A Common Medium for Programming Operations-Research Models

Operations research is an interdisciplinary science that develops scientific methods for modeling and solving decision-making problems. Arguably, the two most established and commonly practiced OR methodologies are mathematical programming (also called optimization) and discrete-event system simulat...

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Published in:IEEE software 2007-09, Vol.24 (5), p.39-47
Main Authors: Karabuk, S., Grant, F.H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Algebra
Algorithms
Applied sciences
Computer languages
Computer programs
Computer science
control theory
systems
Computer simulation
constrained optimization
Decision making
development tools
Discrete event systems
DSL
Dynamic programming
Dynamical systems
Dynamics
Exact sciences and technology
Knapsack problem
Libraries
Mathematical analysis
Mathematical functions
Mathematical model
Mathematical models
Mathematical programming
Object oriented modeling
Operations research
Optimization
Programming languages
Programming profession
rapid prototyping
scripting languages
Simulation
simulation languages
Software
Software engineering
Software libraries
Systems integration
Transportation
Variables
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Summary:Operations research is an interdisciplinary science that develops scientific methods for modeling and solving decision-making problems. Arguably, the two most established and commonly practiced OR methodologies are mathematical programming (also called optimization) and discrete-event system simulation (called simulation). Mathematical programming describes a decision problem as decision variables and as mathematical functions of variables that capture the objective and problem constraints. For dynamic systems that are too complex to allow exact, closed-form solutions in continuous time, simulation can identify and describe events of interest and model their occurrences at discrete points in time. Python can glue together independent software environments to improve the software development cycle for sophisticated operations-research applications, which integrate different modeling methodologies.
ISSN:0740-7459
1937-4194
DOI:10.1109/MS.2007.125