Operations Research 2025
Abstract Submission

91. What’s New in FICO Xpress Solver 9.6?

Invited abstract in session WB-9: What's New in Solvers I, stream Software for Operations Research.

Wednesday, 10:45-12:15
Room: H15

Authors (first author is the speaker)

1. Timo Berthold
Fair Isaac Deutschland GmbH

Abstract

We present the latest developments in the FICO Xpress Solver, featuring significant enhancements across its core algorithms for linear, mixed-integer, and nonlinear optimization. Key improvements include a new pre-root parallel heuristic phase, a deterministic work limit for reproducibility, and substantial performance gains in cut generation, presolving, and symmetry detection. Xpress 9.6 delivers strong performance improvements across all problem classes, including a remarkable 3x speedup in the global solver for non-convex MINLPs, further strengthening Xpress's capabilities for solving challenging optimization problems.

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Status: accepted


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