Re: [Help-glpk] GLPK, possibility: display solution by other solver

[Andrew Makhorin]

> I have used GLPK to convert a .mod MathProg model into the MPS format
> and solved the MPS model using the other solver (COIN-OR CBC).

> Is it possible with GLPK to read in a MPS solution file from another
> solver and just display the solution (say, I have some non-trivial
> display part after the "solve" command in the .mod file and I would
> like to display the solution using it)?

> That is, just like --check, the model would just be read in and
> converted to LP form, an additional MPS solution file would be read in
> and the solve command would have no effect.  (Of course some side
> information like --bounds would not be available then, but primal/dual
> solutions are)

If your model is LP, you can pass the optimal basis (found by other LP
solver) in the fixed mps format to glpsol as follows:

   glpsol ... --bas filename ...