Ask HN: Do you use an optimization solver? Which one? Do you like it?

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4 years ago

We’re trying to bring new ideas to the optimization space. We’ve used a bunch of technologies over time (CP, MIP, LP, heuristics, etc.). We’ve built our own solver (for https://www.nextmv.io) and learned a lot along the way.

Solvers are amazing. MIP solvers, for example, are some of the fastest and most mature software packages that exist. They’re also wickedly challenging to use effectively.

Do you use optimization solvers? Which ones? Why? Do you like them? Why or why not?

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