Bug 95278 - Solving for the local maxima by providing limiting conditions results in an answer, but causes strange behavior in LibreOffice/Solver.
Summary: Solving for the local maxima by providing limiting conditions results in an a...
Status: RESOLVED INSUFFICIENTDATA
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Calc (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
5.0.1.2 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Linux (All)
: medium minor
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Keywords: needsDevAdvice
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Blocks: Solver
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Reported: 2015-10-23 15:51 UTC by whiys
Modified: 2018-05-30 16:47 UTC (History)
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An example spreadsheet to use for duplication of the error (10.29 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet)
2015-10-23 15:51 UTC, whiys
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Description whiys 2015-10-23 15:51:04 UTC
Created attachment 119910 [details]
An example spreadsheet to use for duplication of the error

0) Download the attached example.ods.
0.5) Install nlpsolver if you haven't already. (http://extensions.openoffice.org/en/project/solver-nonlinear-programming-beta)
1) Summon Solver.
2) Select $B$7 as your target cell.
3) Optimize the result to maximize that cell.
4) Select $B$6 as the cells to change.
5) If we solved now, we'd get the absolute maxima. We want a local maxima instead, so add in two limiting conditions, one for $B$6 <= 2, and one for $B$6 => 3.
6) Solve.
7) You can either wait out the 2000 iterations, or stop shortly after starting. Either way, Solver will have arrived at the answer (Should say 2.90). It should be noted that $B$6 will be (approximately) equal to $B$11, and $B$7 will be (approximately) equal to $B$12. This is the answer we want.
8) After hitting OK, Solver will declare that "No solution was found." and revert the two cells to what they were before Solving.

I don't know if this is an edge case on Solver, or the result of weirdness from the NLP Solving plugin, but even if Solver couldn't be convinced that this is the answer I want, it'd be nice to have the "No solution was found." box give me the option to keep the answers, rather than reverting them with no recourse. The answer can still be extracted (as you can see), but it requires typing everything out manually outside of LibreOffice, which is a pain.
Comment 1 Robinson Tryon (qubit) 2015-12-10 10:13:26 UTC
Migrating Whiteboard tags to Keywords: (needAdvice)
Comment 2 Carlos 2017-04-20 16:56:04 UTC
(In reply to whiys from comment #0)
> Created attachment 119910 [details]
> An example spreadsheet to use for duplication of the error
> 
> 0) Download the attached example.ods.
> 0.5) Install nlpsolver if you haven't already.
> (http://extensions.openoffice.org/en/project/solver-nonlinear-programming-
> beta)
> 1) Summon Solver.
> 2) Select $B$7 as your target cell.
> 3) Optimize the result to maximize that cell.
> 4) Select $B$6 as the cells to change.
> 5) If we solved now, we'd get the absolute maxima. We want a local maxima
> instead, so add in two limiting conditions, one for $B$6 <= 2, and one for
> $B$6 => 3.
> 6) Solve.
> 7) You can either wait out the 2000 iterations, or stop shortly after
> starting. Either way, Solver will have arrived at the answer (Should say
> 2.90). It should be noted that $B$6 will be (approximately) equal to $B$11,
> and $B$7 will be (approximately) equal to $B$12. This is the answer we want.
> 8) After hitting OK, Solver will declare that "No solution was found." and
> revert the two cells to what they were before Solving.
> 
> I don't know if this is an edge case on Solver, or the result of weirdness
> from the NLP Solving plugin, but even if Solver couldn't be convinced that
> this is the answer I want, it'd be nice to have the "No solution was found."
> box give me the option to keep the answers, rather than reverting them with
> no recourse. The answer can still be extracted (as you can see), but it
> requires typing everything out manually outside of LibreOffice, which is a
> pain.


Did you try version 5.3.2?

I have set the bug's status to 'NEEDINFO'. Please change it back to 'UNCONFIRMED' once the requested information is provided.
Comment 3 QA Administrators 2018-05-02 15:47:05 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 4 QA Administrators 2018-05-30 16:47:58 UTC
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