Re: [Help-glpk] Can I combine "glp_mpl_read_model(, , 1)"

[Robbie Morrison]

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To:           Philipp Bachmann <address@hidden>
Subject:      Re: [Help-glpk] Can I combine "glp_mpl_read_model(, , 1)"
Message-ID:  <address@hidden>
From:         Andrew Makhorin <address@hidden>
Date:         Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:00:49 +0300
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[snip - earlier part of post]

> If your model has a simple structure, I'd suggest
> build it with glpk api routines, i.e. not to use
> MathProg description at all. This is quite easy and
> would resolve most interface problems.

Hello Philipp

You can also build quite complex models
programmatically.  As an example from my current
project, take the following high-voltage transmission
line data (connectivity information omitted):

  capacity [W] f                           > 400e+06
  resistance-per-metre [ohm/m] f           > 67e-06
  reactance-per-metre [ohm/m] f            > 364e-06
  length [m] f                             > 200e+03
  voltage-angle-delta-upper [degrees] f    > 30.0
  discretization-steps [-] i               > 10
  nameplate-capacity [W] f                 > 400.0e+06
  duty-specific-cost-financial [$/J] f     > 0.0
  size-specific-cost-financial [$/W/s] f   > 8.0e-12
  standing-cost-financial [$/s] f          > 0.0
  annual-discount-rate-decimal [-] f       > 0.08
  economic-life [y] i                      > 30
  capex-initial [$] f                      > 1.6e+09
  capex-terminal [$] f                     > 0.4e+09
  current-age [y] i                        > 10

I have a couple of layers of abstraction (C++ class
hierarchies) between this and the GLPK solver, but most
of the above data does eventually end up in an MIP
structural matrix somewhere deep within a GLPK problem
object.

best wishes
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Robbie Morrison
PhD student -- policy-oriented energy system simulation
Technical University of Berlin (TU-Berlin), Germany
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