Obtaining sub-optimal results from the model when the time limit is reached

Specific Domains Optimization (Mathematical)
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For anyone looking at this post in the future, I will explain how I got around this issue.

As I mentioned in my previous reply, I changed the solver from Juniper to SCIP.

With SCIP, I used the time limiting option to limit the time of the model and obtain the sub-optimal solution. This is how I defined the SCIP solver and the time limit (in seconds) option:

using SCIP
model = Model(() -> SCIP.Optimizer(limits_time = 10800))

Once the limit is reached, the SCIP will provide the best solution reached so far.

Hopefully, the bug with Juniper will be fixed. But I wanted to help anyone visiting this post for a similar issue they are facing.

Regards.

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