OR/MS Today, June 2011
Linear Programming Survey
Table 5
|
Product |
Size of Problems Solvable by This System (continued) |
Free or Open Source | NEOS Server Access | |
|
Free Student / Academic version |
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| Unlimited | Size Restricted | |||
| AIMMS | Free | Free | ||
| AMPL | for instructional use | 500 variables, 500 constraints plus objectives | y | |
| C-WHIZ | ||||
| CBC | y | y | ||
| CLP | y | y | ||
| CoinMP Open-Source Solver | Free open-source | y | ||
| Coopr | All versions are free and unlimited | y | ||
| DATAFORM | ||||
| FICO Xpress Optimization Suite | See website for more details | y | ||
| Frontier Analyst 4 | ||||
| GAMS | no | yes | y | |
| GENO | ||||
| GIPALS - Linear Programming Environment | 1000 variables and 1000 constraints | |||
| Gipals32 - Linear Programming Library | 1000 variables and 1000 constraints | |||
| GLPK (GNU Linear Programming Kit) | y | |||
| Gurobi Optimizer 4.5 | Yes | y | ||
| IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio | All supported platforms | |||
| KNITRO | 300 variables and 300 constraints | y | ||
| LINDO API | Yes | |||
| LINGO | Yes | |||
| LOQO | 300 variables and 300 constraints | y | ||
| Mathematical Modeling System | Time Limited | |||
| Microsoft Solver Foundation | Free academic version available through http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/academic/default.aspx | Express version is free, information on unlimited version available on solverfoundation.com. | ||
| MOSEK | Yes. But the license has to be renewed every 90 days. | y | ||
| MPL Modeling System | Free unlimited academic version | Free 500x500 student size | ||
| OML (Optimization and Modeling Library) | ||||
| OMP Plus | 500x500 | |||
| OptiMax Component Library | Free unlimited academic version | Free 500x500 student size | ||
| OptimJ | yes | |||
| Oracle Crystal Ball Suite | ||||
| PICO | ||||
| Premium Solver Platform | Yes | |||
| Premium Solver Pro | Yes | |||
| QMS | No limitations | None | ||
| Risk Solver Platform | Yes | |||
| SAS | SAS OnDemand for Academics | |||
| SCIP | standard distribution | y | ||
| Solver SDK Platform | ||||
| Solver SDK Pro | ||||
| SoPlex | no restrictions | |||
| SOPT (Smart Optimizer) 4.2 | ||||
| Vanguard Global Optimizer | yes | |||
| What'sBest! | Yes | |||
| XA | ||||
| YALMIP | ||||
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