Builds on the Solver of #327. data.solver takes reports: [answer, limits]
and writes them on new sheets before the model's sheet once a solution
is found. The Answer report lists the objective and variable cells with
their original and final values and each constraint's value, formula,
status (Binding or Not Binding) and slack; cells are named by the
nearest labels to their left and above. The Limits report minimises and
maximises each variable with the others held at the solution, under the
model's constraints, and gives the objective at both ends (Simplex LP
and GRG Nonlinear, without integer constraints).
data.solverReport writes the reports for a given solution and model,
so data.solver's result (which now carries the original values and the
model) can be passed to it as is. The Solver Results dialog offers the
two reports; they are written after Keep Solver Solution or Restore
Original Values.
Builds on the Solver of #327. method: evolutionary runs a genetic search
for models that aren't smooth: tournament selection, blend crossover and
Gaussian mutation inside the variable bounds, feasibility-first ranking
and integer rounding, then a compass search around the best member. It
stops when the population converges, when the best member stops
improving for a number of generations, or at the evaluation budget. A
seeded generator makes runs repeatable. Population size, mutation rate,
random seed, convergence and Require Bounds are options; the method and
its options are saved in the hidden solver_* names. The Solver
Parameters dialog offers the method.
data.solver maximises, minimises or targets a value in an objective cell by
changing variable cells under <=, >=, =, int and bin constraints. Simplex LP
linearises the model through recalculation, checks linearity and solves it
with a two-phase simplex; integers use branch and bound. The GRG Nonlinear
choice runs an augmented-Lagrangian projected-gradient method. The model is
saved as hidden solver_* names; Solver Parameters and Solver Results dialogs.
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