Improve Results

How to tune or improve your results

Suggestions for interpreting solution quality or obtaining a better solution.

Topics

Overview of Next Steps
What to do after a solver finishes.
When the Solver Fails
How to proceed when the solver fails.
When the Solver Might Have Succeeded
How to proceed when the solver is unsure it produced a good answer.
Solver Takes Too Long
What to do if the solver takes a long time to finish.
When the Solver Succeeds
How to check that the solution is reliable.
Local vs. Global Optima
Explains why solvers might not find the smallest minimum.
Tuning Integer Linear Programming
Steps for improving solutions or solution time.
Investigate Linear Infeasibilities
Find out which linear constraints cause a problem to be infeasible.