Error Messages/9318
Solver Error
The selected engine can not solve a problem of this type. Please select another engine.
Cause
Analytica Optimizer can make use of several different optimization engines to solve an optimization problem. The various engines can handle different types of problems. For example, the "LP/Quadratic" engine can solve linear programs and quadratic programs with linear constraints. That engine, however, cannot be used to solve problems with a quadratic or non-linear constraint, or problems with a non-quadratic (i.e., general non-linear) objective function.
You may encounter this error when you explicitly specify the solver engine in the «engine» parameter to LpDefine, QpDefine, NlpDefine or DefineOptimization. By specifying the engine explicitly, it forces the optimizer to use that engine for the problem, and if the engine is inappropriate, this error results.
If you get this error and you haven't specified the «engine» parameter explicitly, then Analytica has selected what it thinks is probably the most appropriate engine, but managed to pick one that doesn't match the problem.
The following table lists the available engines that the problem types that they are capable of solving (QP-LC=Quadratic objective with linear constraints, QP-Cone = Quadratic w/conical constraints, QP-CVX = QP with convex quadratic obj and constraints).
| Engine | LP | QP-LC | QP-Cone | QP-CVX | NLP-Smooth | NLP-NonSmooth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QP/Quadratic | Y | Y | N | N | N | N |
| SOCP Barrier | Y | Y | Y | ? | N | N |
| GRG Nonlinear | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | (N) |
| Evolutionary | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| LSLP | Y | Y | N | N | N | N |
| LSSQP | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
| LSGRG | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | (N) |
| Gurobi | ||||||
| MOSEK | ||||||
| Knitro | ||||||
| OptQuest | ||||||
| XPress |
Remedies
To get around this problem, you simply need to explicitly specify the engine to use in the «engine» parameter to LpDefine, QpDefine, NlpDefine or DefineOptimization. For example:
QpDefine( ..., engine:"GRG Nonlinear")
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