branch_inference.h

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/**@file   branch_inference.h
 * @ingroup BRANCHINGRULES
 * @brief  inference history branching rule
 * @author Tobias Achterberg
 * @author Timo Berthold
 * @author Stefan Heinz
 *
 * The inference history branching rule is based on the average number of deductions obtained after
 * branching this variable upwards and downwards.
 * Variables which cause many problem reductions are preferred since they are more likely to drive
 * the created sub-tree towards infeasibility.
 * Inference history of the variables is updated during the branch-and-bound search.
 *
 * For a more detailed description and a comparison between the inference rule and other branching rules
 * in SCIP, we refer to
 *
 * @par
 * Tobias Achterberg@n
 * Constraint Integer Programming@n
 * PhD Thesis, Technische Universität Berlin, 2007@n
 *

 */

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#ifndef __SCIP_BRANCH_INFERENCE_H__
#define __SCIP_BRANCH_INFERENCE_H__


#include "scip/def.h"
#include "scip/type_retcode.h"
#include "scip/type_scip.h"

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

/** creates the inference history branching rule and includes it in SCIP
 *
 *  @ingroup BranchingRuleIncludes
 */
SCIP_EXPORT
SCIP_RETCODE SCIPincludeBranchruleInference(
   SCIP*                 scip                /**< SCIP data structure */
   );

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

#endif