How to choose an integer linear programming solver?

Question

I am newbie for integer linear programming. I plan to use a integer linear programming solver to solve my combinatorial optimization problem. I am more familiar with C++/obj

Answer 1

If what you want is linear mixed integer programming, then I would point to Coin-OR (and specifically to the module CBC). It's Free software (as speech) You can either use it with a specific language, or use C++.

Use C++ if you data requires lots of preprocessing, or if you want to put your hands into the solver (choosing pivot points, column generation, adding cuts and so on...).

Use the integrated language if you want to use the solver as a black box (you're just interested in the result and the problem is easy or classic enough to be solved without tweaking).

But in the tags you mention genetic algorithms and graphs algorithms. Maybe you should start by better defing your problem... For graphs I like a lot Boost::Graph