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SDPA(1) 						      General Commands Manual							   SDPA(1)

NAME

       SDPA - High-performance software package for SemiDefinite Programs

SYNOPSIS

       sdpa DataFile OutputFile [InitialPtFile] [-pt parameters] [-dimacs] [-numThreads  numThreads]
       sdpa [options] files...
       sdpa --version

DESCRIPTION

       sdpa  - "SDPA (SemiDefinite Programming Algorithm)" is one of the most efficient and stable software packages for solving SDPs based on the
       primal-dual interior-point method.

       SDP (SemiDefinite Program) is used for financial engineering, machine learning, control theory, sensor network problem, quantum	chemistry,
       quantum information, combinatorial optimizaiton, polynomial optimization, and so on.

       Futher information on SDP and SDPA can be found at
       http://sdpa.sourceforge.net/

OPTIONS

       ---- option type 1 ----
       sdpa DataFile OutputFile [InitialPtFile] [-pt parameters] [-dimacs] [-numThreads numThreads]
       parameters = 0 default, 1 fast (unstable), 2 slow (stable)
       example1-1: sdpa example1.dat example1.result
       example1-2: sdpa example1.dat-s example1.result
       example1-3: sdpa example1.dat example1.result example1.ini
       example1-4: sdpa example1.dat example1.result -pt 2
       example1-5: sdpa example1.dat example1.result -dimacs
       example1-6: sdpa example1.dat example1.result -numThreads 4
       ---- option type 2 ----
       sdpa [option filename]+
	 -dd : data dense :: -ds : data sparse
	 -id : init dense :: -is : init sparse
	 -o  : output	  :: -p  : parameter
	 -pt : parameters , 0 default, 1 fast (unstable)
			    2 slow (stable)
       example2-1: sdpa -o example1.result -dd example1.dat
       example2-2: sdpa -ds example1.dat-s -o example1.result -p param.sdpa
       example2-3: sdpa -ds example1.dat-s -o example1.result -pt 2
       example2-4: sdpa -ds example1.dat-s -o example1.result -dimacs
       example2-5: sdpa -ds example1.dat-s -o example1.result -numThreads 4
       ---- option type 3 ----
       sdpa --version
       to print out version and exit.

       PARAMETER_FILE
	      is decided by the following priority
		 1: The file assigned by '-p' option of 'option type 2'.
		     For 'option type1', this is skipped.
		 2: ./param.sdpa
		     For 'option type2', this is skipped.
		 3: /usr/share/sdpa/param.sdpa
		 4: Default parameter

       -dimacs
	      printout dimacs information incurring additional computation cost

       -numThreads
	      number of pthreads for internal computation

AUTHOR

       SDPA was written by SDPA Project <sdpa-developers@lists.sourceforge.net>.

       This manual page was written by Makoto Yamashita <Makoto.Yamashita@is.titech.ac.jp>.

								   July 28, 2011							   SDPA(1)