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### PoolSearchMode

Selects different modes for exploring the MIP search tree
 Type: int Default value: 0 Minimum value: 0 Maximum value: 2

Selects different modes for exploring the MIP search tree. With the default setting (PoolSearchMode=0), the MIP solver tries to find an optimal solution to the model. It keeps other solutions found along the way, but those are incidental. By setting this parameter to a non-default value, the MIP search will continue after the optimal solution has been found in order to find additional, high-quality solutions. With a setting of 2, it will find the n best solutions, where n is determined by the value of the PoolSolutions parameter. With a setting of 1, it will try to find additional solutions, but with no guarantees about the quality of those solutions. The cost of the solve will increase with increasing values of this parameter.

Once optimization is complete, the PoolObjBound attribute can be used to evaluate the quality of the solutions that were found. For example, a value of PoolObjBound=100 indicates that there are no other solutions with objective better 100, and thus that any known solutions with objective better than 100 are better than any as-yet undiscovered solutions.

Note: Only affects mixed integer programming (MIP) models

For examples of how to query or modify parameter values from our different APIs, refer to our Parameter Examples.