Title: Overview of AMPL Location: Building 980, Room 95 (Sandia NM) Brief Abstract: AMPL is a comprehensive and powerful algebraic modeling language for stating, solving, and analyzing linear and nonlinear optimization problems, in discrete or continuous variables. AMPL lets you use common notation and familiar concepts to formulate optimization models and examine solutions, while the computer manages communication with an appropriate solver. AMPL's flexibility and convenience render it ideal for rapid prototyping and model development, while its speed and control options make it an especially efficient choice for repeated production runs. This talk gives an overview of AMPL by one of its creators, David Gay, who joined Sandia in 2003. Sandia has free access to AMPL for internal use, and the talk will include some illustrations from Sandia applications. |