      REPLACE_WITH_DASH_DASH struct with appropriate fields (developer of 
%                the class provides more information on this topic)
%  max_iter      REPLACE_WITH_DASH_DASH number of iteration to solve the problem
%  max_nodes     REPLACE_WITH_DASH_DASH the maximum allowed number of nodes added to the tree
%  is_benchmark  REPLACE_WITH_DASH_DASH if true saves snapshots of the tree in a special directory
%                boolean variable
%  rand_seed     REPLACE_WITH_DASH_DASH a random seed 
%  var