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MathOptimizer Professional: Key Features and Illustrative Applications

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Global Optimization

Part of the book series: Nonconvex Optimization and Its Applications ((NOIA,volume 84))

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Integrated scientific-technical computing (ISTC) environments play an increasing role in advanced systems modeling and optimization. MathOptimizer Professional (MOP) has been recently developed to solve nonlinear optimization problems formulated in the ISTC system Mathematica. We introduce this software package, and review its key functionality and options. MOP is then used to solve illustrative circle packing problems, including both well-frequented models and a new (more difficult) model-class.

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  1. Pintér Consulting Services, Inc., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

    János D. Pintér

  2. WAM Systems, Inc., Plymouth Meeting, PA, USA

    Frank J. Kampas

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  1. Politecnico di Milano, Italia

    Leo Liberti

  2. COPPE, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janiero, Brasil

    Nelson Maculan

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Pintér, J.D., Kampas, F.J. (2006). MathOptimizer Professional: Key Features and Illustrative Applications. In: Liberti, L., Maculan, N. (eds) Global Optimization. Nonconvex Optimization and Its Applications, vol 84. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-30528-9_9

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