Octave uses Branch and Bound algorithm for solving integer linear programming and I dont think it is a good implementation(I may be wrong) and it does not support mix integer linear progrmming.I would like to work on this problem .
I have done courses like Optimization,Probablity and Statistics, Abstract Algebra,Linear Algebra,Partial Differential Equations,Real Analysis,Complex Analysis,that will enhance energy in the project
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