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				Just use the solver-tag <code>cutsdp</code>. Note, this module 
				requires a fast MILP solver, and is only useful for very 
				special problem classes.</div>
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              Added the command <a href="reference.htm#blkvar">blkvar</a> to simplify 
				handling of block matrices.</div>
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              Multiple <a href="reference.htm#sdpvar">sdpvar</a> objects (placed 
				in a cell) can now be created in one call to <a href="reference.htm#sdpvar">sdpvar</a> 
				by using vector valued dimension.</div>
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              Minor updates for <a href="solvers.htm#sedumi">SeDuMi 1.1</a></div>
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              Additional option for removing inequalities, see 
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              Various fixes and additions to 
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              Updated default values of <a href="solvers.htm#dsdp">DSDP</a> 
				options and fixed detection of feasibility/unboundness reports.</div>
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              Fixed a bug in YALMIPs mixed integer solver, causing crashes when applied to 
				higher order nonlinear problems.</div>
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              Fixed a rather serious bug affecting <a href="extoperators.htm">nonlinear operators</a> 
				on MATLAB 6.1 and earlier.</div>
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              Substantial performance improvements in manipulating problems with 
				a large number of SDP cones.</div>
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              Fixed bug in <a href="integer.htm">integer programming</a>&nbsp;module 
				(caused problems when mixed integer quadratic programs where 
				solved using a semidefinite programming solver)</div>
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              Added 
				<a target="_blank" href="http://plato.asu.edu/dimacs/node3.html">DIMACS error measures</a> to the output 
				structure from <a target="topic" href="reference.htm#saveampl">solvesdp</a>.</div>
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              <a href="reference.htm#kyp">export</a> extended to support 
              <a href="solvers.htm#pensdp">PENSDP</a> and 
              <a href="solvers.htm#penbmi">PENBMI</a>.</div>

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              Fixed bug in <a href="sos.htm">sum of squares </a>&nbsp;module (may have caused wrong results in some obscure large-scale 
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              Fixed bug in <a href="sos.htm">sum of squares </a>&nbsp;module 
				(caused crash when <a href="extoperators.htm">nonlinear operators</a> 
				were used to model parametric objective functions.)</div>
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              Fixed bug in <a href="integer.htm">integer programming</a>&nbsp;module 
				(could cause sub-optimal solution for binary QP problems being 
				reported as optimal.)</div>
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              Fixed bug in 
              <a href="reference.htm#savesdpafile">savesdpafile</a>&nbsp;(cause a crash)</div>
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              Added post-processing steps to the <a href="sos.htm">sum of squares </a>&nbsp;module. Improves quality of decompositions substantially 
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              <a href="dual.htm#dualize">Dualize</a> can now be applied to problems with second order cone constraints.</div>
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              Efficient handling of translated primal cones in <a href="dual.htm#dualize">dualize</a>.</div>
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              YALMIP can now automatically update values of primal cones and free variables 
              when a <a href="dual.htm#dualize">dualized</a> problem has been solved.</div>
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              Added a module for solving <a href="geometric.htm">geometric 
              programs</a> using the solver <a href="solvers.htm#fmincon">
              fmincon</a> (the problem is convexified using the 
              standard logarithmic variable transformation).&nbsp; For this 
              solver to be invoked, use the solver tag <code>'fmincon-geometric'</code>. 
				This feature is mainly intended for the
    <a href="solvers.htm#fmincon">fmincon</a> solver in the MathWorks Optimization Toolbox. 
				It may work with the
    <a href="solvers.htm#fmincon">fmincon</a> solver in
				<a target="_blank" href="http://tomlab.biz">TOMLAB</a>, but this 
				has not been tested to any larger extent.</div>
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              The built-in integer branch-and-bound solver <code>'bnb'</code> can now be 
				applied to arbitrary polynomial nonlinear problems. 
				Note, there are no global guarantees if the relaxed continuous 
				problem is nonconvex. Branching is only performed w.r.t 
				integrality.</div>
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              The built-in bilinear branch-and-bound solver <code>'bmibnb'</code> now supports nonlinear objective functions.</div>
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              The built-in bilinear branch-and-bound solver <code>'bmibnb'</code> now supports discrete variables.</div>
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