1998 Nonlinear Programming Software Survey
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| Product | Publisher | Size of Problem Solvable by this System | |||
| Largest Version | |||||
| Rows | Columns |
Non- zeros | Hardware required | ||
| AIMMS | Paragon Decision Technology B.V. | Unlimited | Unlimited | n/a | PC with large memory |
| CONOPT | ARKI Consulting & Development A/S | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Intel Petium, RS/6000, HP, Sun, SGI, Digital/Alpha |
| CONOPT for AMPL | Compass Modeling Solutions | 1000+ | 1000+ | — | PC or UNIX workstation |
| DFNLP | K. Schittkowski | — | — | — | — |
| DOC/DOT | Vanderplants R&D Inc. | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | — |
| FANPAC/NLP | Aptech Systems Inc. | — | — | — | — |
| GRG2 | Optimal Methods Inc. | — | — | — | — |
| GRG2 for AMPL and AMPL Plus | Compass Modeling Solutions | 200 | 400 | — | PC workstation |
| IMSL Libraries | Visual Numetrics | Depends on system | Depends | Depends | — |
| INTPT | Optimal Methods Inc. | — | — | — | — |
| LANCELOT | P. Toint | — | — | — | — |
| LGO, for Continuous Global Optimization | Pinter Consulting Services | hundreds | hundreds | — | 16 Mb RAM on PC's |
| LINGO | LINDO Systems Inc. | — | — | — | Varies w/ platform |
| LSGRG for AMPL and AMPL Plus | Compass Modeling Solutions | 100+ | 100+ | — | PC |
| LSGRG2 | Optimal Methods Inc. | — | — | — | — |
| LSSOL | Stanford Business Software | Hundreds | Hundreds | — | Sufficient memory |
| Mathcad | MathSoft Inc. | 250 | 500 | Unlimited | Standard Windows PC |
| Microsoft Excel 97 - Solver | Microsoft Corporation | 100 | 200 | Unlimited | Standard Windows PC or Macintosh Power PC |
| MINOS for AMPL | Compass Modeling Solutions | 1000+ | 1000+ | — | PC or UNIX workstation |
| MINOS 5.5 | Stanford Business Software | Thousands | Thousands | — | Sufficient memory |
| NAG C Library | Numerical Algorithms Group | — | — | — | Various |
| NAG Fortran Library | Numerical Algorithms Group | — | — | — | Various |
| NLPQL | K. Schittkowski | — | — | — | — |
| NPSOL 5.0 | Stanford Business Software | Hundreds | Hundreds | — | — |
| Optimal Engineer� | Transpower Corporation | — | — | — | One version only |
| Premium Solver Platform for Excel | Frontline Systems Inc. | 1000 | 1000 | Unlimited | Standard Windows PC |
| Premium Solver, Premium Solver Plus for Excel | Frontline Systems Inc. | 200 | 400 | Unlimited | Standard Windows PC |
| SAS Software | SAS Institute Inc. | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | — |
| SCIENTIST for Windows | MicroMath Research | — | — | — | — |
| SLP/GRG | Optimal Methods Inc. | — | — | — | — |
| SOCS and NLPSPR | Boeing Co. | 500 K | 500 K | 100 Mil | Workstation |
| Solver DLL V3.0, Solver DLL Plus | Frontline Systems Inc. | 200 | 400 | Unlimited | Standard Windows PC |
| Solver for Lotus 1-2-3 97/98 | Frontline Systems Inc. | 100 | 200 | Unlimited | Standard Windows PC |
| SOPT-CP | SAITECH Inc. | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | PC/UNIX workstation |
| SQP | Optimal Methods Inc. | — | — | — | — |
| What's Best! | LINDO Systems Inc. | — | — | — | Problem dependent |
| XPRESS Barrier QP Solver | Dash Associates Ltd. | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Size dependent on available hardware |
| X Solver 2.0 | Exatech Corporation | — | — | — | — |
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