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NAME
     ppl_pips - a PPL-based parametric integer programming problem solver

SYNOPSIS
     ppl_pips [OPTION]... [FILE]

DESCRIPTION
     Reads  the  definition of a Parametric Integer Programming problem and dis-
     plays the lexicographic minimum in terms of the values of the parameters.

OPTIONS
     -RMB, --max-memory=MB
	    limits memory usage to MB megabytes

     -h, --help
	    prints this help text to stdout

     -oPATH, --output=PATH
	    appends output to PATH

     -P, --polylib
	    reads problem in PolyLib format (default)

     -p, --piplib
	    reads problem in PipLib format

     -t, --timings
	    prints timings to stderr

     -v, --verbose
	    produces lots of output

     -i, --iterations=N
	    executes the resolution N times (default=1)

     -V, --version
	    prints version information to stdout

     -cPATH, --check=PATH
	    checks if the result is equal to what is in PATH

   Cut generation options:
     -f, --cut-first
	    uses the first non-integer row (default)

     -d, --cut-deepest
	    tries to generate the deepest cut

     -a, --cut-all
	    always generates all possible cuts

   Pivot row strategy options:
     -F, --row-first
	    uses the first row with negative parameter (default)

     -M, --row-max
	    chooses row generating the lexico-maximal pivot column

AVAILABILITY
     The latest version of the Parma Polyhedra Library and all the documentation
     is available at http://bugseng.com/products/ppl/ .

NOTES
     The options -CSECS (--max-cpu=SECS) and -t (--timings) are not available on
     some platforms.

     The PolyLib format is as follows:

     -	    The first row describes the context matrix (i.e., constraints on the
	    parameters).  The first value is the number of rows  (which  can  be
	    zero)  and	the second value is the number of columns. The number of
	    parameters is the number of columns minus 2.

     -	    Starting from the second row, there are the rows of the context  ma-
	    trix,  if  any.  Each row, which represents a constraint of the form
	    c1*p1 + ... + cn*pn + c0 =/>= 0 , contains: the value 0 if the  con-
	    straint  is  an equality, 1 if it is an inequality; the coefficients
	    of the parameters c1, ..., cn ; the constant term c0 .  For example,
	    the inequality constraint on two parameters p1 + 2*p2 - 1  >=  0  is
	    encoded by the row 1 1 2 -1 .

     -	    The  following  row  contains the parameter number for the so-called
	    big parameter.  If no big parameter is used, the value is -1.

     -	    The following rows encode the problem inequality matrix.  As for the
	    context matrix, the first two values are the dimensions of	the  ma-
	    trix. The number of variables is the number of columns in the matrix
	    minus  the number of parameters minus 2.  Each row, which represents
	    a constraint of the form d1*v1 + ... + dm*vm + c1*p1 + ... + cn*pn +
	    c0 =/>= 0 , contains: the value 0 if the constraint is an  equality,
	    1 if it is an inequality; the coefficients of the variables d1, ...,
	    dm	;  the coefficients of the parameters c1, ..., cn ; the constant
	    term c0 .

	    The PipLib format is described  in	Section  2.2  of  PIP/PipLib:  A
	    Solver for Parametric Integer Programming Problems (see below).

AUTHOR
     See the file CREDITS in the source distribution or use the command ppl-con-
     fig --credits for a list of contributors.

REPORTING BUGS
     Report bugs to <ppl-devel@cs.unipr.it>.

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright (C) 2001-2010 Roberto Bagnara <bagnara@cs.unipr.it> Copyright (C)
     2010-2016 BUGSENG srl (http://bugseng.com)
     This  is  free software; see the file COPYING in the source distribution or
     use the command ppl-config --copying  to  obtain  the  copying  conditions.
     There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTIC-
     ULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
     ppl-config(1)

     Paul  Feautrier.	Parametric  Integer Programming.  RAIRO Recherche Opera-
     tionnelle, 22(3):243-268, 1988.

     Paul Feautrier, Jean-Francois Collard, and Cedric Bastoul.   PIP/PipLib:  A
     Solver for Parametric Integer Programming Problems, 5.0 edition, July 2007.
     Distributed with PIP/PipLib 1.4.0.

ppl_pips 1.2			  February 2016 		     PPL_PIPS(1)

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