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Limits RegistryMIPLIB is the standard benchmark library for mixed-integer programming — optimization problems over both continuous and integer-valued variables, used across logistics, scheduling, and engineering. This record cites the proven optimal objective value for the MIPLIB instance p500x2988, according to version 36 of the official solution catalog.
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MIPLIB is the standard benchmark library for mixed-integer programming — optimization problems over both continuous and integer-valued variables, used across logistics, scheduling, and engineering. This record cites the proven optimal objective value for the MIPLIB instance p500x2988, according to version 36 of the official solution catalog.
Minimize the objective of the MIPLIB 2017 benchmark model p500x2988.
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Limits Registry. LR-002263. MIPLIB optimal objective — p500x2988. 2026.