16.7 The JSON Format¶
MOSEK provides the possibility to read/write problems in valid JSON format.
JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a lightweight data-interchange format. It is easy for humans to read and write. It is easy for machines to parse and generate. It is based on a subset of the JavaScript Programming Language, Standard ECMA-262 3rd Edition - December 1999. JSON is a text format that is completely language independent but uses conventions that are familiar to programmers of the C-family of languages, including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Perl, Python, and many others. These properties make JSON an ideal data-interchange language.
The official JSON website http://www.json.org provides plenty of information along with the format definition.
MOSEK defines two JSON-like formats:
jtaskjsol
Despite being text-based human-readable formats, jtask and jsol files will include no indentation and no new-lines, in order to keep the files as compact as possible. We therefore strongly advise to use JSON viewer tools to inspect jtask and jsol files.
16.7.1 jtask format¶
It stores a problem instance. The jtask format contains the same information as a task format. Even though a jtask file is human-readable, we do not recommend users to create it by hand, but to rely on MOSEK.
16.7.2 jsol format¶
It stores a problem solution. The jsol format contains all solutions and information items.
16.7.3 A jtask example¶
In Listing 16.6 we present a file in the jtask format that corresponds to the sample problem from lo1.lp. The listing has been formatted for readability.
{
"$schema":"http://mosek.com/json/schema#",
"Task/INFO":{
"taskname":"lo1",
"numvar":4,
"numcon":3,
"numcone":0,
"numbarvar":0,
"numanz":9,
"numsymmat":0,
"mosekver":[
8,
0,
0,
9
]
},
"Task/data":{
"var":{
"name":[
"x1",
"x2",
"x3",
"x4"
],
"bk":[
"lo",
"ra",
"lo",
"lo"
],
"bl":[
0.0,
0.0,
0.0,
0.0
],
"bu":[
1e+30,
1e+1,
1e+30,
1e+30
],
"type":[
"cont",
"cont",
"cont",
"cont"
]
},
"con":{
"name":[
"c1",
"c2",
"c3"
],
"bk":[
"fx",
"lo",
"up"
],
"bl":[
3e+1,
1.5e+1,
-1e+30
],
"bu":[
3e+1,
1e+30,
2.5e+1
]
},
"objective":{
"sense":"max",
"name":"obj",
"c":{
"subj":[
0,
1,
2,
3
],
"val":[
3e+0,
1e+0,
5e+0,
1e+0
]
},
"cfix":0.0
},
"A":{
"subi":[
0,
0,
0,
1,
1,
1,
1,
2,
2
],
"subj":[
0,
1,
2,
0,
1,
2,
3,
1,
3
],
"val":[
3e+0,
1e+0,
2e+0,
2e+0,
1e+0,
3e+0,
1e+0,
2e+0,
3e+0
]
}
},
"Task/parameters":{
"iparam":{
"ANA_SOL_BASIS":"ON",
"ANA_SOL_PRINT_VIOLATED":"OFF",
"AUTO_SORT_A_BEFORE_OPT":"OFF",
"AUTO_UPDATE_SOL_INFO":"OFF",
"BASIS_SOLVE_USE_PLUS_ONE":"OFF",
"BI_CLEAN_OPTIMIZER":"OPTIMIZER_FREE",
"BI_IGNORE_MAX_ITER":"OFF",
"BI_IGNORE_NUM_ERROR":"OFF",
"BI_MAX_ITERATIONS":1000000,
"CACHE_LICENSE":"ON",
"CHECK_CONVEXITY":"CHECK_CONVEXITY_FULL",
"COMPRESS_STATFILE":"ON",
"CONCURRENT_NUM_OPTIMIZERS":2,
"CONCURRENT_PRIORITY_DUAL_SIMPLEX":2,
"CONCURRENT_PRIORITY_FREE_SIMPLEX":3,
"CONCURRENT_PRIORITY_INTPNT":4,
"CONCURRENT_PRIORITY_PRIMAL_SIMPLEX":1,
"FEASREPAIR_OPTIMIZE":"FEASREPAIR_OPTIMIZE_NONE",
"INFEAS_GENERIC_NAMES":"OFF",
"INFEAS_PREFER_PRIMAL":"ON",
"INFEAS_REPORT_AUTO":"OFF",
"INFEAS_REPORT_LEVEL":1,
"INTPNT_BASIS":"BI_ALWAYS",
"INTPNT_DIFF_STEP":"ON",
"INTPNT_FACTOR_DEBUG_LVL":0,
"INTPNT_FACTOR_METHOD":0,
"INTPNT_HOTSTART":"INTPNT_HOTSTART_NONE",
"INTPNT_MAX_ITERATIONS":400,
"INTPNT_MAX_NUM_COR":-1,
"INTPNT_MAX_NUM_REFINEMENT_STEPS":-1,
"INTPNT_OFF_COL_TRH":40,
"INTPNT_ORDER_METHOD":"ORDER_METHOD_FREE",
"INTPNT_REGULARIZATION_USE":"ON",
"INTPNT_SCALING":"SCALING_FREE",
"INTPNT_SOLVE_FORM":"SOLVE_FREE",
"INTPNT_STARTING_POINT":"STARTING_POINT_FREE",
"LIC_TRH_EXPIRY_WRN":7,
"LICENSE_DEBUG":"OFF",
"LICENSE_PAUSE_TIME":0,
"LICENSE_SUPPRESS_EXPIRE_WRNS":"OFF",
"LICENSE_WAIT":"OFF",
"LOG":10,
"LOG_ANA_PRO":1,
"LOG_BI":4,
"LOG_BI_FREQ":2500,
"LOG_CHECK_CONVEXITY":0,
"LOG_CONCURRENT":1,
"LOG_CUT_SECOND_OPT":1,
"LOG_EXPAND":0,
"LOG_FACTOR":1,
"LOG_FEAS_REPAIR":1,
"LOG_FILE":1,
"LOG_HEAD":1,
"LOG_INFEAS_ANA":1,
"LOG_INTPNT":4,
"LOG_MIO":4,
"LOG_MIO_FREQ":1000,
"LOG_OPTIMIZER":1,
"LOG_ORDER":1,
"LOG_PRESOLVE":1,
"LOG_RESPONSE":0,
"LOG_SENSITIVITY":1,
"LOG_SENSITIVITY_OPT":0,
"LOG_SIM":4,
"LOG_SIM_FREQ":1000,
"LOG_SIM_MINOR":1,
"LOG_STORAGE":1,
"MAX_NUM_WARNINGS":10,
"MIO_BRANCH_DIR":"BRANCH_DIR_FREE",
"MIO_CONSTRUCT_SOL":"OFF",
"MIO_CUT_CLIQUE":"ON",
"MIO_CUT_CMIR":"ON",
"MIO_CUT_GMI":"ON",
"MIO_CUT_KNAPSACK_COVER":"OFF",
"MIO_HEURISTIC_LEVEL":-1,
"MIO_MAX_NUM_BRANCHES":-1,
"MIO_MAX_NUM_RELAXS":-1,
"MIO_MAX_NUM_SOLUTIONS":-1,
"MIO_MODE":"MIO_MODE_SATISFIED",
"MIO_MT_USER_CB":"ON",
"MIO_NODE_OPTIMIZER":"OPTIMIZER_FREE",
"MIO_NODE_SELECTION":"MIO_NODE_SELECTION_FREE",
"MIO_PERSPECTIVE_REFORMULATE":"ON",
"MIO_PROBING_LEVEL":-1,
"MIO_RINS_MAX_NODES":-1,
"MIO_ROOT_OPTIMIZER":"OPTIMIZER_FREE",
"MIO_ROOT_REPEAT_PRESOLVE_LEVEL":-1,
"MT_SPINCOUNT":0,
"NUM_THREADS":0,
"OPF_MAX_TERMS_PER_LINE":5,
"OPF_WRITE_HEADER":"ON",
"OPF_WRITE_HINTS":"ON",
"OPF_WRITE_PARAMETERS":"OFF",
"OPF_WRITE_PROBLEM":"ON",
"OPF_WRITE_SOL_BAS":"ON",
"OPF_WRITE_SOL_ITG":"ON",
"OPF_WRITE_SOL_ITR":"ON",
"OPF_WRITE_SOLUTIONS":"OFF",
"OPTIMIZER":"OPTIMIZER_FREE",
"PARAM_READ_CASE_NAME":"ON",
"PARAM_READ_IGN_ERROR":"OFF",
"PRESOLVE_ELIMINATOR_MAX_FILL":-1,
"PRESOLVE_ELIMINATOR_MAX_NUM_TRIES":-1,
"PRESOLVE_LEVEL":-1,
"PRESOLVE_LINDEP_ABS_WORK_TRH":100,
"PRESOLVE_LINDEP_REL_WORK_TRH":100,
"PRESOLVE_LINDEP_USE":"ON",
"PRESOLVE_MAX_NUM_REDUCTIONS":-1,
"PRESOLVE_USE":"PRESOLVE_MODE_FREE",
"PRIMAL_REPAIR_OPTIMIZER":"OPTIMIZER_FREE",
"QO_SEPARABLE_REFORMULATION":"OFF",
"READ_DATA_COMPRESSED":"COMPRESS_FREE",
"READ_DATA_FORMAT":"DATA_FORMAT_EXTENSION",
"READ_DEBUG":"OFF",
"READ_KEEP_FREE_CON":"OFF",
"READ_LP_DROP_NEW_VARS_IN_BOU":"OFF",
"READ_LP_QUOTED_NAMES":"ON",
"READ_MPS_FORMAT":"MPS_FORMAT_FREE",
"READ_MPS_WIDTH":1024,
"READ_TASK_IGNORE_PARAM":"OFF",
"SENSITIVITY_ALL":"OFF",
"SENSITIVITY_OPTIMIZER":"OPTIMIZER_FREE_SIMPLEX",
"SENSITIVITY_TYPE":"SENSITIVITY_TYPE_BASIS",
"SIM_BASIS_FACTOR_USE":"ON",
"SIM_DEGEN":"SIM_DEGEN_FREE",
"SIM_DUAL_CRASH":90,
"SIM_DUAL_PHASEONE_METHOD":0,
"SIM_DUAL_RESTRICT_SELECTION":50,
"SIM_DUAL_SELECTION":"SIM_SELECTION_FREE",
"SIM_EXPLOIT_DUPVEC":"SIM_EXPLOIT_DUPVEC_OFF",
"SIM_HOTSTART":"SIM_HOTSTART_FREE",
"SIM_HOTSTART_LU":"ON",
"SIM_INTEGER":0,
"SIM_MAX_ITERATIONS":10000000,
"SIM_MAX_NUM_SETBACKS":250,
"SIM_NON_SINGULAR":"ON",
"SIM_PRIMAL_CRASH":90,
"SIM_PRIMAL_PHASEONE_METHOD":0,
"SIM_PRIMAL_RESTRICT_SELECTION":50,
"SIM_PRIMAL_SELECTION":"SIM_SELECTION_FREE",
"SIM_REFACTOR_FREQ":0,
"SIM_REFORMULATION":"SIM_REFORMULATION_OFF",
"SIM_SAVE_LU":"OFF",
"SIM_SCALING":"SCALING_FREE",
"SIM_SCALING_METHOD":"SCALING_METHOD_POW2",
"SIM_SOLVE_FORM":"SOLVE_FREE",
"SIM_STABILITY_PRIORITY":50,
"SIM_SWITCH_OPTIMIZER":"OFF",
"SOL_FILTER_KEEP_BASIC":"OFF",
"SOL_FILTER_KEEP_RANGED":"OFF",
"SOL_READ_NAME_WIDTH":-1,
"SOL_READ_WIDTH":1024,
"SOLUTION_CALLBACK":"OFF",
"TIMING_LEVEL":1,
"WRITE_BAS_CONSTRAINTS":"ON",
"WRITE_BAS_HEAD":"ON",
"WRITE_BAS_VARIABLES":"ON",
"WRITE_DATA_COMPRESSED":0,
"WRITE_DATA_FORMAT":"DATA_FORMAT_EXTENSION",
"WRITE_DATA_PARAM":"OFF",
"WRITE_FREE_CON":"OFF",
"WRITE_GENERIC_NAMES":"OFF",
"WRITE_GENERIC_NAMES_IO":1,
"WRITE_IGNORE_INCOMPATIBLE_CONIC_ITEMS":"OFF",
"WRITE_IGNORE_INCOMPATIBLE_ITEMS":"OFF",
"WRITE_IGNORE_INCOMPATIBLE_NL_ITEMS":"OFF",
"WRITE_IGNORE_INCOMPATIBLE_PSD_ITEMS":"OFF",
"WRITE_INT_CONSTRAINTS":"ON",
"WRITE_INT_HEAD":"ON",
"WRITE_INT_VARIABLES":"ON",
"WRITE_LP_FULL_OBJ":"ON",
"WRITE_LP_LINE_WIDTH":80,
"WRITE_LP_QUOTED_NAMES":"ON",
"WRITE_LP_STRICT_FORMAT":"OFF",
"WRITE_LP_TERMS_PER_LINE":10,
"WRITE_MPS_FORMAT":"MPS_FORMAT_FREE",
"WRITE_MPS_INT":"ON",
"WRITE_PRECISION":15,
"WRITE_SOL_BARVARIABLES":"ON",
"WRITE_SOL_CONSTRAINTS":"ON",
"WRITE_SOL_HEAD":"ON",
"WRITE_SOL_IGNORE_INVALID_NAMES":"OFF",
"WRITE_SOL_VARIABLES":"ON",
"WRITE_TASK_INC_SOL":"ON",
"WRITE_XML_MODE":"WRITE_XML_MODE_ROW"
},
"dparam":{
"ANA_SOL_INFEAS_TOL":1e-6,
"BASIS_REL_TOL_S":1e-12,
"BASIS_TOL_S":1e-6,
"BASIS_TOL_X":1e-6,
"CHECK_CONVEXITY_REL_TOL":1e-10,
"DATA_TOL_AIJ":1e-12,
"DATA_TOL_AIJ_HUGE":1e+20,
"DATA_TOL_AIJ_LARGE":1e+10,
"DATA_TOL_BOUND_INF":1e+16,
"DATA_TOL_BOUND_WRN":1e+8,
"DATA_TOL_C_HUGE":1e+16,
"DATA_TOL_CJ_LARGE":1e+8,
"DATA_TOL_QIJ":1e-16,
"DATA_TOL_X":1e-8,
"FEASREPAIR_TOL":1e-10,
"INTPNT_CO_TOL_DFEAS":1e-8,
"INTPNT_CO_TOL_INFEAS":1e-10,
"INTPNT_CO_TOL_MU_RED":1e-8,
"INTPNT_CO_TOL_NEAR_REL":1e+3,
"INTPNT_CO_TOL_PFEAS":1e-8,
"INTPNT_CO_TOL_REL_GAP":1e-7,
"INTPNT_NL_MERIT_BAL":1e-4,
"INTPNT_NL_TOL_DFEAS":1e-8,
"INTPNT_NL_TOL_MU_RED":1e-12,
"INTPNT_NL_TOL_NEAR_REL":1e+3,
"INTPNT_NL_TOL_PFEAS":1e-8,
"INTPNT_NL_TOL_REL_GAP":1e-6,
"INTPNT_NL_TOL_REL_STEP":9.95e-1,
"INTPNT_QO_TOL_DFEAS":1e-8,
"INTPNT_QO_TOL_INFEAS":1e-10,
"INTPNT_QO_TOL_MU_RED":1e-8,
"INTPNT_QO_TOL_NEAR_REL":1e+3,
"INTPNT_QO_TOL_PFEAS":1e-8,
"INTPNT_QO_TOL_REL_GAP":1e-8,
"INTPNT_TOL_DFEAS":1e-8,
"INTPNT_TOL_DSAFE":1e+0,
"INTPNT_TOL_INFEAS":1e-10,
"INTPNT_TOL_MU_RED":1e-16,
"INTPNT_TOL_PATH":1e-8,
"INTPNT_TOL_PFEAS":1e-8,
"INTPNT_TOL_PSAFE":1e+0,
"INTPNT_TOL_REL_GAP":1e-8,
"INTPNT_TOL_REL_STEP":9.999e-1,
"INTPNT_TOL_STEP_SIZE":1e-6,
"LOWER_OBJ_CUT":-1e+30,
"LOWER_OBJ_CUT_FINITE_TRH":-5e+29,
"MIO_DISABLE_TERM_TIME":-1e+0,
"MIO_MAX_TIME":-1e+0,
"MIO_MAX_TIME_APRX_OPT":6e+1,
"MIO_NEAR_TOL_ABS_GAP":0.0,
"MIO_NEAR_TOL_REL_GAP":1e-3,
"MIO_REL_GAP_CONST":1e-10,
"MIO_TOL_ABS_GAP":0.0,
"MIO_TOL_ABS_RELAX_INT":1e-5,
"MIO_TOL_FEAS":1e-6,
"MIO_TOL_REL_DUAL_BOUND_IMPROVEMENT":0.0,
"MIO_TOL_REL_GAP":1e-4,
"MIO_TOL_X":1e-6,
"OPTIMIZER_MAX_TIME":-1e+0,
"PRESOLVE_TOL_ABS_LINDEP":1e-6,
"PRESOLVE_TOL_AIJ":1e-12,
"PRESOLVE_TOL_REL_LINDEP":1e-10,
"PRESOLVE_TOL_S":1e-8,
"PRESOLVE_TOL_X":1e-8,
"QCQO_REFORMULATE_REL_DROP_TOL":1e-15,
"SEMIDEFINITE_TOL_APPROX":1e-10,
"SIM_LU_TOL_REL_PIV":1e-2,
"SIMPLEX_ABS_TOL_PIV":1e-7,
"UPPER_OBJ_CUT":1e+30,
"UPPER_OBJ_CUT_FINITE_TRH":5e+29
},
"sparam":{
"BAS_SOL_FILE_NAME":"",
"DATA_FILE_NAME":"examples/tools/data/lo1.mps",
"DEBUG_FILE_NAME":"",
"INT_SOL_FILE_NAME":"",
"ITR_SOL_FILE_NAME":"",
"MIO_DEBUG_STRING":"",
"PARAM_COMMENT_SIGN":"%%",
"PARAM_READ_FILE_NAME":"",
"PARAM_WRITE_FILE_NAME":"",
"READ_MPS_BOU_NAME":"",
"READ_MPS_OBJ_NAME":"",
"READ_MPS_RAN_NAME":"",
"READ_MPS_RHS_NAME":"",
"SENSITIVITY_FILE_NAME":"",
"SENSITIVITY_RES_FILE_NAME":"",
"SOL_FILTER_XC_LOW":"",
"SOL_FILTER_XC_UPR":"",
"SOL_FILTER_XX_LOW":"",
"SOL_FILTER_XX_UPR":"",
"STAT_FILE_NAME":"",
"STAT_KEY":"",
"STAT_NAME":"",
"WRITE_LP_GEN_VAR_NAME":"XMSKGEN"
}
}
}
