Functional Summary

Table 7.1 summarizes the options that can be used with the SOLVE WITH NLP statement.

Table 7.1 Options for the NLP Solver

Description

Option

Multistart Options (Experimental):

 

Specifies the maximum range of values that each variable can take during the sampling process

MSBNDRANGE=

Specifies the tolerance for local optima to be considered distinct

MSDISTTOL=

Specifies the maximum allowable real time in multistart mode

MSMAXTIME=

Specifies the number of starting points to be used by multistart

MSNUMSTARTS=

Specifies the condition for terminating multistart

MSSTOP=

Optimization Options:

 

Directs the local solver to start from multiple initial points

MULTISTART

Specifies the optimization technique

TECH=

Output Options:

 

Specifies the amount of printing solution progress in multistart mode

MSPRINTLEVEL=

Specifies the frequency of printing solution progress (local solvers)

PRINTFREQ=

Specifies the allowable types of output solution

SOLTYPE=

Solver Options:

 

Specifies the feasibility tolerance

FEASTOL=

Specifies the type of Hessian used by the solver

HESSTYPE=

Specifies the maximum number of iterations

MAXITER=

Specifies the maximum allowable real time

MAXTIME=

Specifies the upper limit on the objective

OBJLIMIT=

Specifies the convergence tolerance

OPTTOL=