Generalized strong branching is the possibility of evaluating
different branching rules and selecting the best ones. If
branching on variables is performed, e.g., the first linear programs of the
(potential) sons for various branching
variables are solved, in order to find the
most promising variable. Together with the built-in branching strategies
this feature can be controlled with the new entry
NBranchingVariableCandidates of the configuration file
(Section 
).
Moreover, also other branching strategies can be evaluated as
explained in Section .