**< buffer to store values of constraint matrix entries, or NULL */
   );
 
/** gets column names */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiGetColNames(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   int                   firstcol,           /**< first column to get name from LP */
   int                   lastcol,            /**< last column to get name from LP */
   char**                colnames,           /**< pointers to column names (of size at least lastcol-firstcol+1) or NULL if namestoragesize is zero */
   char*                 namestorage,        /**< storage for col names or NULL if namestoragesize is zero */
   int                   namestoragesize,    /**< size of namestorage (if 0, -storageleft returns the storage needed) */
   int*                  storageleft         /**< amount of storage left (if < 0 the namestorage was not big enough) or NULL if namestoragesize is zero */
   );
 
/** gets row names */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiGetRowNames(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   int                   firstrow,           /**< first row to get name from LP */
   int                   lastrow,            /**< last row to get name from LP */
   char**                rownames,           /**< pointers to row names (of size at least lastrow-firstrow+1) or NULL if namestoragesize is zero */
   char*                 namestorage,        /**< storage for row names or NULL if namestoragesize is zero */
   int                   namestoragesize,    /**< size of namestorage (if 0, -storageleft returns the storage needed) */
   int*                  storageleft         /**< amount of storage left (if < 0 the namestorage was not big enough) or NULL if namestoragesize is zero */
   );
 
/** gets objective coefficients from LP problem object */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiGetObj(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   int                   firstcol,           /**< first column to get objective coefficient for */
   int                   lastcol,            /**< last column to get objective coefficient for */
   SCIP_Real*            vals                /**< array to store objective coefficients */
   );
 
/** gets current bounds from LP problem object */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiGetBounds(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   int                   firstcol,           /**< first column to get bounds for */
   int                   lastcol,            /**< last column to get bounds for */
   SCIP_Real*            lbs,                /**< array to store lower bound values, or NULL */
   SCIP_Real*            ubs                 /**< array to store upper bound values, or NULL */
   );
 
/** gets current row sides from LP problem object */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiGetSides(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   int                   firstrow,           /**< first row to get sides for */
   int                   lastrow,            /**< last row to get sides for */
   SCIP_Real*            lhss,               /**< array to store left hand side values, or NULL */
   SCIP_Real*            rhss                /**< array to store right hand side values, or NULL */
   );
 
/** gets a single coefficient */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiGetCoef(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   int                   row,                /**< row number of coefficient */
   int                   col,                /**< column number of coefficient */
   SCIP_Real*            val                 /**< pointer to store the value of the coefficient */
   );
 
/**@} */
 
 
 
 
/*
 * Solving Methods
 */
 
/**@name Solving Methods */
/**@{ */
 
/** calls primal simplex to solve the LP */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiSolvePrimal(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi                 /**< LP interface structure */
   );
 
/** calls dual simplex to solve the LP */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiSolveDual(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi                 /**< LP interface structure */
   );
 
/** calls barrier or interior point algorithm to solve the LP with crossover to simplex basis */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiSolveBarrier(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   SCIP_Bool             crossover           /**< perform crossover */
   );
 
/** start strong branching - call before any strong branching */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiStartStrongbranch(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi                 /**< LP interface structure */
   );
 
/** end strong branching - call after any strong branching */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiEndStrongbranch(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi                 /**< LP interface structure */
   );
 
/** performs strong branching iterations on one @b fractional candidate */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiStrongbranchFrac(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   int                   col,                /**< column to apply strong branching on */
   SCIP_Real             psol,               /**< fractional current primal solution value of column */
   int                   itlim,              /**< iteration limit for strong branchings */
   SCIP_Real*            down,               /**< stores dual bound after branching column down */
   SCIP_Real*            up,                 /**< stores dual bound after branching column up */
   SCIP_Bool*            downvalid,          /**< stores whether the returned down value is a valid dual bound;
                                              *   otherwise, it can only be used as an estimate value */
   SCIP_Bool*            upvalid,            /**< stores whether the returned up value is a valid dual bound;
                                              *   otherwise, it can only be used as an estimate value */
   int*                  iter                /**< stores total number of strong branching iterations, or -1; may be NULL */
   );
 
/** performs strong branching iterations on given @b fractional candidates */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiStrongbranchesFrac(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   int*                  cols,               /**< columns to apply strong branching on */
   int                   ncols,              /**< number of columns */
   SCIP_Real*            psols,              /**< fractional current primal solution values of columns */
   int                   itlim,              /**< iteration limit for strong branchings */
   SCIP_Real*            down,               /**< stores dual bounds after branching columns down */
   SCIP_Real*            up,                 /**< stores dual bounds after branching columns up */
   SCIP_Bool*            downvalid,          /**< stores whether the returned down values are valid dual bounds;
                                              *   otherwise, they can only be used as an estimate values */
   SCIP_Bool*            upvalid,            /**< stores whether the returned up values are a valid dual bounds;
                                              *   otherwise, they can only be used as an estimate values */
   int*                  iter                /**< stores total number of strong branching iterations, or -1; may be NULL */
   );
 
/** performs strong branching iterations on one candidate with @b integral value */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiStrongbranchInt(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   int                   col,                /**< column to apply strong branching on */
   SCIP_Real             psol,               /**< current integral primal solution value of column */
   int                   itlim,              /**< iteration limit for strong branchings */
   SCIP_Real*            down,               /**< stores dual bound after branching column down */
   SCIP_Real*            up,                 /**< stores dual bound after branching column up */
   SCIP_Bool*            downvalid,          /**< stores whether the returned down value is a valid dual bound;
                                              *   otherwise, it can only be used as an estimate value */
   SCIP_Bool*            upvalid,            /**< stores whether the returned up value is a valid dual bound;
                                              *   otherwise, it can only be used as an estimate value */
   int*                  iter                /**< stores total number of strong branching iterations, or -1; may be NULL */
   );
 
/** performs strong branching iterations on given candidates with @b integral values */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiStrongbranchesInt(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   int*                  cols,               /**< columns to apply strong branching on */
   int                   ncols,              /**< number of columns */
   SCIP_Real*            psols,              /**< current integral primal solution values of columns */
   int                   itlim,              /**< iteration limit for strong branchings */
   SCIP_Real*            down,               /**< stores dual bounds after branching columns down */
   SCIP_Real*            up,                 /**< stores dual bounds after branching columns up */
   SCIP_Bool*            downvalid,          /**< stores whether the returned down values are valid dual bounds;
                                              *   otherwise, they can only be used as an estimate values */
   SCIP_Bool*            upvalid,            /**< stores whether the returned up values are a valid dual bounds;
                                              *   otherwise, they can only be used as an estimate values */
   int*                  iter                /**< stores total number of strong branching iterations, or -1; may be NULL */
   );
/**@} */
 
 
 
 
/*
 * Solution Information Methods
 */
 
/**@name Solution Information Methods */
/**@{ */
 
/** returns whether a solve method was called after the last modification of the LP */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_Bool SCIPlpiWasSolved(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi                 /**< LP interface structure */
   );
 
/** gets information about primal and dual feasibility of the current LP solution
 *
 *  The feasibility information is with respect to the last solving call and it is only relevant if SCIPlpiWasSolved()
 *  returns true. If the LP is changed, this information might be invalidated.
 *
 *  Note that @p primalfeasible and @p dualfeasible should only return true if the solver has proved the respective LP to
 *  be feasible. Thus, the return values should be equal to the values of SCIPlpiIsPrimalFeasible() and
 *  SCIPlpiIsDualFeasible(), respectively. Note that if feasibility cannot be proved, they should return false (even if
 *  the problem might actually be feasible).
 */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiGetSolFeasibility(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   SCIP_Bool*            primalfeasible,     /**< pointer to store primal feasibility status */
   SCIP_Bool*            dualfeasible        /**< pointer to store dual feasibility status */
   );
 
/** returns TRUE iff LP is proven to have a primal unbounded ray (but not necessary a primal feasible point);
 *  this does not necessarily mean, that the solver knows and can return the primal ray
 */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_Bool SCIPlpiExistsPrimalRay(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi                 /**< LP interface structure */
   );
 
/** returns TRUE iff LP is proven to have a primal unbounded ray (but not necessary a primal feasible point),
 *  and the solver knows and can return the primal ray
 */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_Bool SCIPlpiHasPrimalRay(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi                 /**< LP interface structure */
   );
 
/** returns TRUE iff LP is proven to be primal unbounded */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_Bool SCIPlpiIsPrimalUnbounded(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi                 /**< LP interface structure */
   );
 
/** returns TRUE iff LP is proven to be primal infeasible */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_Bool SCIPlpiIsPrimalInfeasible(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi                 /**< LP interface structure */
   );
 
/** returns TRUE iff LP is proven to be primal feasible */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_Bool SCIPlpiIsPrimalFeasible(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi                 /**< LP interface structure */
   );
 
/** returns TRUE iff LP is proven to have a dual unbounded ray (but not necessary a dual feasible point);
 *  this does not necessarily mean, that the solver knows and can return the dual ray
 */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_Bool SCIPlpiExistsDualRay(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi                 /**< LP interface structure */
   );
 
/** returns TRUE iff LP is proven to have a dual unbounded ray (but not necessary a dual feasible point),
 *  and the solver knows and can return the dual ray
 */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_Bool SCIPlpiHasDualRay(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi                 /**< LP interface structure */
   );
 
/** returns TRUE iff LP is proven to be dual unbounded */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_Bool SCIPlpiIsDualUnbounded(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi                 /**< LP interface structure */
   );
 
/** returns TRUE iff LP is proven to be dual infeasible */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_Bool SCIPlpiIsDualInfeasible(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi                 /**< LP interface structure */
   );
 
/** returns TRUE iff LP is proven to be dual feasible */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_Bool SCIPlpiIsDualFeasible(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi                 /**< LP interface structure */
   );
 
/** returns TRUE iff LP was solved to optimality */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_Bool SCIPlpiIsOptimal(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi                 /**< LP interface structure */
   );
 
/** returns TRUE iff current LP solution is stable
 *
 *  This function should return true if the solution is reliable, i.e., feasible and optimal (or proven
 *  infeasible/unbounded) with respect to the original problem. The optimality status might be with respect to a scaled
 *  version of the problem, but the solution might not be feasible to the unscaled original problem; in this case,
 *  SCIPlpiIsStable() should return false.
 */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_Bool SCIPlpiIsStable(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi                 /**< LP interface structure */
   );
 
/** returns TRUE iff the objective limit was reached */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_Bool SCIPlpiIsObjlimExc(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi                 /**< LP interface structure */
   );
 
/** returns TRUE iff the iteration limit was reached */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_Bool SCIPlpiIsIterlimExc(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi                 /**< LP interface structure */
   );
 
/** returns TRUE iff the time limit was reached */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_Bool SCIPlpiIsTimelimExc(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi                 /**< LP interface structure */
   );
 
/** returns the internal solution status of the solver */
SCIP_EXPORT
int SCIPlpiGetInternalStatus(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi                 /**< LP interface structure */
   );
 
/** tries to reset the internal status of the LP solver in order to ignore an instability of the last solving call */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiIgnoreInstability(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   SCIP_Bool*            success             /**< pointer to store, whether the instability could be ignored */
   );
 
/** gets objective value of solution */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiGetObjval(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   SCIP_Real*            objval              /**< stores the objective value */
   );
 
/** gets primal and dual solution vectors for feasible LPs
 *
 *  Before calling this function, the caller must ensure that the LP has been solved to optimality, i.e., that
 *  SCIPlpiIsOptimal() returns true.
 */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiGetSol(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   SCIP_Real*            objval,             /**< stores the objective value, may be NULL if not needed */
   SCIP_Real*            primsol,            /**< primal solution vector, may be NULL if not needed */
   SCIP_Real*            dualsol,            /**< dual solution vector, may be NULL if not needed */
   SCIP_Real*            activity,           /**< row activity vector, may be NULL if not needed */
   SCIP_Real*            redcost             /**< reduced cost vector, may be NULL if not needed */
   );
 
/** gets primal ray for unbounded LPs */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiGetPrimalRay(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   SCIP_Real*            ray                 /**< primal ray */
   );
 
/** gets dual Farkas proof for infeasibility */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiGetDualfarkas(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   SCIP_Real*            dualfarkas          /**< dual Farkas row multipliers */
   );
 
/** gets the number of LP iterations of the last solve call */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiGetIterations(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   int*                  iterations          /**< pointer to store the number of iterations of the last solve call */
   );
 
/** gets information about the quality of an LP solution
 *
 *  Such information is usually only available, if also a (maybe not optimal) solution is available.
 *  The LPI should return SCIP_INVALID for @p quality, if the requested quantity is not available.
 */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiGetRealSolQuality(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   SCIP_LPSOLQUALITY     qualityindicator,   /**< indicates which quality should be returned */
   SCIP_Real*            quality             /**< pointer to store quality number */
   );
 
/**@} */
 
 
 
 
/*
 * LP Basis Methods
 */
 
/**@name LP Basis Methods */
/**@{ */
 
/** gets current basis status for columns and rows; arrays must be large enough to store the basis status */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiGetBase(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   int*                  cstat,              /**< array to store column basis status, or NULL */
   int*                  rstat               /**< array to store row basis status, or NULL */
   );
 
/** sets current basis status for columns and rows */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiSetBase(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   const int*            cstat,              /**< array with column basis status */
   const int*            rstat               /**< array with row basis status */
   );
 
/** returns the indices of the basic columns and rows; basic column n gives value n, basic row m gives value -1-m */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiGetBasisInd(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   int*                  bind                /**< pointer to store basis indices ready to keep number of rows entries */
   );
 
/** get row of inverse basis matrix B^-1
 *
 *  @note The LP interface defines slack variables to have coefficient +1. This means that if, internally, the LP solver
 *        uses a -1 coefficient, then rows associated with slacks variables whose coefficient is -1, should be negated;
 *        see also the explanation in lpi.h.
 */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiGetBInvRow(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   int                   r,                  /**< row number */
   SCIP_Real*            coef,               /**< pointer to store the coefficients of the row */
   int*                  inds,               /**< array to store the non-zero indices, or NULL */
   int*                  ninds               /**< pointer to store the number of non-zero indices, or NULL
                                              *   (-1: if we do not store sparsity information) */
   );
 
/** get column of inverse basis matrix B^-1
 *
 *  @note The LP interface defines slack variables to have coefficient +1. This means that if, internally, the LP solver
 *        uses a -1 coefficient, then rows associated with slacks variables whose coefficient is -1, should be negated;
 *        see also the explanation in lpi.h.
 */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiGetBInvCol(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   int                   c,                  /**< column number of B^-1; this is NOT the number of the column in the LP;
                                              *   you have to call SCIPlpiGetBasisInd() to get the array which links the
                                              *   B^-1 column numbers to the row and column numbers of the LP!
                                              *   c must be between 0 and nrows-1, since the basis has the size
                                              *   nrows * nrows */
   SCIP_Real*            coef,               /**< pointer to store the coefficients of the column */
   int*                  inds,               /**< array to store the non-zero indices, or NULL */
   int*                  ninds               /**< pointer to store the number of non-zero indices, or NULL
                                              *   (-1: if we do not store sparsity information) */
   );
 
/** get row of inverse basis matrix times constraint matrix B^-1 * A
 *
 *  @note The LP interface defines slack variables to have coefficient +1. This means that if, internally, the LP solver
 *        uses a -1 coefficient, then rows associated with slacks variables whose coefficient is -1, should be negated;
 *        see also the explanation in lpi.h.
 */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiGetBInvARow(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   int                   r,                  /**< row number */
   const SCIP_Real*      binvrow,            /**< row in (A_B)^-1 from prior call to SCIPlpiGetBInvRow(), or NULL */
   SCIP_Real*            coef,               /**< vector to return coefficients of the row */
   int*                  inds,               /**< array to store the non-zero indices, or NULL */
   int*                  ninds               /**< pointer to store the number of non-zero indices, or NULL
                                              *   (-1: if we do not store sparsity information) */
   );
 
/** get column of inverse basis matrix times constraint matrix B^-1 * A
 *
 *  @note The LP interface defines slack variables to have coefficient +1. This means that if, internally, the LP solver
 *        uses a -1 coefficient, then rows associated with slacks variables whose coefficient is -1, should be negated;
 *        see also the explanation in lpi.h.
 */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiGetBInvACol(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   int                   c,                  /**< column number */
   SCIP_Real*            coef,               /**< vector to return coefficients of the column */
   int*                  inds,               /**< array to store the non-zero indices, or NULL */
   int*                  ninds               /**< pointer to store the number of non-zero indices, or NULL
                                              *   (-1: if we do not store sparsity information) */
   );
 
/**@} */
 
 
 
 
/*
 * LPi State Methods
 */
 
/**@name LPi State Methods */
/**@{ */
 
/** stores LPi state (like basis information) into lpistate object */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiGetState(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   BMS_BLKMEM*           blkmem,             /**< block memory */
   SCIP_LPISTATE**       lpistate            /**< pointer to LPi state information (like basis information) */
   );
 
/** loads LPi state (like basis information) into solver; note that the LP might have been extended with additional
 *  columns and rows since the state was stored with SCIPlpiGetState()
 */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiSetState(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   BMS_BLKMEM*           blkmem,             /**< block memory */
   const SCIP_LPISTATE*  lpistate            /**< LPi state information (like basis information), or NULL */
   );
 
/** clears current LPi state (like basis information) of the solver */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiClearState(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi                 /**< LP interface structure */
   );
 
/** frees LPi state information */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiFreeState(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   BMS_BLKMEM*           blkmem,             /**< block memory */
   SCIP_LPISTATE**       lpistate            /**< pointer to LPi state information (like basis information) */
   );
 
/** checks whether the given LPi state contains simplex basis information */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_Bool SCIPlpiHasStateBasis(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   SCIP_LPISTATE*        lpistate            /**< LPi state information (like basis information) */
   );
 
/** reads LPi state (like basis information from a file */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiReadState(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   const char*           fname               /**< file name */
   );
 
/** writes LPi state (i.e. basis information) to a file */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiWriteState(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   const char*           fname               /**< file name */
   );
 
/**@} */
 
 
/*
 * LPi Pricing Norms Methods
 */
 
/**@name LPi Pricing Norms Methods */
/**@{ */
 
/** stores LPi pricing norms into lpinorms object */
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiGetNorms(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   BMS_BLKMEM*           blkmem,             /**< block memory */
   SCIP_LPINORMS**       lpinorms            /**< pointer to LPi pricing norms information */
   );
 
/** loads LPi pricing norms into solver; note that the LP might have been extended with additional
 *  columns and rows since the norms were stored with SCIPlpiGetNorms()
 */
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiSetNorms(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   BMS_BLKMEM*           blkmem,             /**< block memory */
   const SCIP_LPINORMS*  lpinorms            /**< LPi pricing norms information, or NULL */
   );
 
/** frees LPi pricing norms information */
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiFreeNorms(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   BMS_BLKMEM*           blkmem,             /**< block memory */
   SCIP_LPINORMS**       lpinorms            /**< pointer to LPi pricing norms information, or NULL */
   );
 
 
/**@} */
 
 
 
 
/*
 * Parameter Methods
 */
 
/**@name Parameter Methods */
/**@{ */
 
/** gets integer parameter of LP */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiGetIntpar(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   SCIP_LPPARAM          type,               /**< parameter number */
   int*                  ival                /**< buffer to store the parameter value */
   );
 
/** sets integer parameter of LP */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiSetIntpar(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   SCIP_LPPARAM          type,               /**< parameter number */
   int                   ival                /**< parameter value */
   );
 
/** gets floating point parameter of LP */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiGetRealpar(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   SCIP_LPPARAM          type,               /**< parameter number */
   SCIP_Real*            dval                /**< buffer to store the parameter value */
   );
 
/** sets floating point parameter of LP */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiSetRealpar(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   SCIP_LPPARAM          type,               /**< parameter number */
   SCIP_Real             dval                /**< parameter value */
   );
 
/** interrupts the currently ongoing lp solve or disables the interrupt */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiInterrupt(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   SCIP_Bool             interrupt           /**< TRUE if interrupt should be set, FALSE if it should be disabled */
   );
 
/**@} */
 
 
 
 
/*
 * Numerical Methods
 */
 
/**@name Numerical Methods */
/**@{ */
 
/** returns value treated as infinity in the LP solver */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_Real SCIPlpiInfinity(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi                 /**< LP interface structure */
   );
 
/** checks if given value is treated as infinity in the LP solver */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_Bool SCIPlpiIsInfinity(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   SCIP_Real             val                 /**< value to be checked for infinity */
   );
 
/**@} */
 
 
 
 
/*
 * File Interface Methods
 */
 
/**@name File Interface Methods */
/**@{ */
 
/** reads LP from a file */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiReadLP(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   const char*           fname               /**< file name */
   );
 
/** writes LP to a file */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPlpiWriteLP(
   SCIP_LPI*             lpi,                /**< LP interface structure */
   const char*           fname               /**< file name */
   );
 
/**@} */
 
/**@} */
 
 
#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif
 
#endif