Document Zbl 1364.90006

Domes, Ferenc; Fuchs, Martin; Schichl, Hermann; Neumaier, Arnold

The optimization test environment. (English) Zbl 1364.90006

Optim. Eng. 15, No. 2, 443-468 (2014).

Summary: The Optimization Test Environment is an interface to efficiently test different optimization solvers. It is designed as a tool for both developers of solver software and practitioners who just look for the best solver for their specific problem class. It enables users to: =0.5 cm

–: Choose and compare diverse solver routines;
–: Organize and solve large test problem sets;
–: Select interactively subsets of test problem sets;
–: Perform a statistical analysis of the results, automatically produced as LaTeX, PDF, and JPG output.

The Optimization Test Environment is free to use for research purposes.

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MSC:

90-04	Software, source code, etc. for problems pertaining to operations research and mathematical programming
90C30	Nonlinear programming

Keywords:

test environment; optimization; solver benchmarking; solver comparison

Software:

NEOS; LINGO; AMPL; LIBOPT; CUTEr; SifDec; CONOPT; MINOS; GLOPTLAB; COCONUT; LINDO; GAMS; OPAL; testenv; OPAL; PATH Solver; Benchmarks for Optimization Software; Optimization Test Environment; COPS; BARON; PSwarm; KNITRO

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