Cannot evaluate constraint(s) at starting point

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I am using MINLP with NEOS solver, my problem is non-convex and I get this

Cannot evaluate constraint(s) at starting point

what does this mean and how I can fix it?

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Erwin Kalvelagen On BEST ANSWER

The meaning is rather obvious. The functions in your constraints cannot be evaluated at the starting point. If the starting point is zero and you have log(x-0.5) in the model you may get a message like this.

The fix is to provide better bounds and a better initial point. How to specify this depends on how you created the model and what modeling tools were used.