This page presents outside resources related to COIN-OR. Information on COIN-OR projects themselves may be found through the Projects page or the Documentation page.
Suggestions for links to include on this page may be emailed to Brady Hunsaker at abhunsaker at speakeasy.net.
Other Open-Source Tools for OR
- Cliquer: for finding cliques in graphs
- CSDP: a library for semidefinite programming
- GLPK: GNU Linear Programming Kit
- Gnumeric: spreadsheet with solvers
- GNU Scientific Library: C library for mathematical functions, including random variables, statistics, linear algebra, and lots more.
- GOBLIN: graph optimization library
- LEMON: Library of Efficient Models and Optimization in Networks, a C++ template library aimed at combinatorial optimization tasks, especially those working with graphs and networks.
- Maxima: computer algebra, similar to Mathematica or Maple.
- MCFClass: interface for Minimum Cost Flow problems (mix of open-source and other software)
- mexclp: a MATLAB interface to CLP
- MUMPS: a MUltifrontal Massively Parallel sparse direct Solver
- Octave: matrix based mathematics, similar to and "mostly compatible" with MATLAB.
- OpenForecast: the name says it all
- QtsPlus4Calc: a collection of OpenOffice spreadsheets that solve a variety of problems related to queueing theory.
- R: statistics, graphics, and more. Similar to S-plus (both are based on the language S).
- Shogun: a large-scale machine learning toolbox.
- swIMP: SWIG-based interfaces for Mathematical Programming
- Zimpl: translate LP/MIP models into MPS or LP formats
Tools Used by COIN-OR
- Version control tools: CVS, WinCvs, Subversion, TortoiseSVN
- Trac: project management (currently only used for new projects)
- Make: used by many projects to control the compilation and linking process
- Doxygen: used by many projects to generate documentation from C++ header files
Solvers with OSI interfaces
- CBC, CLP, dylp, SYMPHONY, and the Volume algorithm are all COIN-OR projects
- ILOG CPLEX
- Dash XPRESS-MP
- GPLK: GNU Linear Programming Kit
- IBM Optimization Solutions and Library (OSL)
- OptiRisk FortMP
- MOSEK
- SoPlex
Open Source Links
Operations Research Links
- INFORMS: Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
- INFORMS OR/MS Resource Collection
- e-optimization -- an on-line community for optimization
- NEOS Server for Optimization
- Branch and Cut Resource Web, a page devoted to branch, cut, and price algorithms.