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A note on reproducibility of CPLEX runs

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Question

Can CPLEX give different solutions when running with the same data in the same computing environment? How likely is it that the same scenario will yield different answers if run under two different environments?

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cplex/FAQ/61

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Modified date:
16 June 2018

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