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The markshare instances in the MIPLIB2017 were purposely designed to defeat traditional simplex-based MIP solvers. However, the models are very small and purely integral: a handful of equality rows over binaries with small non-negative integer coefficients, where the objective is just the total slack. So they can be solved via dynamic programming and enumeration.

Under these conditions, the heuristic first normalized all constraints to be exact integers and identifies each row's unit slack singleton. The search then walks objective levels in ascending order: a level fixes the total slack, which is distributed across rows into a target residual vector, and the first level that yields a solution is optimal outright because every lower level was exhausted. Each target is attacked by a backward DFS over the binaries, sorted so the largest coefficients are decided first, under three prunes — a remaining-capacity bound from prefix sums, a per-row subset-sum table giving the minimum number of columns that can still realize a residual, and the same table in two dimensions for the row pair with the smallest joint range. Above a threshold the last levels are replaced by a meet-in-the-middle terminal: all subsets of the trailing columns are enumerated by Gray code into an open-addressed set of 64-bit fingerprints, so one lookup answers reachability. This search is parallelized with OpenMP and will run in exclusive mode (i.e., other parts of the solver is disable).

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This change adds the Markshare structural MIP heuristic, integrates time-limited exclusive structural execution, updates the standard solve path, and adds tests for supported and rejected model forms.

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Markshare heuristic integration

Layer / File(s) Summary
Structural heuristic contract and selection
cpp/src/mip_heuristics/structural/markshare.cuh, cpp/src/mip_heuristics/structural/early_structural.*, cpp/src/mip_heuristics/structural/arc_flow.*, cpp/src/mip_heuristics/CMakeLists.txt
Defines the time-limited heuristic interface, adds markshare_t, selects Markshare before Arc Flow, and includes the implementation in the build.
Model normalization and search preparation
cpp/src/mip_heuristics/structural/markshare.cu
Recognizes supported models, normalizes variables and coefficients, and builds reachability and fingerprint metadata.
Bounded search and solution verification
cpp/src/mip_heuristics/structural/markshare.cu
Searches ascending slack levels with pruning and parallel DFS, reconstructs assignments, and validates feasibility.
Exclusive solver path and validation
cpp/src/mip_heuristics/solve.cu, cpp/src/mip_heuristics/structural/early_structural.cu, cpp/tests/mip/markshare_test.cu, cpp/tests/internal/CMakeLists.txt
Runs exclusive structural heuristics synchronously, starts asynchronous fallback heuristics when no solution is found, preserves progress callback lifetime, and adds positive and negative Markshare tests.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Change: Feature

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to ffd09

Supported Markshare models may miss their required exclusive path, fail on hosts without sufficient memory, or exceed configured solve limits. These material solver-behavior regressions should be addressed before merge.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely identifies the main change: adding the Markshare heuristic.
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In `@cpp/src/mip_heuristics/solve.cu`:
- Around line 557-559: Move the structural_prints_own_progress declaration from
the run_early_fj block to the enclosing function scope alongside the other state
captured by early_fj_callback, before the early CPU/GPU heuristic objects are
created. Keep its initialization and existing uses unchanged so the callback
reference remains valid until early_cpufj and early_gpufj stop.

In `@cpp/src/mip_heuristics/structural/early_structural.cu`:
- Around line 128-142: Replace the deferred OpenMP watchdog task around the
finite time-limit handling with a dedicated thread that waits until the computed
deadline and sets preemption_flag_. Ensure the thread is reliably stopped and
joined when the heuristic finishes, preserving the existing finished condition
and avoiding competition with the solver’s OpenMP task queue.

In `@cpp/src/mip_heuristics/structural/markshare.cu`:
- Around line 896-906: Keep depth synchronized with the subtrees collected in
the seeding loop around collect_subtrees: when the loop exits because the depth
bound is reached, do not retain the incremented value after the final
collection. Ensure start_depth is computed from the depth that produced
subtrees, preserving the existing exhaustion behavior and run_dfs_from branching
assumptions.

In `@cpp/src/mip_heuristics/structural/markshare.cuh`:
- Line 76: Lower the default hash table budget represented by hash_bytes, and
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to zero, and return so the terminal is disabled and the fallback pipeline can
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In `@cpp/src/mip_heuristics/structural/markshare.cu`:
- Line 1043: Update build_hash() and enumerate_level() to poll timer_ and
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settings_.integrality_tolerance = tolerances.integrality_tolerance;
preemption_ = &preemption;
timer_ = timer_t(time_limit);

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

🔎 Supported by static analysis

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sed -n '930,1110p' cpp/src/mip_heuristics/structural/markshare.cu
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printf '%s\n' '--- declarations and related types ---'
rg -n -C 4 'timer_t|run_dfs|build_hash|enumerate_level|hash_' cpp/src/mip_heuristics/structural/markshare.cuh cpp/src/mip_heuristics/structural 2>/dev/null | head -240

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Enforce the deadline outside DFS.

solve() initializes timer_, then runs build_hash() and enumerate_level() before checking cancellation. build_hash() can enumerate up to 2^29 subsets, while enumerate_level() can reject many slack compositions before entering run_dfs(). These paths can exceed the remaining solve time and delay fallback execution.

Poll timer_ and preemption_ during both operations. If either condition triggers, stop the enumeration and invalidate the partial hash before returning. run_dfs_from() uses hash_.contains() to decide whether to search a suffix, so consuming an incomplete hash can omit feasible combinations and produce a false negative.

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In `@cpp/src/mip_heuristics/structural/markshare.cu` at line 1043, Update
build_hash() and enumerate_level() to poll timer_ and preemption_ throughout
enumeration, stopping promptly when either deadline or cancellation triggers. On
interruption, invalidate or clear the partial hash before returning so
run_dfs_from() cannot use incomplete hash data; preserve normal hash
construction and DFS behavior when neither condition triggers.

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🟠 Major · Run exclusive structural selection outside the run_early_fj gate. · solve.cu:547-600

cpp/src/mip_heuristics/solve.cu:547-600
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Run exclusive structural selection outside the run_early_fj gate.

When settings.presolver == presolver_t::None, run_presolve is false. Since run_early_fj includes run_presolve, this path skips the synchronous exclusive() check. The separate Papilo path is not an alternative: it only runs when Papilo data exists and unconditionally calls run_async() without checking exclusive(). A recognized Markshare model therefore does not receive the advertised exclusive synchronous solve.

Detect exclusive structural heuristics before this presolve-dependent gate. Keep the asynchronous CPU/GPU path for non-exclusive heuristics.

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In `@cpp/src/mip_heuristics/solve.cu` around lines 547 - 600, Move structural
heuristic creation and the exclusive() check out of the run_early_fj gate so
exclusive recognized models are handled even when run_presolve is false.
Preserve the existing exclusive synchronous solve behavior, and only enter the
asynchronous early feasibility-jump path for non-exclusive heuristics.

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- Around line 547-600: Move structural heuristic creation and the exclusive()
check out of the run_early_fj gate so exclusive recognized models are handled
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