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<DIV>Hi. I am a member of the Documentation Team, currently drafting an updated
version of Calc Guide Chapter 9 (Data Analysis) to reflect LO 6.2.</DIV>
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<DIV>Part of this update is to reflect that there are now two engines available
to solve linear programs (lp_solve and CoinMP). The user can switch between
engines through a menu on the Options dialog (accessed from the Solver
dialog).</DIV>
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<DIV>Is it possible for a developer with appropriate knowledge to provide me
with some indication of why a user might want to use one engine in preference to
the other? Are there circumstances in which one is likely to perform better than
the other?</DIV>
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<DIV>Thank you in advance.</DIV>
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<DIV>Regards,</DIV>
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<DIV>Steve Fanning</DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>