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| Title: | A MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING GENERATOR SYSTEM |
| Authors: | Stohr, Edward A. |
| Issue Date: | Oct-1985 |
| Publisher: | Stern School of Business, New York University |
| Series/Report no.: | IS-85-41 |
| Abstract: | This paper describes a mathematical programming generator that
interprets problem statements written in the algebraic notation found in
journal articles and text-books and outputs statements in the 'MPS
formatâ used by IBMâs MPSX mathematical programming
system. The system has been implemented in the APL programming language.
Although originally designed for stand-alone use, it is currently being
used as a component in an expert system that will help users formulate
large linear programming models, The paper describes the syntax of the
problem definition language and gives some illustrative examples. There
are several unique features. First, the user can define objective
function, constraint and right-hand-side coefficients as APL
expressions. This leads to concise problem statements and also reduces
data storage and processing requirements. Second, the system supports an
integrated data base query language. Finally, there are a number of aids
for model maintenance and sensitivity analysis. The last section of the
paper describes the use of MPGEN in the expert system context. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2451/14540 |
| Appears in Collections: | IOMS: Information Systems Working Papers
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