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Google OR tools (along lpsolve). Can be used with c#, free, common api for multiple solvers. I find that on certain problems, even linear solvers can be instable and it is useful for the user to be able to use another solver with a simple drop down. I never fully understood what caused the instability (showing problems that are perfectly solvable as infeasible/abnormal). I suspect it has to do with the many orders of magnitude between the range of certain variables and the range of objectives/constraints. The only downside of Google OR Tools is that you need to recompile it yourself to use glpk (licensing).


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