Welcome to BiCePS. BiCePS is distributed under the Eclipse Public License and is freely redistributable. All source code and documentation is Copyright 2001-2017 by Lehigh University, Yan Xu, and Ted Ralphs. This README may be distributed freely.

Binaries available as part of the CHiPPS-BLIS binary distribution on BinTray:

BiCePS is one of the libraries that make up the CHiPPS (COIN High Performance Parallel Search Framework) library hierarchy. It implements that data-handling functions needed to support development of many types of relaxation-based branch-and-bound algorithms, especially for solving mathematical programs. It is intended to capture the implementation of methods common to all such algorithms without assuming anything about the structure of the mathematical program or the bounding method used. BLIS, which is another layer built on top of BiCePS, is a concretization of Bcps for the case of mixed integer linear programs. DIP is another implementation being developed using BLIS that implements a decomposition-based bounding procedure.

https://projects.coin-or.org/CHiPPS

The html documentation of the classes in BiCePS (See INSTALL file) can be created. A user's guide that is under preparation that can help with running or customizing BiCePS.

Please see the INSTALL file for a guide to install Bcps.

1. Authors

Source Code:

Yan Xu ([email protected]) Ted Ralphs ([email protected]), Project Manager

Original Conceptual Design:

Yan Xu ([email protected]) Ted Ralphs ([email protected]), Project Manager Laci Ladanyi ([email protected]) Matt Saltzman ([email protected])

2. List Serve

BiCePS users should use the CHiPPS mailing list. To subscribe, go to http://list.coin-or.org/mailman/listinfo/chipps

3. Bug Reports

Bug reports should be reported on the CHiPPS development web site at

https://projects.coin-or.org/CHiPPS/newticket