---
name: "sdpa"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "sdpa"
version: "7.3.16+dfsg-1"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/sdpa"
---

# sdpa(1)

High-performance software package for SemiDefinite Programs

## NAME

SDPA - High-performance software package for SemiDefinite Programs

## SYNOPSIS

**sdpa** DataFile OutputFile \[InitialPtFile\] \[-pt *parameters**\]* \[-dimacs\] \[-numThreads  *numThreads*\]\
 **sdpa** \[*options*\] *files*...\
 **sdpa** --version

## DESCRIPTION

**sdpa** - "SDPA (SemiDefinite Programming Algorithm)" is one of the most efficient and stable software packages for solving SDPs based on the primal-dual interior-point method.

SDP (SemiDefinite Program) is used for financial engineering, machine learning, control theory, sensor network problem, quantum chemistry, quantum information, combinatorial optimizaiton, polynomial optimization, and so on.

Further information on SDP and SDPA can be found at\
 **http://sdpa.sourceforge.net/**

## OPTIONS

**---- option type 1 ----**\
 **sdpa DataFile OutputFile \[InitialPtFile\] \[-pt parameters\] \[-dimacs\] \[-numThreads numThreads\]**\
 parameters = 0 default, 1 fast (unstable), 2 slow (stable)\
 example1-1: sdpa example1.dat example1.result\
 example1-2: sdpa example1.dat-s example1.result\
 example1-3: sdpa example1.dat example1.result example1.ini\
 example1-4: sdpa example1.dat example1.result -pt 2\
 example1-5: sdpa example1.dat example1.result -dimacs\
 example1-6: sdpa example1.dat example1.result -numThreads 4\
 **---- option type 2 ----**\
 **sdpa \[option filename\]+**\
\
   \-dd : data dense :: -ds : data sparse     \
\
   \-id : init dense :: -is : init sparse     \
\
   \-o  : output     :: -p  : parameter       \
\
   \-pt : parameters , 0 default, 1 fast (unstable)\
\
                      2 slow (stable)         \
 example2-1: sdpa -o example1.result -dd example1.dat\
 example2-2: sdpa -ds example1.dat-s -o example1.result -p param.sdpa\
 example2-3: sdpa -ds example1.dat-s -o example1.result -pt 2\
 example2-4: sdpa -ds example1.dat-s -o example1.result -dimacs\
 example2-5: sdpa -ds example1.dat-s -o example1.result -numThreads 4\
\
 **---- option type 3 ----**\
 **sdpa --version**\
 **to print out version and exit.**\

- **PARAMETER\_FILE**

  is decided by the following priority\
      1: The file assigned by '-p' option of 'option type 2'.\
          For 'option type1', this is skipped.\
      2: ./param.sdpa\
          For 'option type2', this is skipped.\
      3: /usr/share/sdpa/param.sdpa\
      4: Default parameter

- **-dimacs**

  printout dimacs information incurring additional computation cost

- **-numThreads**

  number of pthreads for internal computation\

## AUTHOR

SDPA was written by SDPA Project \<sdpa-developers@lists.sourceforge.net\>.

This manual page was written by Makoto Yamashita \<Makoto.Yamashita@c.titech.ac.jp\>.