Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

presolving

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pre-solv-ing
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

To transform a mathematical problem into an equivalent problem that is hopefully easier to solve.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Presolving is beneficial regardless of what algorithm is used to solve the linear program; it is used both in simplex and interior-point codes."
"When presolving does detect infeasibility, but provides a poor explanation of its cause, it is often a good idea to re-run the solution with the presolver turned off so that one of the more advanced IIS isolation routines described later in this chapter can run instead."
"In CPLEX, presolving capabilities were added with version 2.1 in 1993."

Etymology

From pre- + solving or presolve + -ing.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pre

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does presolving mean?: To transform a mathematical problem into an equivalent problem that is hopefully easier to solve.
Where does presolving come from?: From pre- + solving or presolve + -ing.

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