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SAS Optimization - Solve Time Units

nicwoyak — Wed, 25 Sep 2019 18:29:50 GMT

Simple question, but I'm unable to find the documentation that confirms it. When you get output from the OPTMODEL solver for a solve time (i.e. 70.95 here) are these units seconds or milliseconds? I'm doing some bench-marking and its important to know.

Re: SAS Optimization - Solve Time Units [how to improve your question]

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Re: SAS Optimization - Solve Time Units [how to improve your question]

nicwoyak — Wed, 25 Sep 2019 18:28:30 GMT

What units are Solution Time in here?

Re: SAS Optimization - Solve Time Units [how to improve your question]

Ksharp — Thu, 26 Sep 2019 12:52:31 GMT

I think it is seconds . but @RobPratt have authority to claim it .

Re: SAS Optimization - Solve Time Units [how to improve your question]

RobPratt — Thu, 26 Sep 2019 20:46:40 GMT

Yes, seconds of real time or CPU time, depending on the TIMETYPE= option. These fields are documented here for the MILP solver:

https://go.documentation.sas.com/?docsetId=ormpug&docsetVersion=15.1&docsetTarget=ormpug_milpsolver_details12.htm&locale=en