Exemplo n.º 1
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static int branching_rule_init(branching_rule *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds) {
    PyObject *s;   // solver Python object
    solver *solv;  // solver C object
    char *name;    // name of branching rule
    SCIP_BRANCHRULE* r;
    
    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "Os", &s, &name))
        return -1;
    
    // Check solver type in the best way we seem to have available
    if (strcmp(s->ob_type->tp_name, SOLVER_TYPE_NAME)) {
        PyErr_SetString(error, "invalid solver type");
        return -1;
    }
    
    solv = (solver *) s;
    self->scip = solv->scip;
    
    // Load the branching rule from SCIP
    r = SCIPfindBranchrule(self->scip, name);
    if (r == NULL) {
        PyErr_SetString(error, "unrecognized branching rule");
        return -1;
    }
    self->branch = r;

    return 0;
}
Exemplo n.º 2
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/** selects a branching variable, due to pseudo cost, from the given candidate array and returns this variable together
 *  with a branching point */
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPselectBranchVarPscost(
   SCIP*                 scip,               /**< SCIP data structure */
   SCIP_VAR**            branchcands,        /**< branching candidates */
   SCIP_Real*            branchcandssol,     /**< solution value for the branching candidates */
   SCIP_Real*            branchcandsscore,   /**< array of candidate scores */
   int                   nbranchcands,       /**< number of branching candidates */
   SCIP_VAR**            var,                /**< pointer to store the variable to branch on, or NULL if none */
   SCIP_Real*            brpoint             /**< pointer to store the branching point for the branching variable, will be fractional for a discrete variable */
   )
{
   SCIP_BRANCHRULE* branchrule;
   
   assert(scip != NULL);
   
   /* find branching rule */
   branchrule = SCIPfindBranchrule(scip, BRANCHRULE_NAME);
   assert(branchrule != NULL);
   
   /* select branching variable */
   SCIP_CALL( selectBranchVar(scip, branchrule, branchcands, branchcandssol, branchcandsscore, nbranchcands, var, brpoint) );

   return SCIP_OKAY;
}
Exemplo n.º 3
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/** execution method of primal heuristic */
static
SCIP_DECL_HEUREXEC(heurExecMutation)
{  /*lint --e{715}*/
   SCIP_Longint maxnnodes;
   SCIP_Longint nsubnodes;                   /* node limit for the subproblem                       */

   SCIP_HEURDATA* heurdata;                  /* heuristic's data                                    */
   SCIP* subscip;                            /* the subproblem created by mutation                  */
   SCIP_VAR** vars;                          /* original problem's variables                        */
   SCIP_VAR** subvars;                       /* subproblem's variables                              */
   SCIP_HASHMAP* varmapfw;                   /* mapping of SCIP variables to sub-SCIP variables */

   SCIP_Real cutoff;                         /* objective cutoff for the subproblem                 */
   SCIP_Real maxnnodesr;
   SCIP_Real memorylimit;
   SCIP_Real timelimit;                      /* timelimit for the subproblem                        */
   SCIP_Real upperbound;

   int nvars;                                /* number of original problem's variables              */
   int i;

   SCIP_Bool success;

   SCIP_RETCODE retcode;

   assert( heur != NULL );
   assert( scip != NULL );
   assert( result != NULL );

   /* get heuristic's data */
   heurdata = SCIPheurGetData(heur);
   assert( heurdata != NULL );

   *result = SCIP_DELAYED;

   /* only call heuristic, if feasible solution is available */
   if( SCIPgetNSols(scip) <= 0 )
      return SCIP_OKAY;

   /* only call heuristic, if the best solution comes from transformed problem */
   assert( SCIPgetBestSol(scip) != NULL );
   if( SCIPsolIsOriginal(SCIPgetBestSol(scip)) )
      return SCIP_OKAY;

   /* only call heuristic, if enough nodes were processed since last incumbent */
   if( SCIPgetNNodes(scip) - SCIPgetSolNodenum(scip,SCIPgetBestSol(scip))  < heurdata->nwaitingnodes)
      return SCIP_OKAY;

   *result = SCIP_DIDNOTRUN;

   /* only call heuristic, if discrete variables are present */
   if( SCIPgetNBinVars(scip) == 0 && SCIPgetNIntVars(scip) == 0 )
      return SCIP_OKAY;

   /* calculate the maximal number of branching nodes until heuristic is aborted */
   maxnnodesr = heurdata->nodesquot * SCIPgetNNodes(scip);

   /* reward mutation if it succeeded often, count the setup costs for the sub-MIP as 100 nodes */
   maxnnodesr *= 1.0 + 2.0 * (SCIPheurGetNBestSolsFound(heur)+1.0)/(SCIPheurGetNCalls(heur) + 1.0);
   maxnnodes = (SCIP_Longint) maxnnodesr - 100 * SCIPheurGetNCalls(heur);
   maxnnodes += heurdata->nodesofs;

   /* determine the node limit for the current process */
   nsubnodes = maxnnodes - heurdata->usednodes;
   nsubnodes = MIN(nsubnodes, heurdata->maxnodes);

   /* check whether we have enough nodes left to call subproblem solving */
   if( nsubnodes < heurdata->minnodes )
       return SCIP_OKAY;

   if( SCIPisStopped(scip) )
      return SCIP_OKAY;

   *result = SCIP_DIDNOTFIND;

   SCIP_CALL( SCIPgetVarsData(scip, &vars, &nvars, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL) );

   /* initializing the subproblem */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPallocBufferArray(scip, &subvars, nvars) );
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPcreate(&subscip) );

   /* create the variable mapping hash map */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPhashmapCreate(&varmapfw, SCIPblkmem(subscip), SCIPcalcHashtableSize(5 * nvars)) );

   if( heurdata->uselprows )
   {
      char probname[SCIP_MAXSTRLEN];

      /* copy all plugins */
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPincludeDefaultPlugins(subscip) );

      /* get name of the original problem and add the string "_mutationsub" */
      (void) SCIPsnprintf(probname, SCIP_MAXSTRLEN, "%s_mutationsub", SCIPgetProbName(scip));

      /* create the subproblem */
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPcreateProb(subscip, probname, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL) );

      /* copy all variables */
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPcopyVars(scip, subscip, varmapfw, NULL, TRUE) );
   }
   else
   {
      SCIP_Bool valid;
      valid = FALSE;

      SCIP_CALL( SCIPcopy(scip, subscip, varmapfw, NULL, "rens", TRUE, FALSE, TRUE, &valid) );

      if( heurdata->copycuts )
      {
         /* copies all active cuts from cutpool of sourcescip to linear constraints in targetscip */
         SCIP_CALL( SCIPcopyCuts(scip, subscip, varmapfw, NULL, TRUE, NULL) );
      }

      SCIPdebugMessage("Copying the SCIP instance was %s complete.\n", valid ? "" : "not ");
   }

   for( i = 0; i < nvars; i++ )
     subvars[i] = (SCIP_VAR*) SCIPhashmapGetImage(varmapfw, vars[i]);

   /* free hash map */
   SCIPhashmapFree(&varmapfw);

   /* create a new problem, which fixes variables with same value in bestsol and LP relaxation */
   SCIP_CALL( createSubproblem(scip, subscip, subvars, heurdata->minfixingrate, &heurdata->randseed, heurdata->uselprows) );

   /* do not abort subproblem on CTRL-C */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetBoolParam(subscip, "misc/catchctrlc", FALSE) );

   /* disable output to console */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetIntParam(subscip, "display/verblevel", 0) );

  /* check whether there is enough time and memory left */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPgetRealParam(scip, "limits/time", &timelimit) );
   if( !SCIPisInfinity(scip, timelimit) )
      timelimit -= SCIPgetSolvingTime(scip);
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPgetRealParam(scip, "limits/memory", &memorylimit) );

   /* substract the memory already used by the main SCIP and the estimated memory usage of external software */
   if( !SCIPisInfinity(scip, memorylimit) )
   {
      memorylimit -= SCIPgetMemUsed(scip)/1048576.0;
      memorylimit -= SCIPgetMemExternEstim(scip)/1048576.0;
   }

   /* abort if no time is left or not enough memory to create a copy of SCIP, including external memory usage */
   if( timelimit <= 0.0 || memorylimit <= 2.0*SCIPgetMemExternEstim(scip)/1048576.0 )
      goto TERMINATE;

   /* set limits for the subproblem */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetLongintParam(subscip, "limits/nodes", nsubnodes) );
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetRealParam(subscip, "limits/time", timelimit) );
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetRealParam(subscip, "limits/memory", memorylimit) );

   /* forbid recursive call of heuristics and separators solving subMIPs */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetSubscipsOff(subscip, TRUE) );

   /* disable cutting plane separation */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetSeparating(subscip, SCIP_PARAMSETTING_OFF, TRUE) );

   /* disable expensive presolving */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetPresolving(subscip, SCIP_PARAMSETTING_FAST, TRUE) );

   /* use best estimate node selection */
   if( SCIPfindNodesel(subscip, "estimate") != NULL && !SCIPisParamFixed(subscip, "nodeselection/estimate/stdpriority") )
   {
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetIntParam(subscip, "nodeselection/estimate/stdpriority", INT_MAX/4) );
   }

   /* use inference branching */
   if( SCIPfindBranchrule(subscip, "inference") != NULL && !SCIPisParamFixed(subscip, "branching/inference/priority") )
   {
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetIntParam(subscip, "branching/inference/priority", INT_MAX/4) );
   }

   /* disable conflict analysis */
   if( !SCIPisParamFixed(subscip, "conflict/useprop") )
   {
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetBoolParam(subscip, "conflict/useprop", FALSE) );
   }
   if( !SCIPisParamFixed(subscip, "conflict/useinflp") )
   {
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetBoolParam(subscip, "conflict/useinflp", FALSE) );
   }
   if( !SCIPisParamFixed(subscip, "conflict/useboundlp") )
   {
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetBoolParam(subscip, "conflict/useboundlp", FALSE) );
   }
   if( !SCIPisParamFixed(subscip, "conflict/usesb") )
   {
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetBoolParam(subscip, "conflict/usesb", FALSE) );
   }
   if( !SCIPisParamFixed(subscip, "conflict/usepseudo") )
   {
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetBoolParam(subscip, "conflict/usepseudo", FALSE) );
   }

   /* employ a limit on the number of enforcement rounds in the quadratic constraint handlers; this fixes the issue that
    * sometimes the quadratic constraint handler needs hundreds or thousands of enforcement rounds to determine the
    * feasibility status of a single node without fractional branching candidates by separation (namely for uflquad
    * instances); however, the solution status of the sub-SCIP might get corrupted by this; hence no decutions shall be
    * made for the original SCIP
    */
   if( SCIPfindConshdlr(subscip, "quadratic") != NULL && !SCIPisParamFixed(subscip, "constraints/quadratic/enfolplimit") )
   {
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetIntParam(subscip, "constraints/quadratic/enfolplimit", 10) );
   }

   /* add an objective cutoff */
   cutoff = SCIPinfinity(scip);
   assert( !SCIPisInfinity(scip, SCIPgetUpperbound(scip)) );

   upperbound = SCIPgetUpperbound(scip) - SCIPsumepsilon(scip);
   if( !SCIPisInfinity(scip, -1.0 * SCIPgetLowerbound(scip)) )
   {
      cutoff = (1-heurdata->minimprove) * SCIPgetUpperbound(scip) + heurdata->minimprove * SCIPgetLowerbound(scip);
   }
   else
   {
      if( SCIPgetUpperbound ( scip ) >= 0 )
         cutoff = ( 1 - heurdata->minimprove ) * SCIPgetUpperbound ( scip );
      else
         cutoff = ( 1 + heurdata->minimprove ) * SCIPgetUpperbound ( scip );
   }
   cutoff = MIN(upperbound, cutoff );
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetObjlimit(subscip, cutoff) );

   /* solve the subproblem */
   SCIPdebugMessage("Solve Mutation subMIP\n");
   retcode = SCIPsolve(subscip);

   /* Errors in solving the subproblem should not kill the overall solving process
    * Hence, the return code is caught and a warning is printed, only in debug mode, SCIP will stop.
    */
   if( retcode != SCIP_OKAY )
   {
#ifndef NDEBUG
      SCIP_CALL( retcode );
#endif
      SCIPwarningMessage(scip, "Error while solving subproblem in Mutation heuristic; sub-SCIP terminated with code <%d>\n",retcode);
   }

   heurdata->usednodes += SCIPgetNNodes(subscip);

   /* check, whether a solution was found */
   if( SCIPgetNSols(subscip) > 0 )
   {
      SCIP_SOL** subsols;
      int nsubsols;

      /* check, whether a solution was found;
       * due to numerics, it might happen that not all solutions are feasible -> try all solutions until one was accepted
       */
      nsubsols = SCIPgetNSols(subscip);
      subsols = SCIPgetSols(subscip);
      success = FALSE;
      for( i = 0; i < nsubsols && !success; ++i )
      {
         SCIP_CALL( createNewSol(scip, subscip, subvars, heur, subsols[i], &success) );
      }
      if( success )
         *result = SCIP_FOUNDSOL;
   }

 TERMINATE:
   /* free subproblem */
   SCIPfreeBufferArray(scip, &subvars);
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPfree(&subscip) );

   return SCIP_OKAY;
}
Exemplo n.º 4
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/** main procedure of the zeroobj heuristic, creates and solves a sub-SCIP */
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPapplyZeroobj(
   SCIP*                 scip,               /**< original SCIP data structure                                        */
   SCIP_HEUR*            heur,               /**< heuristic data structure                                            */
   SCIP_RESULT*          result,             /**< result data structure                                               */
   SCIP_Real             minimprove,         /**< factor by which zeroobj should at least improve the incumbent      */
   SCIP_Longint          nnodes              /**< node limit for the subproblem                                       */
   )
{
   SCIP*                 subscip;            /* the subproblem created by zeroobj              */
   SCIP_HASHMAP*         varmapfw;           /* mapping of SCIP variables to sub-SCIP variables */
   SCIP_VAR**            vars;               /* original problem's variables                    */
   SCIP_VAR**            subvars;            /* subproblem's variables                          */
   SCIP_HEURDATA*        heurdata;           /* heuristic's private data structure              */
   SCIP_EVENTHDLR*       eventhdlr;          /* event handler for LP events                     */

   SCIP_Real cutoff;                         /* objective cutoff for the subproblem             */
   SCIP_Real timelimit;                      /* time limit for zeroobj subproblem              */
   SCIP_Real memorylimit;                    /* memory limit for zeroobj subproblem            */
   SCIP_Real large;

   int nvars;                                /* number of original problem's variables          */
   int i;

   SCIP_Bool success;
   SCIP_Bool valid;
   SCIP_RETCODE retcode;
   SCIP_SOL** subsols;
   int nsubsols;

   assert(scip != NULL);
   assert(heur != NULL);
   assert(result != NULL);

   assert(nnodes >= 0);
   assert(0.0 <= minimprove && minimprove <= 1.0);

   *result = SCIP_DIDNOTRUN;

   /* only call heuristic once at the root */
   if( SCIPgetDepth(scip) <= 0 && SCIPheurGetNCalls(heur) > 0 )
      return SCIP_OKAY;

   /* get heuristic data */
   heurdata = SCIPheurGetData(heur);
   assert(heurdata != NULL);

   /* only call the heuristic if we do not have an incumbent  */
   if( SCIPgetNSolsFound(scip) > 0 && heurdata->onlywithoutsol )
      return SCIP_OKAY;

   /* check whether there is enough time and memory left */
   timelimit = 0.0;
   memorylimit = 0.0;
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPgetRealParam(scip, "limits/time", &timelimit) );
   if( !SCIPisInfinity(scip, timelimit) )
      timelimit -= SCIPgetSolvingTime(scip);
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPgetRealParam(scip, "limits/memory", &memorylimit) );

   /* substract the memory already used by the main SCIP and the estimated memory usage of external software */
   if( !SCIPisInfinity(scip, memorylimit) )
   {
      memorylimit -= SCIPgetMemUsed(scip)/1048576.0;
      memorylimit -= SCIPgetMemExternEstim(scip)/1048576.0;
   }

   /* abort if no time is left or not enough memory to create a copy of SCIP, including external memory usage */
   if( timelimit <= 0.0 || memorylimit <= 2.0*SCIPgetMemExternEstim(scip)/1048576.0 )
      return SCIP_OKAY;

   *result = SCIP_DIDNOTFIND;

   /* get variable data */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPgetVarsData(scip, &vars, &nvars, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL) );

   /* initialize the subproblem */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPcreate(&subscip) );

   /* create the variable mapping hash map */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPhashmapCreate(&varmapfw, SCIPblkmem(subscip), SCIPcalcHashtableSize(5 * nvars)) );
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPallocBufferArray(scip, &subvars, nvars) );

   /* different methods to create sub-problem: either copy LP relaxation or the CIP with all constraints */
   valid = FALSE;

   /* copy complete SCIP instance */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPcopy(scip, subscip, varmapfw, NULL, "zeroobj", TRUE, FALSE, TRUE, &valid) );
   SCIPdebugMessage("Copying the SCIP instance was %s complete.\n", valid ? "" : "not ");

   /* create event handler for LP events */
   eventhdlr = NULL;
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPincludeEventhdlrBasic(subscip, &eventhdlr, EVENTHDLR_NAME, EVENTHDLR_DESC, eventExecZeroobj, NULL) );
   if( eventhdlr == NULL )
   {
      SCIPerrorMessage("event handler for "HEUR_NAME" heuristic not found.\n");
      return SCIP_PLUGINNOTFOUND;
   }

   /* determine large value to set variables to */
   large = SCIPinfinity(scip);
   if( !SCIPisInfinity(scip, 0.1 / SCIPfeastol(scip)) )
      large = 0.1 / SCIPfeastol(scip);

   /* get variable image and change to 0.0 in sub-SCIP */
   for( i = 0; i < nvars; i++ )
   {
      SCIP_Real adjustedbound;
      SCIP_Real lb;
      SCIP_Real ub;
      SCIP_Real inf;
      
      subvars[i] = (SCIP_VAR*) SCIPhashmapGetImage(varmapfw, vars[i]);
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPchgVarObj(subscip, subvars[i], 0.0) );

      lb = SCIPvarGetLbGlobal(subvars[i]);
      ub = SCIPvarGetUbGlobal(subvars[i]);
      inf = SCIPinfinity(subscip);

      /* adjust infinite bounds in order to avoid that variables with non-zero objective 
       * get fixed to infinite value in zeroobj subproblem
       */
      if( SCIPisInfinity(subscip, ub ) )
      {
         adjustedbound = MAX(large, lb+large);
         adjustedbound = MIN(adjustedbound, inf);
         SCIP_CALL( SCIPchgVarUbGlobal(subscip, subvars[i], adjustedbound) );
      }
      if( SCIPisInfinity(subscip, -lb ) )
      {
         adjustedbound = MIN(-large, ub-large);
         adjustedbound = MAX(adjustedbound, -inf);
         SCIP_CALL( SCIPchgVarLbGlobal(subscip, subvars[i], adjustedbound) );
      }
   }

   /* free hash map */
   SCIPhashmapFree(&varmapfw);

   /* do not abort subproblem on CTRL-C */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetBoolParam(subscip, "misc/catchctrlc", FALSE) );

   /* disable output to console */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetIntParam(subscip, "display/verblevel", 0) );

   /* set limits for the subproblem */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetLongintParam(subscip, "limits/nodes", nnodes) );
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetRealParam(subscip, "limits/time", timelimit) );
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetRealParam(subscip, "limits/memory", memorylimit) );
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetIntParam(subscip, "limits/solutions", 1) );

   /* forbid recursive call of heuristics and separators solving sub-SCIPs */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetSubscipsOff(subscip, TRUE) );

   /* disable expensive techniques that merely work on the dual bound */

   /* disable cutting plane separation */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetSeparating(subscip, SCIP_PARAMSETTING_OFF, TRUE) );

   /* disable expensive presolving */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetPresolving(subscip, SCIP_PARAMSETTING_FAST, TRUE) );
   if( !SCIPisParamFixed(subscip, "presolving/maxrounds") )
   {
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetIntParam(subscip, "presolving/maxrounds", 50) );
   }

   /* use best dfs node selection */
   if( SCIPfindNodesel(subscip, "dfs") != NULL && !SCIPisParamFixed(subscip, "nodeselection/dfs/stdpriority") )
   {
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetIntParam(subscip, "nodeselection/dfs/stdpriority", INT_MAX/4) );
   }

   /* use inference branching */
   if( SCIPfindBranchrule(subscip, "inference") != NULL && !SCIPisParamFixed(subscip, "branching/inference/priority") )
   {
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetIntParam(subscip, "branching/leastinf/priority", INT_MAX/4) );
   }

   /* employ a limit on the number of enforcement rounds in the quadratic constraint handler; this fixes the issue that
    * sometimes the quadratic constraint handler needs hundreds or thousands of enforcement rounds to determine the
    * feasibility status of a single node without fractional branching candidates by separation (namely for uflquad
    * instances); however, the solution status of the sub-SCIP might get corrupted by this; hence no deductions shall be
    * made for the original SCIP
    */
   if( SCIPfindConshdlr(subscip, "quadratic") != NULL && !SCIPisParamFixed(subscip, "constraints/quadratic/enfolplimit") )
   {
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetIntParam(subscip, "constraints/quadratic/enfolplimit", 10) );
   }

   /* disable feaspump and fracdiving */
   if( !SCIPisParamFixed(subscip, "heuristics/feaspump/freq") )
   {
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetIntParam(subscip, "heuristics/feaspump/freq", -1) );
   }
   if( !SCIPisParamFixed(subscip, "heuristics/fracdiving/freq") )
   {
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetIntParam(subscip, "heuristics/fracdiving/freq", -1) );
   }

   /* restrict LP iterations */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetLongintParam(subscip, "lp/iterlim", 2*heurdata->maxlpiters / MAX(1,nnodes)) );
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetLongintParam(subscip, "lp/rootiterlim", heurdata->maxlpiters) );

#ifdef SCIP_DEBUG
   /* for debugging zeroobj, enable MIP output */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetIntParam(subscip, "display/verblevel", 5) );
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetIntParam(subscip, "display/freq", 100000000) );
#endif

   /* if there is already a solution, add an objective cutoff */
   if( SCIPgetNSols(scip) > 0 )
   {
      SCIP_Real upperbound;
      SCIP_CONS* origobjcons;
#ifndef NDEBUG
      int nobjvars;
      nobjvars = 0;
#endif

      cutoff = SCIPinfinity(scip);
      assert( !SCIPisInfinity(scip,SCIPgetUpperbound(scip)) );

      upperbound = SCIPgetUpperbound(scip) - SCIPsumepsilon(scip);

      if( !SCIPisInfinity(scip,-1.0*SCIPgetLowerbound(scip)) )
      {
         cutoff = (1-minimprove)*SCIPgetUpperbound(scip) + minimprove*SCIPgetLowerbound(scip);
      }
      else
      {
         if( SCIPgetUpperbound(scip) >= 0 )
            cutoff = ( 1 - minimprove ) * SCIPgetUpperbound ( scip );
         else
            cutoff = ( 1 + minimprove ) * SCIPgetUpperbound ( scip );
      }
      cutoff = MIN(upperbound, cutoff);

      SCIP_CALL( SCIPcreateConsLinear(subscip, &origobjcons, "objbound_of_origscip", 0, NULL, NULL, -SCIPinfinity(subscip), cutoff,
            TRUE, TRUE, TRUE, TRUE, TRUE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE) );
      for( i = 0; i < nvars; ++i)
      {
         if( !SCIPisFeasZero(subscip, SCIPvarGetObj(vars[i])) )
         {
            SCIP_CALL( SCIPaddCoefLinear(subscip, origobjcons, subvars[i], SCIPvarGetObj(vars[i])) );
#ifndef NDEBUG
            nobjvars++;
#endif
         }
      }
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPaddCons(subscip, origobjcons) );
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPreleaseCons(subscip, &origobjcons) );
      assert(nobjvars == SCIPgetNObjVars(scip));
   }

   /* catch LP events of sub-SCIP */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPtransformProb(subscip) );
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPcatchEvent(subscip, SCIP_EVENTTYPE_NODESOLVED, eventhdlr, (SCIP_EVENTDATA*) heurdata, NULL) );

   SCIPdebugMessage("solving subproblem: nnodes=%"SCIP_LONGINT_FORMAT"\n", nnodes);
   retcode = SCIPsolve(subscip);

   /* drop LP events of sub-SCIP */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPdropEvent(subscip, SCIP_EVENTTYPE_NODESOLVED, eventhdlr, (SCIP_EVENTDATA*) heurdata, -1) );

   /* errors in solving the subproblem should not kill the overall solving process;
    * hence, the return code is caught and a warning is printed, only in debug mode, SCIP will stop.
    */
   if( retcode != SCIP_OKAY )
   {
#ifndef NDEBUG
      SCIP_CALL( retcode );
#endif
      SCIPwarningMessage(scip, "Error while solving subproblem in zeroobj heuristic; sub-SCIP terminated with code <%d>\n",retcode);
   }

   /* check, whether a solution was found;
    * due to numerics, it might happen that not all solutions are feasible -> try all solutions until one was accepted
    */
   nsubsols = SCIPgetNSols(subscip);
   subsols = SCIPgetSols(subscip);
   success = FALSE;
   for( i = 0; i < nsubsols && (!success || heurdata->addallsols); ++i )
   {
      SCIP_CALL( createNewSol(scip, subscip, subvars, heur, subsols[i], &success) );
      if( success )
         *result = SCIP_FOUNDSOL;
   }

#ifdef SCIP_DEBUG
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPprintStatistics(subscip, NULL) );
#endif

   /* free subproblem */
   SCIPfreeBufferArray(scip, &subvars);
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPfree(&subscip) );

   return SCIP_OKAY;
}
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/** main procedure of the RENS heuristic, creates and solves a subMIP */
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPapplyGcgrens(
   SCIP*                 scip,               /**< original SCIP data structure                                   */
   SCIP_HEUR*            heur,               /**< heuristic data structure                                       */
   SCIP_RESULT*          result,             /**< result data structure                                          */
   SCIP_Real             minfixingrate,      /**< minimum percentage of integer variables that have to be fixed  */
   SCIP_Real             minimprove,         /**< factor by which RENS should at least improve the incumbent     */
   SCIP_Longint          maxnodes,           /**< maximum number of  nodes for the subproblem                    */
   SCIP_Longint          nstallnodes,        /**< number of stalling nodes for the subproblem                    */
   SCIP_Bool             binarybounds,       /**< should general integers get binary bounds [floor(.),ceil(.)]?  */
   SCIP_Bool             uselprows           /**< should subproblem be created out of the rows in the LP rows?   */
   )
{
   SCIP* subscip;                            /* the subproblem created by RENS                  */
   SCIP_HASHMAP* varmapfw;                   /* mapping of SCIP variables to sub-SCIP variables */
   SCIP_VAR** vars;                          /* original problem's variables                    */
   SCIP_VAR** subvars;                       /* subproblem's variables                          */

   SCIP_Real cutoff;                         /* objective cutoff for the subproblem             */
   SCIP_Real timelimit;
   SCIP_Real memorylimit;

   int nvars;
   int i;

   SCIP_Bool success;
   SCIP_RETCODE retcode;

   assert(scip != NULL);
   assert(heur != NULL);
   assert(result != NULL);

   assert(maxnodes >= 0);
   assert(nstallnodes >= 0);

   assert(0.0 <= minfixingrate && minfixingrate <= 1.0);
   assert(0.0 <= minimprove && minimprove <= 1.0);

   SCIP_CALL( SCIPgetVarsData(scip, &vars, &nvars, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL) );

   /* initialize the subproblem */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPcreate(&subscip) );

   /* create the variable mapping hash map */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPhashmapCreate(&varmapfw, SCIPblkmem(subscip), SCIPcalcHashtableSize(5 * nvars)) );
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPallocBufferArray(scip, &subvars, nvars) );

   if( uselprows )
   {
      char probname[SCIP_MAXSTRLEN];

      /* copy all plugins */
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPincludeDefaultPlugins(subscip) );

      /* get name of the original problem and add the string "_gcgrenssub" */
      (void) SCIPsnprintf(probname, SCIP_MAXSTRLEN, "%s_gcgrenssub", SCIPgetProbName(scip));

      /* create the subproblem */
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPcreateProb(subscip, probname, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL) );

      /* copy all variables */
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPcopyVars(scip, subscip, varmapfw, NULL, TRUE) );
   }
   else
   {
      SCIP_Bool valid;
      SCIP_HEURDATA* heurdata;

      valid = FALSE;

      SCIP_CALL( SCIPcopy(scip, subscip, varmapfw, NULL, "gcgrens", TRUE, FALSE, TRUE, &valid) ); /** @todo check for thread safeness */

      /* get heuristic's data */
      heurdata = SCIPheurGetData(heur);
      assert( heurdata != NULL );

      if( heurdata->copycuts )
      {
         /** copies all active cuts from cutpool of sourcescip to linear constraints in targetscip */
         SCIP_CALL( SCIPcopyCuts(scip, subscip, varmapfw, NULL, TRUE, NULL) );
      }

      SCIPdebugMessage("Copying the SCIP instance was %s complete.\n", valid ? "" : "not ");
   }

   for( i = 0; i < nvars; i++ )
     subvars[i] = (SCIP_VAR*) SCIPhashmapGetImage(varmapfw, vars[i]);

   /* free hash map */
   SCIPhashmapFree(&varmapfw);

   /* create a new problem, which fixes variables with same value in bestsol and LP relaxation */
   SCIP_CALL( createSubproblem(scip, subscip, subvars, minfixingrate, binarybounds, uselprows, &success) );
   SCIPdebugMessage("RENS subproblem: %d vars, %d cons, success=%u\n", SCIPgetNVars(subscip), SCIPgetNConss(subscip), success);

   /* do not abort subproblem on CTRL-C */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetBoolParam(subscip, "misc/catchctrlc", FALSE) );

   /* disable output to console */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetIntParam(subscip, "display/verblevel", 0) );

   /* check whether there is enough time and memory left */
   timelimit = 0.0;
   memorylimit = 0.0;
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPgetRealParam(scip, "limits/time", &timelimit) );
   if( !SCIPisInfinity(scip, timelimit) )
      timelimit -= SCIPgetSolvingTime(scip);
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPgetRealParam(scip, "limits/memory", &memorylimit) );
   if( !SCIPisInfinity(scip, memorylimit) )
      memorylimit -= SCIPgetMemUsed(scip)/1048576.0;
   if( timelimit <= 0.0 || memorylimit <= 0.0 )
      goto TERMINATE;

   /* set limits for the subproblem */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetLongintParam(subscip, "limits/stallnodes", nstallnodes) );
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetLongintParam(subscip, "limits/nodes", maxnodes) );
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetRealParam(subscip, "limits/time", timelimit) );
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetRealParam(subscip, "limits/memory", memorylimit) );

   /* forbid recursive call of heuristics and separators solving sub-SCIPs */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetSubscipsOff(subscip, TRUE) );

   /* disable cutting plane separation */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetSeparating(subscip, SCIP_PARAMSETTING_OFF, TRUE) );

   /* disable expensive presolving */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetPresolving(subscip, SCIP_PARAMSETTING_FAST, TRUE) );

   /* use best estimate node selection */
   if( SCIPfindNodesel(scip, "estimate") != NULL )
   {
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetIntParam(subscip, "nodeselection/estimate/stdpriority", INT_MAX/4) );
   }

   /* use inference branching */
   if( SCIPfindBranchrule(scip, "inference") != NULL )
   {
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetIntParam(subscip, "branching/inference/priority", INT_MAX/4) );
   }

   /* disable conflict analysis */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetBoolParam(subscip, "conflict/useprop", FALSE) );
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetBoolParam(subscip, "conflict/useinflp", FALSE) );
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetBoolParam(subscip, "conflict/useboundlp", FALSE) );
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetBoolParam(subscip, "conflict/usesb", FALSE) );
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetBoolParam(subscip, "conflict/usepseudo", FALSE) );


#ifdef SCIP_DEBUG
   /* for debugging RENS, enable MIP output */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetIntParam(subscip, "display/verblevel", 5) );
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetIntParam(subscip, "display/freq", 100000000) );
#endif


   /* if the subproblem could not be created, free memory and return */
   if( !success )
   {
      *result = SCIP_DIDNOTRUN;
      SCIPfreeBufferArray(scip, &subvars);
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPfree(&subscip) );
      return SCIP_OKAY;
   }

   /* if there is already a solution, add an objective cutoff */
   if( SCIPgetNSols(scip) > 0 )
   {
      SCIP_Real upperbound;
      assert( !SCIPisInfinity(scip,SCIPgetUpperbound(scip)) );

      upperbound = SCIPgetUpperbound(scip) - SCIPsumepsilon(scip);

      if( !SCIPisInfinity(scip,-1.0*SCIPgetLowerbound(scip)) )
      {
         cutoff = (1-minimprove)*SCIPgetUpperbound(scip) + minimprove*SCIPgetLowerbound(scip);
      }
      else
      {
         if( SCIPgetUpperbound ( scip ) >= 0 )
            cutoff = ( 1 - minimprove ) * SCIPgetUpperbound ( scip );
         else
            cutoff = ( 1 + minimprove ) * SCIPgetUpperbound ( scip );
      }
      cutoff = MIN(upperbound, cutoff);
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetObjlimit(subscip, cutoff) );
   }

   /* presolve the subproblem */
   retcode = SCIPpresolve(subscip);

   /* Errors in solving the subproblem should not kill the overall solving process
    * Hence, the return code is caught and a warning is printed, only in debug mode, SCIP will stop.
    */
   if( retcode != SCIP_OKAY )
   {
#ifndef NDEBUG
      SCIP_CALL( retcode );
#endif
      SCIPwarningMessage(scip, "Error while presolving subproblem in GCG RENS heuristic; sub-SCIP terminated with code <%d>\n",retcode);
   }

   SCIPdebugMessage("GCG RENS presolved subproblem: %d vars, %d cons, success=%u\n", SCIPgetNVars(subscip), SCIPgetNConss(subscip), success);

   /* after presolving, we should have at least reached a certain fixing rate over ALL variables (including continuous)
    * to ensure that not only the MIP but also the LP relaxation is easy enough
    */
   if( ( nvars - SCIPgetNVars(subscip) ) / (SCIP_Real)nvars >= minfixingrate / 2.0 )
   {
      SCIP_SOL** subsols;
      int nsubsols;

      /* solve the subproblem */
      SCIPdebugMessage("solving subproblem: nstallnodes=%"SCIP_LONGINT_FORMAT", maxnodes=%"SCIP_LONGINT_FORMAT"\n", nstallnodes, maxnodes);
      retcode = SCIPsolve(subscip);

      /* Errors in solving the subproblem should not kill the overall solving process
       * Hence, the return code is caught and a warning is printed, only in debug mode, SCIP will stop.
       */
      if( retcode != SCIP_OKAY )
      {
#ifndef NDEBUG
         SCIP_CALL( retcode );
#endif
         SCIPwarningMessage(scip, "Error while solving subproblem in GCG RENS heuristic; sub-SCIP terminated with code <%d>\n",retcode);
      }

      /* check, whether a solution was found;
       * due to numerics, it might happen that not all solutions are feasible -> try all solutions until one was accepted
       */
      nsubsols = SCIPgetNSols(subscip);
      subsols = SCIPgetSols(subscip);
      success = FALSE;
      for( i = 0; i < nsubsols && !success; ++i )
      {
         SCIP_CALL( createNewSol(scip, subscip, subvars, heur, subsols[i], &success) );
      }
      if( success )
         *result = SCIP_FOUNDSOL;
   }

 TERMINATE:
   /* free subproblem */
   SCIPfreeBufferArray(scip, &subvars);
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPfree(&subscip) );

   return SCIP_OKAY;
}
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/** execution method of primal heuristic */
static
SCIP_DECL_HEUREXEC(heurExecLocalbranching)
{  /*lint --e{715}*/
   SCIP_Longint maxnnodes;                   /* maximum number of subnodes                            */
   SCIP_Longint nsubnodes;                   /* nodelimit for subscip                                 */

   SCIP_HEURDATA* heurdata;
   SCIP* subscip;                            /* the subproblem created by localbranching              */
   SCIP_VAR** subvars;                       /* subproblem's variables                                */
   SCIP_SOL* bestsol;                        /* best solution so far                                  */
   SCIP_EVENTHDLR*       eventhdlr;          /* event handler for LP events                     */

   SCIP_Real timelimit;                      /* timelimit for subscip (equals remaining time of scip) */
   SCIP_Real cutoff;                         /* objective cutoff for the subproblem                   */
   SCIP_Real upperbound;
   SCIP_Real memorylimit;

   SCIP_HASHMAP* varmapfw;                   /* mapping of SCIP variables to sub-SCIP variables */
   SCIP_VAR** vars;

   int nvars;
   int i;

   SCIP_Bool success;

   SCIP_RETCODE retcode;

   assert(heur != NULL);
   assert(scip != NULL);
   assert(result != NULL);

   *result = SCIP_DIDNOTRUN;

   /* get heuristic's data */
   heurdata = SCIPheurGetData(heur);
   assert( heurdata != NULL );

   /* there should be enough binary variables that a local branching constraint makes sense */
   if( SCIPgetNBinVars(scip) < 2*heurdata->neighborhoodsize )
      return SCIP_OKAY;

   *result = SCIP_DELAYED;

   /* only call heuristic, if an IP solution is at hand */
   if( SCIPgetNSols(scip) <= 0  )
      return SCIP_OKAY;

   bestsol = SCIPgetBestSol(scip);
   assert(bestsol != NULL);

   /* only call heuristic, if the best solution comes from transformed problem */
   if( SCIPsolIsOriginal(bestsol) )
      return SCIP_OKAY;

   /* only call heuristic, if enough nodes were processed since last incumbent */
   if( SCIPgetNNodes(scip) - SCIPgetSolNodenum(scip, bestsol)  < heurdata->nwaitingnodes)
      return SCIP_OKAY;

   /* only call heuristic, if the best solution does not come from trivial heuristic */
   if( SCIPsolGetHeur(bestsol) != NULL && strcmp(SCIPheurGetName(SCIPsolGetHeur(bestsol)), "trivial") == 0 )
      return SCIP_OKAY;

   /* reset neighborhood and minnodes, if new solution was found */
   if( heurdata->lastsol != bestsol )
   {
      heurdata->curneighborhoodsize = heurdata->neighborhoodsize;
      heurdata->curminnodes = heurdata->minnodes;
      heurdata->emptyneighborhoodsize = 0;
      heurdata->callstatus = EXECUTE;
      heurdata->lastsol = bestsol;
   }

   /* if no new solution was found and local branching also seems to fail, just keep on waiting */
   if( heurdata->callstatus == WAITFORNEWSOL )
      return SCIP_OKAY;

   *result = SCIP_DIDNOTRUN;

   /* calculate the maximal number of branching nodes until heuristic is aborted */
   maxnnodes = (SCIP_Longint)(heurdata->nodesquot * SCIPgetNNodes(scip));

   /* reward local branching if it succeeded often */
   maxnnodes = (SCIP_Longint)(maxnnodes * (1.0 + 2.0*(SCIPheurGetNBestSolsFound(heur)+1.0)/(SCIPheurGetNCalls(heur)+1.0)));
   maxnnodes -= 100 * SCIPheurGetNCalls(heur);  /* count the setup costs for the sub-MIP as 100 nodes */
   maxnnodes += heurdata->nodesofs;

   /* determine the node limit for the current process */
   nsubnodes = maxnnodes - heurdata->usednodes;
   nsubnodes = MIN(nsubnodes, heurdata->maxnodes);

   /* check whether we have enough nodes left to call sub problem solving */
   if( nsubnodes < heurdata->curminnodes )
      return SCIP_OKAY;

   if( SCIPisStopped(scip) )
      return SCIP_OKAY;

   *result = SCIP_DIDNOTFIND;

   SCIPdebugMessage("running localbranching heuristic ...\n");

   /* get the data of the variables and the best solution */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPgetVarsData(scip, &vars, &nvars, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL) );

   /* initializing the subproblem */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPallocBufferArray(scip, &subvars, nvars) );
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPcreate(&subscip) );

   /* create the variable mapping hash map */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPhashmapCreate(&varmapfw, SCIPblkmem(subscip), SCIPcalcHashtableSize(5 * nvars)) );
   success = FALSE;
   eventhdlr = NULL;

   if( heurdata->uselprows )
   {
      char probname[SCIP_MAXSTRLEN];

      /* copy all plugins */
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPincludeDefaultPlugins(subscip) );

      /* get name of the original problem and add the string "_localbranchsub" */
      (void) SCIPsnprintf(probname, SCIP_MAXSTRLEN, "%s_localbranchsub", SCIPgetProbName(scip));

      /* create the subproblem */
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPcreateProb(subscip, probname, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL) );

      /* copy all variables */
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPcopyVars(scip, subscip, varmapfw, NULL, TRUE) );
   }
   else
   {
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPcopy(scip, subscip, varmapfw, NULL, "localbranchsub", TRUE, FALSE, TRUE, &success) );

      if( heurdata->copycuts )
      {
         /* copies all active cuts from cutpool of sourcescip to linear constraints in targetscip */
         SCIP_CALL( SCIPcopyCuts(scip, subscip, varmapfw, NULL, TRUE, NULL) );
      }

      /* create event handler for LP events */
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPincludeEventhdlrBasic(subscip, &eventhdlr, EVENTHDLR_NAME, EVENTHDLR_DESC, eventExecLocalbranching, NULL) );
      if( eventhdlr == NULL )
      {
         SCIPerrorMessage("event handler for "HEUR_NAME" heuristic not found.\n");
         return SCIP_PLUGINNOTFOUND;
      }
   }
   SCIPdebugMessage("Copying the plugins was %ssuccessful.\n", success ? "" : "not ");

   for (i = 0; i < nvars; ++i)
      subvars[i] = (SCIP_VAR*) SCIPhashmapGetImage(varmapfw, vars[i]);

   /* free hash map */
   SCIPhashmapFree(&varmapfw);

   /* if the subproblem could not be created, free memory and return */
   if( !success )
   {
      *result = SCIP_DIDNOTRUN;
      goto TERMINATE;
   }

   /* do not abort subproblem on CTRL-C */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetBoolParam(subscip, "misc/catchctrlc", FALSE) );

#ifndef SCIP_DEBUG
   /* disable output to console */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetIntParam(subscip, "display/verblevel", 0) );
#endif

   /* check whether there is enough time and memory left */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPgetRealParam(scip, "limits/time", &timelimit) );
   if( !SCIPisInfinity(scip, timelimit) )
      timelimit -= SCIPgetSolvingTime(scip);
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPgetRealParam(scip, "limits/memory", &memorylimit) );

   /* substract the memory already used by the main SCIP and the estimated memory usage of external software */
   if( !SCIPisInfinity(scip, memorylimit) )
   {
      memorylimit -= SCIPgetMemUsed(scip)/1048576.0;
      memorylimit -= SCIPgetMemExternEstim(scip)/1048576.0;
   }

   /* abort if no time is left or not enough memory to create a copy of SCIP, including external memory usage */
   if( timelimit <= 0.0 || memorylimit <= 2.0*SCIPgetMemExternEstim(scip)/1048576.0 )
      goto TERMINATE;

   /* set limits for the subproblem */
   heurdata->nodelimit = nsubnodes;
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetLongintParam(subscip, "limits/nodes", nsubnodes) );
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetLongintParam(subscip, "limits/stallnodes", MAX(10, nsubnodes/10)) );
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetIntParam(subscip, "limits/bestsol", 3) );
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetRealParam(subscip, "limits/time", timelimit) );
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetRealParam(subscip, "limits/memory", memorylimit) );

   /* forbid recursive call of heuristics and separators solving subMIPs */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetSubscipsOff(subscip, TRUE) );

   /* disable cutting plane separation */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetSeparating(subscip, SCIP_PARAMSETTING_OFF, TRUE) );

   /* disable expensive presolving */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetPresolving(subscip, SCIP_PARAMSETTING_FAST, TRUE) );

   /* use best estimate node selection */
   if( SCIPfindNodesel(subscip, "estimate") != NULL && !SCIPisParamFixed(subscip, "nodeselection/estimate/stdpriority") )
   {
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetIntParam(subscip, "nodeselection/estimate/stdpriority", INT_MAX/4) );
   }

   /* use inference branching */
   if( SCIPfindBranchrule(subscip, "inference") != NULL && !SCIPisParamFixed(subscip, "branching/inference/priority") )
   {
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetIntParam(subscip, "branching/inference/priority", INT_MAX/4) );
   }

   /* disable conflict analysis */
   if( !SCIPisParamFixed(subscip, "conflict/useprop") )
   {
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetBoolParam(subscip, "conflict/useprop", FALSE) );
   }
   if( !SCIPisParamFixed(subscip, "conflict/useinflp") )
   {
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetBoolParam(subscip, "conflict/useinflp", FALSE) );
   }
   if( !SCIPisParamFixed(subscip, "conflict/useboundlp") )
   {
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetBoolParam(subscip, "conflict/useboundlp", FALSE) );
   }
   if( !SCIPisParamFixed(subscip, "conflict/usesb") )
   {
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetBoolParam(subscip, "conflict/usesb", FALSE) );
   }
   if( !SCIPisParamFixed(subscip, "conflict/usepseudo") )
   {
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetBoolParam(subscip, "conflict/usepseudo", FALSE) );
   }

   /* employ a limit on the number of enforcement rounds in the quadratic constraint handler; this fixes the issue that
    * sometimes the quadratic constraint handler needs hundreds or thousands of enforcement rounds to determine the
    * feasibility status of a single node without fractional branching candidates by separation (namely for uflquad
    * instances); however, the solution status of the sub-SCIP might get corrupted by this; hence no deductions shall be
    * made for the original SCIP
    */
   if( SCIPfindConshdlr(subscip, "quadratic") != NULL && !SCIPisParamFixed(subscip, "constraints/quadratic/enfolplimit") )
   {
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetIntParam(subscip, "constraints/quadratic/enfolplimit", 500) );
   }

   /* copy the original problem and add the local branching constraint */
   if( heurdata->uselprows )
   {
      SCIP_CALL( createSubproblem(scip, subscip, subvars) );
   }
   SCIP_CALL( addLocalBranchingConstraint(scip, subscip, subvars, heurdata) );

   /* add an objective cutoff */
   cutoff = SCIPinfinity(scip);
   assert( !SCIPisInfinity(scip,SCIPgetUpperbound(scip)) );

   upperbound = SCIPgetUpperbound(scip) - SCIPsumepsilon(scip);
   if( !SCIPisInfinity(scip,-1.0*SCIPgetLowerbound(scip)) )
   {
      cutoff = (1-heurdata->minimprove)*SCIPgetUpperbound(scip) + heurdata->minimprove*SCIPgetLowerbound(scip);
   }
   else
   {
      if( SCIPgetUpperbound ( scip ) >= 0 )
         cutoff = ( 1 - heurdata->minimprove ) * SCIPgetUpperbound ( scip );
      else
         cutoff = ( 1 + heurdata->minimprove ) * SCIPgetUpperbound ( scip );
   }
   cutoff = MIN(upperbound, cutoff );
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetObjlimit(subscip, cutoff) );

   /* catch LP events of sub-SCIP */
   if( !heurdata->uselprows )
   {
      assert(eventhdlr != NULL);

      SCIP_CALL( SCIPtransformProb(subscip) );
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPcatchEvent(subscip, SCIP_EVENTTYPE_LPSOLVED, eventhdlr, (SCIP_EVENTDATA*) heurdata, NULL) );
   }

   /* solve the subproblem */
   SCIPdebugMessage("solving local branching subproblem with neighborhoodsize %d and maxnodes %"SCIP_LONGINT_FORMAT"\n",
      heurdata->curneighborhoodsize, nsubnodes);
   retcode = SCIPsolve(subscip);

   /* drop LP events of sub-SCIP */
   if( !heurdata->uselprows )
   {
      assert(eventhdlr != NULL);

      SCIP_CALL( SCIPdropEvent(subscip, SCIP_EVENTTYPE_LPSOLVED, eventhdlr, (SCIP_EVENTDATA*) heurdata, -1) );
   }

   /* Errors in solving the subproblem should not kill the overall solving process
    * Hence, the return code is caught and a warning is printed, only in debug mode, SCIP will stop.
    */
   if( retcode != SCIP_OKAY )
   {
#ifndef NDEBUG
      SCIP_CALL( retcode );
#endif
      SCIPwarningMessage(scip, "Error while solving subproblem in local branching heuristic; sub-SCIP terminated with code <%d>\n",retcode);
   }

   /* print solving statistics of subproblem if we are in SCIP's debug mode */
   SCIPdebug( SCIP_CALL( SCIPprintStatistics(subscip, NULL) ) );

   heurdata->usednodes += SCIPgetNNodes(subscip);
   SCIPdebugMessage("local branching used %"SCIP_LONGINT_FORMAT"/%"SCIP_LONGINT_FORMAT" nodes\n",
      SCIPgetNNodes(subscip), nsubnodes);

   /* check, whether a solution was found */
   if( SCIPgetNSols(subscip) > 0 )
   {
      SCIP_SOL** subsols;
      int nsubsols;

      /* check, whether a solution was found;
       * due to numerics, it might happen that not all solutions are feasible -> try all solutions until one was accepted
       */
      nsubsols = SCIPgetNSols(subscip);
      subsols = SCIPgetSols(subscip);
      success = FALSE;
      for( i = 0; i < nsubsols && !success; ++i )
      {
         SCIP_CALL( createNewSol(scip, subscip, subvars, heur, subsols[i], &success) );
      }
      if( success )
      {
         SCIPdebugMessage("-> accepted solution of value %g\n", SCIPgetSolOrigObj(subscip, subsols[i]));
         *result = SCIP_FOUNDSOL;
      }
   }

   /* check the status of the sub-MIP */
   switch( SCIPgetStatus(subscip) )
   {
   case SCIP_STATUS_OPTIMAL:
   case SCIP_STATUS_BESTSOLLIMIT:
      heurdata->callstatus = WAITFORNEWSOL; /* new solution will immediately be installed at next call */
      SCIPdebugMessage(" -> found new solution\n");
      break;

   case SCIP_STATUS_NODELIMIT:
   case SCIP_STATUS_STALLNODELIMIT:
   case SCIP_STATUS_TOTALNODELIMIT:
      heurdata->callstatus = EXECUTE;
      heurdata->curneighborhoodsize = (heurdata->emptyneighborhoodsize + heurdata->curneighborhoodsize)/2;
      heurdata->curminnodes *= 2;
      SCIPdebugMessage(" -> node limit reached: reduced neighborhood to %d, increased minnodes to %d\n",
         heurdata->curneighborhoodsize, heurdata->curminnodes);
      if( heurdata->curneighborhoodsize <= heurdata->emptyneighborhoodsize )
      {
         heurdata->callstatus = WAITFORNEWSOL;
         SCIPdebugMessage(" -> new neighborhood was already proven to be empty: wait for new solution\n");
      }
      break;

   case SCIP_STATUS_INFEASIBLE:
   case SCIP_STATUS_INFORUNBD:
      heurdata->emptyneighborhoodsize = heurdata->curneighborhoodsize;
      heurdata->curneighborhoodsize += heurdata->curneighborhoodsize/2;
      heurdata->curneighborhoodsize = MAX(heurdata->curneighborhoodsize, heurdata->emptyneighborhoodsize + 2);
      heurdata->callstatus = EXECUTE;
      SCIPdebugMessage(" -> neighborhood is empty: increased neighborhood to %d\n", heurdata->curneighborhoodsize);
      break;

   case SCIP_STATUS_UNKNOWN:
   case SCIP_STATUS_USERINTERRUPT:
   case SCIP_STATUS_TIMELIMIT:
   case SCIP_STATUS_MEMLIMIT:
   case SCIP_STATUS_GAPLIMIT:
   case SCIP_STATUS_SOLLIMIT:
   case SCIP_STATUS_UNBOUNDED:
   default:
      heurdata->callstatus = WAITFORNEWSOL;
      SCIPdebugMessage(" -> unexpected sub-MIP status <%d>: waiting for new solution\n", SCIPgetStatus(subscip));
      break;
   }

 TERMINATE:
   /* free subproblem */
   SCIPfreeBufferArray(scip, &subvars);
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPfree(&subscip) );

   return SCIP_OKAY;
}
/** execution method of primal heuristic */
static
SCIP_DECL_HEUREXEC(heurExecCrossover)
{  /*lint --e{715}*/
   SCIP_HEURDATA* heurdata;                  /* primal heuristic data                               */
   SCIP* subscip;                            /* the subproblem created by crossover                 */
   SCIP_HASHMAP* varmapfw;                   /* mapping of SCIP variables to sub-SCIP variables */

   SCIP_VAR** vars;                          /* original problem's variables                        */
   SCIP_VAR** subvars;                       /* subproblem's variables                              */
   SCIP_SOL** sols;

   SCIP_Real memorylimit;                    /* memory limit for the subproblem                     */
   SCIP_Real timelimit;                      /* time limit for the subproblem                       */
   SCIP_Real cutoff;                         /* objective cutoff for the subproblem                 */
   SCIP_Real upperbound;
   SCIP_Bool success;

   SCIP_Longint nstallnodes;                 /* node limit for the subproblem                       */

   int* selection;                           /* pool of solutions crossover uses                    */
   int nvars;                                /* number of original problem's variables              */
   int nbinvars;
   int nintvars;
   int nusedsols;
   int i;

   SCIP_RETCODE retcode;

   assert(heur != NULL);
   assert(scip != NULL);
   assert(result != NULL);

   /* get heuristic's data */
   heurdata = SCIPheurGetData(heur);
   assert(heurdata != NULL);
   nusedsols = heurdata->nusedsols;

   *result = SCIP_DELAYED;

   /* only call heuristic, if enough solutions are at hand */
   if( SCIPgetNSols(scip) < nusedsols  )
      return SCIP_OKAY;

   sols = SCIPgetSols(scip);
   assert(sols != NULL);

   /* if one good solution was found, heuristic should not be delayed any longer */
   if( sols[nusedsols-1] != heurdata->prevlastsol )
   {
      heurdata->nextnodenumber = SCIPgetNNodes(scip);
      if( sols[0] != heurdata->prevbestsol )
         heurdata->nfailures = 0;
   }
   /* in nonrandomized mode: only recall heuristic, if at least one new good solution was found in the meantime */
   else if( !heurdata->randomization )
      return SCIP_OKAY;

   /* if heuristic should be delayed, wait until certain number of nodes is reached */
   if( SCIPgetNNodes(scip) < heurdata->nextnodenumber )
      return SCIP_OKAY;

   /* only call heuristic, if enough nodes were processed since last incumbent */
   if( SCIPgetNNodes(scip) - SCIPgetSolNodenum(scip,SCIPgetBestSol(scip))  < heurdata->nwaitingnodes
      && (SCIPgetDepth(scip) > 0 || !heurdata->dontwaitatroot) )
      return SCIP_OKAY;

   *result = SCIP_DIDNOTRUN;

   /* calculate the maximal number of branching nodes until heuristic is aborted */
   nstallnodes = (SCIP_Longint)(heurdata->nodesquot * SCIPgetNNodes(scip));

   /* reward Crossover if it succeeded often */
   nstallnodes = (SCIP_Longint)
      (nstallnodes * (1.0 + 2.0*(SCIPheurGetNBestSolsFound(heur)+1.0)/(SCIPheurGetNCalls(heur)+1.0)));

   /* count the setup costs for the sub-MIP as 100 nodes */
   nstallnodes -= 100 * SCIPheurGetNCalls(heur);
   nstallnodes += heurdata->nodesofs;

   /* determine the node limit for the current process */
   nstallnodes -= heurdata->usednodes;
   nstallnodes = MIN(nstallnodes, heurdata->maxnodes);

   /* check whether we have enough nodes left to call subproblem solving */
   if( nstallnodes < heurdata->minnodes )
      return SCIP_OKAY;

   if( SCIPisStopped(scip) )
     return SCIP_OKAY;

   *result = SCIP_DIDNOTFIND;

   SCIP_CALL( SCIPgetVarsData(scip, &vars, &nvars, &nbinvars, &nintvars, NULL, NULL) );
   assert(nvars > 0);

   /* check whether discrete variables are available */
   if( nbinvars == 0 && nintvars == 0 )
      return SCIP_OKAY;

   /* initializing the subproblem */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPcreate(&subscip) );

   /* create the variable mapping hash map */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPhashmapCreate(&varmapfw, SCIPblkmem(subscip), SCIPcalcHashtableSize(5 * nvars)) );
   success = FALSE;

   if( heurdata->uselprows )
   {
      char probname[SCIP_MAXSTRLEN];

      /* copy all plugins */
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPincludeDefaultPlugins(subscip) );

      /* get name of the original problem and add the string "_crossoversub" */
      (void) SCIPsnprintf(probname, SCIP_MAXSTRLEN, "%s_crossoversub", SCIPgetProbName(scip));

      /* create the subproblem */
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPcreateProb(subscip, probname, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL) );

      /* copy all variables */
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPcopyVars(scip, subscip, varmapfw, NULL, TRUE) );
   }
   else
   {
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPcopy(scip, subscip, varmapfw, NULL, "crossover", TRUE, FALSE, TRUE, &success) );

      if( heurdata->copycuts )
      {
         /** copies all active cuts from cutpool of sourcescip to linear constraints in targetscip */
         SCIP_CALL( SCIPcopyCuts(scip, subscip, varmapfw, NULL, TRUE, NULL) );
      }
   }

   SCIP_CALL( SCIPallocBufferArray(scip, &subvars, nvars) );
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPallocBufferArray(scip, &selection, nusedsols) );

   for( i = 0; i < nvars; i++ )
     subvars[i] = (SCIP_VAR*) (size_t) SCIPhashmapGetImage(varmapfw, vars[i]);

   /* free hash map */
   SCIPhashmapFree(&varmapfw);

   success = FALSE;

   /* create a new problem, which fixes variables with same value in a certain set of solutions */
   SCIP_CALL( setupSubproblem(scip, subscip, subvars, selection, heurdata, &success) );

   heurdata->prevbestsol = SCIPgetBestSol(scip);
   heurdata->prevlastsol = sols[heurdata->nusedsols-1];

   /* if creation of sub-SCIP was aborted (e.g. due to number of fixings), free sub-SCIP and abort */
   if( !success )
   {
      *result = SCIP_DIDNOTRUN;

      /* this run will be counted as a failure since no new solution tuple could be generated or the neighborhood of the
       * solution was not fruitful in the sense that it was too big
       */
      updateFailureStatistic(scip, heurdata);

      goto TERMINATE;
   }

   /* do not abort subproblem on CTRL-C */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetBoolParam(subscip, "misc/catchctrlc", FALSE) );

   /* disable output to console */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetIntParam(subscip, "display/verblevel", 0) );

   /* check whether there is enough time and memory left */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPgetRealParam(scip, "limits/time", &timelimit) );
   if( !SCIPisInfinity(scip, timelimit) )
      timelimit -= SCIPgetSolvingTime(scip);
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPgetRealParam(scip, "limits/memory", &memorylimit) );

   /* substract the memory already used by the main SCIP and the estimated memory usage of external software */
   if( !SCIPisInfinity(scip, memorylimit) )
   {
      memorylimit -= SCIPgetMemUsed(scip)/1048576.0;
      memorylimit -= SCIPgetMemExternEstim(scip)/1048576.0;
   }

   /* abort if no time is left or not enough memory to create a copy of SCIP, including external memory usage */
   if( timelimit <= 0.0 || memorylimit <= 2.0*SCIPgetMemExternEstim(scip)/1048576.0 )
      goto TERMINATE;

   /* set limits for the subproblem */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetLongintParam(subscip, "limits/nodes", nstallnodes) );
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetRealParam(subscip, "limits/time", timelimit) );
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetRealParam(subscip, "limits/memory", memorylimit) );

   /* forbid recursive call of heuristics and separators solving subMIPs */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetSubscipsOff(subscip, TRUE) );

   /* disable cutting plane separation */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetSeparating(subscip, SCIP_PARAMSETTING_OFF, TRUE) );

   /* disable expensive presolving */
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetPresolving(subscip, SCIP_PARAMSETTING_FAST, TRUE) );

   /* use best estimate node selection */
   if( SCIPfindNodesel(subscip, "estimate") != NULL && !SCIPisParamFixed(subscip, "nodeselection/estimate/stdpriority") )
   {
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetIntParam(subscip, "nodeselection/estimate/stdpriority", INT_MAX/4) );
   }

   /* use inference branching */
   if( SCIPfindBranchrule(subscip, "inference") != NULL && !SCIPisParamFixed(subscip, "branching/inference/priority") )
   {
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetIntParam(subscip, "branching/inference/priority", INT_MAX/4) );
   }

   /* disable conflict analysis */
   if( !SCIPisParamFixed(subscip, "conflict/useprop") )
   {
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetBoolParam(subscip, "conflict/useprop", FALSE) );
   }
   if( !SCIPisParamFixed(subscip, "conflict/useinflp") )
   {
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetBoolParam(subscip, "conflict/useinflp", FALSE) );
   }
   if( !SCIPisParamFixed(subscip, "conflict/useboundlp") )
   {
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetBoolParam(subscip, "conflict/useboundlp", FALSE) );
   }
   if( !SCIPisParamFixed(subscip, "conflict/usesb") )
   {
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetBoolParam(subscip, "conflict/usesb", FALSE) );
   }
   if( !SCIPisParamFixed(subscip, "conflict/usepseudo") )
   {
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetBoolParam(subscip, "conflict/usepseudo", FALSE) );
   }

   /* add an objective cutoff */
   cutoff = SCIPinfinity(scip);
   assert(!SCIPisInfinity(scip, SCIPgetUpperbound(scip)));

   upperbound = SCIPgetUpperbound(scip) - SCIPsumepsilon(scip);
   if( !SCIPisInfinity(scip,-1.0*SCIPgetLowerbound(scip)) )
   {
      cutoff = (1-heurdata->minimprove)*SCIPgetUpperbound(scip) + heurdata->minimprove*SCIPgetLowerbound(scip);
   }
   else
   {
      if( SCIPgetUpperbound ( scip ) >= 0 )
         cutoff = ( 1 - heurdata->minimprove ) * SCIPgetUpperbound ( scip );
      else
         cutoff = ( 1 + heurdata->minimprove ) * SCIPgetUpperbound ( scip );
   }
   cutoff = MIN(upperbound, cutoff );
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPsetObjlimit(subscip, cutoff) );

   /* permute the subproblem to increase diversification */
   if( heurdata->permute )
   {
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPpermuteProb(subscip, (unsigned int) SCIPheurGetNCalls(heur), TRUE, TRUE, TRUE, TRUE, TRUE) );
   }

   /* solve the subproblem */
   SCIPdebugMessage("Solve Crossover subMIP\n");
   retcode = SCIPsolve(subscip);

   /* Errors in solving the subproblem should not kill the overall solving process.
    * Hence, the return code is caught and a warning is printed, only in debug mode, SCIP will stop. */
   if( retcode != SCIP_OKAY )
   {
#ifndef NDEBUG
      SCIP_CALL( retcode );
#endif
      SCIPwarningMessage(scip, "Error while solving subproblem in Crossover heuristic; sub-SCIP terminated with code <%d>\n", retcode);
   }

   heurdata->usednodes += SCIPgetNNodes(subscip);

   /* check, whether a solution was found */
   if( SCIPgetNSols(subscip) > 0 )
   {
      SCIP_SOL** subsols;
      int nsubsols;
      int solindex;                             /* index of the solution created by crossover          */

      /* check, whether a solution was found;
       * due to numerics, it might happen that not all solutions are feasible -> try all solutions until one was accepted */
      nsubsols = SCIPgetNSols(subscip);
      subsols = SCIPgetSols(subscip);
      success = FALSE;
      solindex = -1;
      for( i = 0; i < nsubsols && !success; ++i )
      {
         SCIP_CALL( createNewSol(scip, subscip, subvars, heur, subsols[i], &solindex, &success) );
      }

      if( success )
      {
         int tmp;

         assert(solindex != -1);

         *result = SCIP_FOUNDSOL;

         /* insert all crossings of the new solution and (nusedsols-1) of its parents into the hashtable
          * in order to avoid incest ;)
          */
         for( i = 0; i < nusedsols; i++ )
         {
            SOLTUPLE* elem;
            tmp = selection[i];
            selection[i] = solindex;

            SCIP_CALL( createSolTuple(scip, &elem, selection, nusedsols, heurdata) );
            SCIP_CALL( SCIPhashtableInsert(heurdata->hashtable, elem) );
            selection[i] = tmp;
         }

         /* if solution was among the best ones, crossover should not be called until another good solution was found */
         if( !heurdata->randomization )
         {
            heurdata->prevbestsol = SCIPgetBestSol(scip);
            heurdata->prevlastsol = SCIPgetSols(scip)[heurdata->nusedsols-1];
         }
      }

      /* if solution is not better then incumbent or could not be added to problem => run is counted as a failure */
      if( !success || solindex != SCIPsolGetIndex(SCIPgetBestSol(scip)) )
         updateFailureStatistic(scip, heurdata);
   }
   else
   {
      /* if no new solution was found, run was a failure */
      updateFailureStatistic(scip, heurdata);
   }

 TERMINATE:
   /* free subproblem */
   SCIPfreeBufferArray(scip, &selection);
   SCIPfreeBufferArray(scip, &subvars);
   SCIP_CALL( SCIPfree(&subscip) );

   return SCIP_OKAY;
}
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/**
 * Selects a variable from a set of candidates by strong branching
 *
 *  @return \ref SCIP_OKAY is returned if everything worked. Otherwise a suitable error code is passed. See \ref
 *          SCIP_Retcode "SCIP_RETCODE" for a complete list of error codes.
 *
 * @note The variables in the lpcands array must have a fractional value in the current LP solution
 */
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPselectVarPseudoStrongBranching(
   SCIP*                 scip,               /**< original SCIP data structure                        */
   SCIP_VAR**            pseudocands,        /**< branching candidates                                */
   SCIP_Bool*            skipdown,           /**< should down branchings be skipped? */
   SCIP_Bool*            skipup,             /**< should up branchings be skipped? */
   int                   npseudocands,       /**< number of branching candidates                      */
   int                   npriopseudocands,   /**< number of priority branching candidates             */
   SCIP_Bool             allowaddcons,       /**< is the branching rule allowed to add constraints?   */
   int*                  bestpseudocand,     /**< best candidate for branching                        */
   SCIP_Real*            bestdown,           /**< objective value of the down branch for bestcand     */
   SCIP_Real*            bestup,             /**< objective value of the up branch for bestcand       */
   SCIP_Real*            bestscore,          /**< score for bestcand                                  */
   SCIP_Bool*            bestdownvalid,      /**< is bestdown a valid dual bound for the down branch? */
   SCIP_Bool*            bestupvalid,        /**< is bestup a valid dual bound for the up branch?     */
   SCIP_Real*            provedbound,        /**< proved dual bound for current subtree               */
   SCIP_RESULT*          result              /**< result pointer                                      */
   )
{
   SCIP_Real lpobjval;
   SCIP_Bool allcolsinlp;
   SCIP_Bool exactsolve;
#ifndef NDEBUG
   SCIP_Real cutoffbound;
   cutoffbound = SCIPgetCutoffbound(scip);
#endif


   assert(scip != NULL);
   assert(pseudocands != NULL);
   assert(bestpseudocand != NULL);
   assert(skipdown != NULL);
   assert(skipup != NULL);
   assert(bestdown != NULL);
   assert(bestup != NULL);
   assert(bestscore != NULL);
   assert(bestdownvalid != NULL);
   assert(bestupvalid != NULL);
   assert(provedbound != NULL);
   assert(result != NULL);
   assert(SCIPgetLPSolstat(scip) == SCIP_LPSOLSTAT_OPTIMAL);

   /* get current LP objective bound of the local sub problem and global cutoff bound */
   lpobjval = SCIPgetLPObjval(scip);

   /* check, if we want to solve the problem exactly, meaning that strong branching information is not useful
    * for cutting off sub problems and improving lower bounds of children
    */
   exactsolve = SCIPisExactSolve(scip);

   /* check, if all existing columns are in LP, and thus the strong branching results give lower bounds */
   allcolsinlp = SCIPallColsInLP(scip);

   /* if only one candidate exists, choose this one without applying strong branching */
   *bestpseudocand = 0;
   *bestdown = lpobjval;
   *bestup = lpobjval;
   *bestdownvalid = TRUE;
   *bestupvalid = TRUE;
   *bestscore = -SCIPinfinity(scip);
   *provedbound = lpobjval;
   if( npseudocands > 1 )
   {
      SCIP_BRANCHRULE* branchrule;
      SCIP_BRANCHRULEDATA* branchruledata;

      SCIP_Real solval;
      SCIP_Real down;
      SCIP_Real up;
      SCIP_Real downgain;
      SCIP_Real upgain;
      SCIP_Real score;
      SCIP_Bool integral;
      SCIP_Bool lperror;
      SCIP_Bool downvalid;
      SCIP_Bool upvalid;
      SCIP_Bool downinf;
      SCIP_Bool upinf;
      SCIP_Bool downconflict;
      SCIP_Bool upconflict;
      int nsbcalls;
      int i;
      int c;

      branchrule = SCIPfindBranchrule(scip, BRANCHRULE_NAME);
      assert(branchrule != NULL);

      /* get branching rule data */
      branchruledata = SCIPbranchruleGetData(branchrule);
      assert(branchruledata != NULL);


      /* initialize strong branching */
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPstartStrongbranch(scip, FALSE) );

      /* search the full strong candidate:
       * cycle through the candidates, starting with the position evaluated in the last run
       */
      nsbcalls = 0;
      for( i = 0, c = branchruledata->lastcand; i < npseudocands; ++i, ++c )
      {
         c = c % npseudocands;
         assert(pseudocands[c] != NULL);

         /* we can only apply strong branching on COLUMN variables that are in the current LP */
         if( !SCIPvarIsInLP(pseudocands[c]) )
            continue;

         solval = SCIPvarGetLPSol(pseudocands[c]);
         integral = SCIPisFeasIntegral(scip, solval);

         SCIPdebugMessage("applying strong branching on %s variable <%s>[%g,%g] with solution %g\n",
            integral ? "integral" : "fractional", SCIPvarGetName(pseudocands[c]), SCIPvarGetLbLocal(pseudocands[c]),
            SCIPvarGetUbLocal(pseudocands[c]), solval);

         up = -SCIPinfinity(scip);
         down = -SCIPinfinity(scip);

         if( integral )
         {
            SCIP_CALL( SCIPgetVarStrongbranchInt(scip, pseudocands[c], INT_MAX,
                  skipdown[c] ? NULL : &down, skipup[c] ? NULL : &up, &downvalid, &upvalid, &downinf, &upinf, &downconflict, &upconflict, &lperror) );
         }
         else
         {
            SCIP_CALL( SCIPgetVarStrongbranchFrac(scip, pseudocands[c], INT_MAX,
                  skipdown[c] ? NULL : &down, skipup[c] ? NULL : &up, &downvalid, &upvalid, &downinf, &upinf, &downconflict, &upconflict, &lperror) );
         }
         nsbcalls++;

         /* display node information line in root node */
         if( SCIPgetDepth(scip) == 0 && nsbcalls % 100 == 0 )
         {
            SCIP_CALL( SCIPprintDisplayLine(scip, NULL, SCIP_VERBLEVEL_HIGH, TRUE) );
         }

         /* check for an error in strong branching */
         if( lperror )
         {
            SCIPverbMessage(scip, SCIP_VERBLEVEL_HIGH, NULL,
               "(node %"SCIP_LONGINT_FORMAT") error in strong branching call for variable <%s> with solution %g\n",
               SCIPgetNNodes(scip), SCIPvarGetName(pseudocands[c]), solval);
            break;
         }

         /* evaluate strong branching */
         down = MAX(down, lpobjval);
         up = MAX(up, lpobjval);
         downgain = down - lpobjval;
         upgain = up - lpobjval;
         assert(!allcolsinlp || exactsolve || !downvalid || downinf == SCIPisGE(scip, down, cutoffbound));
         assert(!allcolsinlp || exactsolve || !upvalid || upinf == SCIPisGE(scip, up, cutoffbound));
         assert(downinf || !downconflict);
         assert(upinf || !upconflict);

         /* check if there are infeasible roundings */
         if( downinf || upinf )
         {
            assert(allcolsinlp);
            assert(!exactsolve);

            /* if for both infeasibilities, a conflict constraint was created, we don't need to fix the variable by hand,
             * but better wait for the next propagation round to fix them as an inference, and potentially produce a
             * cutoff that can be analyzed
             */
            if( allowaddcons && downinf == downconflict && upinf == upconflict )
            {
               *result = SCIP_CONSADDED;
               break; /* terminate initialization loop, because constraint was added */
            }
            else if( downinf && upinf )
            {
               if( integral )
               {
                  SCIP_Bool infeasible;
                  SCIP_Bool fixed;

                  /* both bound changes are infeasible: variable can be fixed to its current value */
                  SCIP_CALL( SCIPfixVar(scip, pseudocands[c], solval, &infeasible, &fixed) );
                  assert(!infeasible);
                  assert(fixed);
                  *result = SCIP_REDUCEDDOM;
                  SCIPdebugMessage(" -> integral variable <%s> is infeasible in both directions\n",
                     SCIPvarGetName(pseudocands[c]));
                  break; /* terminate initialization loop, because LP was changed */
               }
               else
               {
                  /* both roundings are infeasible: the node is infeasible */
                  *result = SCIP_CUTOFF;
                  SCIPdebugMessage(" -> fractional variable <%s> is infeasible in both directions\n",
                     SCIPvarGetName(pseudocands[c]));
                  break; /* terminate initialization loop, because node is infeasible */
               }
            }
            else if( downinf )
            {
               SCIP_Real newlb;

               /* downwards rounding is infeasible -> change lower bound of variable to upward rounding */
               newlb = SCIPfeasCeil(scip, solval);
               if( SCIPvarGetLbLocal(pseudocands[c]) < newlb - 0.5 )
               {
                  SCIP_CALL( SCIPchgVarLb(scip, pseudocands[c], newlb) );
                  *result = SCIP_REDUCEDDOM;
                  SCIPdebugMessage(" -> variable <%s> is infeasible in downward branch\n", SCIPvarGetName(pseudocands[c]));
                  break; /* terminate initialization loop, because LP was changed */
               }
            }
            else
            {
               SCIP_Real newub;

               /* upwards rounding is infeasible -> change upper bound of variable to downward rounding */
               assert(upinf);
               newub = SCIPfeasFloor(scip, solval);
               if( SCIPvarGetUbLocal(pseudocands[c]) > newub + 0.5 )
               {
                  SCIP_CALL( SCIPchgVarUb(scip, pseudocands[c], newub) );
                  *result = SCIP_REDUCEDDOM;
                  SCIPdebugMessage(" -> variable <%s> is infeasible in upward branch\n", SCIPvarGetName(pseudocands[c]));
                  break; /* terminate initialization loop, because LP was changed */
               }
            }
         }
         else if( allcolsinlp && !exactsolve && downvalid && upvalid )
         {
            SCIP_Real minbound;

            /* the minimal lower bound of both children is a proved lower bound of the current subtree */
            minbound = MIN(down, up);
            *provedbound = MAX(*provedbound, minbound);
         }

         /* check for a better score, if we are within the maximum priority candidates */
         if( c < npriopseudocands )
         {
            if( integral )
            {

               if( skipdown[c] )
               {
                  downgain = 0.0;
                  score = SCIPgetBranchScore(scip, pseudocands[c], downgain, upgain);
               }
               else if( skipup[c] )
               {
                  upgain = 0.0;
                  score = SCIPgetBranchScore(scip, pseudocands[c], downgain, upgain);
               }
               else
               {
                  SCIP_Real gains[3];

                  gains[0] = downgain;
                  gains[1] = 0.0;
                  gains[2] = upgain;
                  score = SCIPgetBranchScoreMultiple(scip, pseudocands[c], 3, gains);
               }
            }
            else
               score = SCIPgetBranchScore(scip, pseudocands[c], downgain, upgain);

            if( score > *bestscore )
            {
               *bestpseudocand = c;
               *bestdown = down;
               *bestup = up;
               *bestdownvalid = downvalid;
               *bestupvalid = upvalid;
               *bestscore = score;
            }
         }
         else
            score = 0.0;

         /* update pseudo cost values */
         if( !downinf )
         {
            SCIP_CALL( SCIPupdateVarPseudocost(scip, pseudocands[c],
                  solval-SCIPfeasCeil(scip, solval-1.0), downgain, 1.0) );
         }
         if( !upinf )
         {
            SCIP_CALL( SCIPupdateVarPseudocost(scip, pseudocands[c],
                  solval-SCIPfeasFloor(scip, solval+1.0), upgain, 1.0) );
         }

         SCIPdebugMessage(" -> var <%s> (solval=%g, downgain=%g, upgain=%g, score=%g) -- best: <%s> (%g)\n",
            SCIPvarGetName(pseudocands[c]), solval, downgain, upgain, score,
            SCIPvarGetName(pseudocands[*bestpseudocand]), *bestscore);
      }

      /* remember last evaluated candidate */
      branchruledata->lastcand = c;

      /* end strong branching */
      SCIP_CALL( SCIPendStrongbranch(scip) );
   }

   return SCIP_OKAY;
}