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Proximity search

Type

Selection

Range

The settings listed below

Default

Off

This option controls the use of the ”No-Neighborhood Search” 0-1 MIP refinement heuristic proposed by Fischetti and Monaci (2012). The idea is to define a sub-MIP without additional constraints but with a modified objective function intended to attract the search in the proximity of the incumbent. The approach works well for 0-1 MIPs whose solution landscape is not too irregular (meaning the there is reasonable probability of finding an improved solution by flipping a small number of binary variables), in particular when it is applied to the first heuristic solutions found at the root node.

Possible values are:

  • Off

  • On

Last updated: Aug 28, 2025

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