Intlinprog: Different solutions with different computers but same code

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b999 2023-11-18

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回答： Harald 2023-11-20

Hello,

I wrote a problem-based matlab code with intlinprog. In my opinion the optimation results should be the same if I am using different computers with different processors / RAM or different Matlab versions. But neither the solution nor the objective values are the same.

Theoretically intlinprog is a deterministic solver so with the same input there has to be the same output.Is that correct? Is there a reason why the solutions could differ by using different computers?

One of these computers has Matlab 2023b and the other 2021b. Could that be the reason?

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Harald 2023-11-20

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Hi,

different releases can be the reason for the described behavior. From the release notes, you can see that there were changes in R2022a and, likely more relevant, R2023a ("Improvements in intlinprog and linprog").

A crucial question is of course: are the results in R2023b better than the ones for R2021b (i.e., lower objective function value for minimization)? If so, your example is one of the cases in which the R2023a modification has led to a better solution.

For further investigation, please consider sharing a reproducible example.

Best wishes,

Harald