RE: HA: [Help-glpk] transportation problem

[Нестеренко Геннадий Витальевич]

> >> > Would you tell me pls, is it possible to use command "printf" if I
> >> > run glpsol.exe with switch --mincost? I use exe-file made by
> Xypron
> >> > http://sourceforge.net/projects/winglpk/ (10x to him).
> >>
> >> If you mean mathprog model, the answer is no.
> >>
> >> The --mincost option is like --mps, i.e. it specifies the type of
> >> input file (which must be dimacs mincost data file), not the problem
> >> class neither solver to be used.
> >>
> 
> > Advise me pls how can I use glpk to solve minimal cost flow
> > problem. Is it possible to do that by means of stand-alone
> > application? Can I get calculation results (optimal values of primal
> > variables) in this case?
> 
> On api level you can use the routine glp_mincost_okalg which solves
> the mincost flow problem with the out-of-kilter algorithm, which is
> more efficient that the simplex method (for details please see the
> reference manual). 

Thanks, I see.

> Glpsol, however, does not support this feature,
> i.e. you can write your model, say, in mathprog or in dimacs mincost
> flow format, but in any case the simplex method will be used.

Yes, I meant special algorithm (out-of-kilter).