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Add the fixed variable elimination to presolve of the barrier method.

No regression over QP/QCP/SOCP.

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The change adds configurable fixed-variable and singleton-row barrier presolve, records reduction data for postsolve reconstruction, updates presolve ordering and diagnostics, and adjusts QP ADAT values for primal and dual regularization.

Changes: Barrier presolve and QP regularization

Layer / File(s) Summary
Configure barrier presolve
cpp/include/cuopt/..., cpp/src/dual_simplex/simplex_solver_settings.hpp, cpp/src/math_optimization/solver_settings.cu, cpp/src/pdlp/solve.cu
Adds fixed-variable and singleton-row settings with automatic, disabled, and enabled modes. Sequence solves disable both settings.
Reduce and reconstruct presolved problems
cpp/src/dual_simplex/presolve.hpp, cpp/src/dual_simplex/presolve.cpp
Adds fixed-variable and singleton-row reductions, records mappings and bounds, updates reduction ordering and diagnostics, and reconstructs removed values, reduced costs, and dual information.
Adjust QP ADAT regularization
cpp/src/barrier/barrier.cu
ADAT formation adjusts diagonal values for positive dual and primal perturbations when QP data is present.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Feature

Possibly related PRs

  • NVIDIA/cuopt#1936: Addresses the same fixed-variable barrier presolve paths and reduced-cost restoration. This PR extends them with singleton-row presolve.
  • NVIDIA/cuopt#1902: Changes the related presolve, bookkeeping, postsolve, and solver-setting paths.
Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 74b48

With fixed-variable and singleton-row presolve enabled, chained zero-cost auxiliary variables could produce postsolved primal solutions that violate original constraints. Confirm the slack recovery order, and iterate in reverse if the chain is real, before merging.

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// Fixed variables are removed during barrier presolve. Automatic (-1) choice resolves to 0 for a
// sequence solve.
template <typename i_t, typename f_t>
i_t effective_fixed_variables(pdlp_solver_settings_t<i_t, f_t> const& settings)
{
return settings.sequence_solve ? 0 : settings.barrier_presolve_fixed_variables;
}

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Disable fixed-variable presolve when a barrier cache is supplied.

When sequence_solve is false, this helper can leave fixed-variable presolve enabled even when barrier_cache is supplied. The cache API accepts this workflow and stores the transform and iteration data after an optimal solve. On a later update_linear_objective, barrier_cache_t::update_linear_objective drops the updated coefficient for a removed fixed variable but retains its old contribution in obj_constant. The next cached solve can therefore report an incorrect objective value.

Suggested fix
-  return settings.sequence_solve ? 0 : settings.barrier_presolve_fixed_variables;
+  return (settings.sequence_solve || settings.barrier_cache != nullptr)
+           ? 0
+           : settings.barrier_presolve_fixed_variables;
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// Fixed variables are removed during barrier presolve. Automatic (-1) choice resolves to 0 for a
// sequence solve.
template <typename i_t, typename f_t>
i_t effective_fixed_variables(pdlp_solver_settings_t<i_t, f_t> const& settings)
{
return settings.sequence_solve ? 0 : settings.barrier_presolve_fixed_variables;
}
// Fixed variables are removed during barrier presolve. Automatic (-1) choice resolves to 0 for a
// sequence solve.
template <typename i_t, typename f_t>
i_t effective_fixed_variables(pdlp_solver_settings_t<i_t, f_t> const& settings)
{
return (settings.sequence_solve || settings.barrier_cache != nullptr)
? 0
: settings.barrier_presolve_fixed_variables;
}
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convex settings documentation, covering values -1, 0, and 1 and their automatic
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#define CUOPT_POSTSOLVE_INFO "postsolve_info"
#define CUOPT_BARRIER_PRESOLVE_BOUND_FREE_VARIABLES "barrier_presolve_bound_free_variables"
#define CUOPT_BARRIER_PRESOLVE_FIXED_VARIABLES "barrier_presolve_fixed_variables"
#define CUOPT_BARRIER_PRESOLVE_SINGLETON_ROWS "barrier_presolve_singleton_rows"

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Document the two barrier presolve parameters.

Add barrier_presolve_fixed_variables and barrier_presolve_singleton_rows to docs/cuopt/source/convex-settings.rst. Document the values -1, 0, and 1, the automatic default behavior, and these constraints:

  • barrier_presolve_singleton_rows requires barrier_presolve_fixed_variables to be enabled.
  • Neither option applies when a solve feeds or reuses a barrier cache.
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Comment on lines +2790 to +2803
for (const auto& record : presolve_info.singleton_rows) {
if (record.slack == -1) { continue; }
f_t activity = 0;
f_t a_is = 0;
for (i_t p = original_Arow.row_start[record.row]; p < original_Arow.row_start[record.row + 1];
++p) {
if (original_Arow.j[p] == record.slack) {
a_is = original_Arow.x[p];
} else {
activity += original_Arow.x[p] * input_x[original_Arow.j[p]];
}
}
input_x[record.slack] = (original_problem.rhs[record.row] - activity) / a_is;
}

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Recover singleton-row slacks in reverse removal order.

The slack recovery loop runs in forward removal order. A later record can change a value that an earlier record reads, so forward order is wrong.

How the chain forms:

  • Pass 1 removes row r1 = {x_j, s}. It tightens the bounds of x_j and records slack = s.
  • After r1 is emptied from A, x_j can have col_length(j) == 1. If its objective is 0, is_slack(j) is true in pass 2.
  • Pass 2 removes row r2 = {x_k, x_j} and treats x_j as the slack. Line 1164 fixes x_j to 0, and postsolve must recover its real value from r2.

What goes wrong in postsolve:

  • The loop first handles r1. It computes s = (b1 - a_ij * x_j) / a_is with the placeholder x_j. That placeholder is 0 plus the lower-bound shift.
  • The loop then handles r2 and overwrites x_j with the correct value.
  • The returned primal solution violates row r1 by a_ij * (x_j_final - x_j_placeholder).

Chains of zero-cost auxiliary variables commonly produce this pattern. Rows of the form x_k + j = b2 and j + s = b1 are one example.

Reverse order fixes the problem. The value of x_j recovered from r2 lies inside the bounds that r1 implied, so the s computed afterward lies inside its own bounds. The dual pass below already iterates in reverse for the same reason.

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--- "a/cpp/src/dual_simplex/presolve.cpp"
+++ "b/cpp/src/dual_simplex/presolve.cpp"
@@ -2787,8 +2787,10 @@
   if (!presolve_info.singleton_rows.empty()) {
     original_problem.A.to_compressed_row(original_Arow);
     // A slack dropped with its singleton row takes the value that satisfies the row.
-    for (const auto& record : presolve_info.singleton_rows) {
+    for (auto it = presolve_info.singleton_rows.rbegin(); it != presolve_info.singleton_rows.rend();
+         ++it) {
+      const auto& record = *it;
       if (record.slack == -1) { continue; }
       f_t activity = 0;
       f_t a_is     = 0;
       for (i_t p = original_Arow.row_start[record.row]; p < original_Arow.row_start[record.row + 1];

Add a regression LP with a chain such as x1 + x2 = 3, x2 + s = 5, s >= 0, where x2 has zero cost and finite bounds. Check the primal residual of the original problem after uncrush_solution.

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Review comment at @cpp/src/dual_simplex/presolve.cpp around lines 2790 - 2803:
Update the singleton-row slack recovery loop over presolve_info.singleton_rows
to iterate in reverse removal order, dereferencing each reverse iterator into
the existing record variable before processing it. Preserve the current slack
calculation and skip behavior, and add a regression LP covering chained
singleton rows that verifies the original primal residual after
uncrush_solution.

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