TY - GEN A1 - Achterberg, Tobias T1 - SCIP - a framework to integrate Constraint and Mixed Integer Programming N2 - Constraint Programs and Mixed Integer Programs are closely related optimization problems originating from different scientific areas. Today's state-of-the-art algorithms of both fields have several strategies in common, in particular the branch-and-bound process to recursively divide the problem into smaller sub problems. On the other hand, the main techniques to process each sub problem are different, and it was observed that they have complementary strenghts. We propose a programming framework {\sffamily SCIP} that integrates techniques from both fields in order to exploit the strenghts of both, Constraint Programming and Mixed Integer Programming. In contrast to other proposals of recent years to combine both fields, {\sffamily SCIP} does not focus on easy implementation and rapid prototyping, but is tailored towards expert users in need of full, in-depth control and high performance. T3 - ZIB-Report - 04-19 KW - Mixed Integer Programming KW - MIP KW - Constraint Programming KW - CP KW - branch-and-bound Y1 - 2004 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-zib/frontdoor/index/index/docId/794 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-7947 ER -