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Title:Mathematics at DEC
Moderator:RUSURE::EDP
Created:Mon Feb 03 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2083
Total number of notes:14613

1376.0. "LINDO Linear Programming" by FASDER::KBUCKBINDER () Thu Jan 24 1991 18:58

    I am hoping that I can gain access to a Linear Programming Package
    named LINDO.  I understand DEC purchased the SW about 3 years ago, but
    no one knows where it went.
    
    If perhaps you are aware of another linear programming package which
    operates under VMS, I would like ot hear about that one as well.
    
    Thanks for your help.
    
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1376.1GUESS::DERAMODan D'EramoThu Jan 24 1991 19:4510
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>> I understand DEC purchased the SW about 3 years ago, but
>> no one knows where it went.
        
        Hmmm.  Would records go back far enough to find out who
        authorized payment for it, to track it from there?  I
        don't know who to contact to trace something like this.
        
        Dan
1376.2HERON::BUCHANANHoldfast is the only dog, my duck.Fri Jan 25 1991 12:267
FASDER:: is in Washington, isn't it?   That's where Tim Cannon is:  he will
be able to point you at various LP packages, or else if you browse this
Notesfile, I know there is some relevant stuff.

Or FASDER::MTURNER may know a thing or to.   Give him my regards

Andrew.
1376.3ThanksFASDER::KBUCKBINDERFri Jan 25 1991 13:335
    Thanks to both of you for your help.  I'll contact these people, and
    let noters know if I am successful, and where they too could find the
    Software.
    
    Ken
1376.4How high the moon?CIVAGE::LYNNLynn Yarbrough @WNP DTN 427-5663Mon Jan 28 1991 14:452
If you have a one-shot need for an LP solution, and don't need a production
environment, MAPLE does a nice job on LP minimization.
1376.5bad joke warningHERON::BUCHANANHoldfast is the only dog, my duck.Mon Jan 28 1991 14:588
-.1:

	I'm not surprised that you've contributed to this topic.   After all,
the subject is:



			Lynn Yarbroughgramming
1376.6Bad pun definitionCIVAGE::LYNNLynn Yarbrough @WNP DTN 427-5663Mon Jan 28 1991 16:036
American Heritage Dictionary:

"gag  n ... 4.b A comic remark ... v 5. To choke or retch"

:-)

1376.7SOFTBASE?FASDER::MTURNERMark Turner * DTN 425-3730 * MEL4Mon Jan 28 1991 20:4718
    Sorry, can't help with the details of LINDO, but it may be useful 
    to point out that SOFTBASE is a possible starting point for chasing
    down these third party products.  
    
    It should at least give you the vendor name and address, and a DEC
    contact or two.  Unfortunately, it usually says nothing about arrang-
    ments for internal use ("*Use* it??  Why aren't you *selling* it??"),
    so a call to the vendor or DEC contact may help.
    
    There are also hard copy guides to our third-party software solutions;
    your local DEC library should have these.
    
    						
    						Good luck,
    
    
    
    						Mark
1376.8CPLEXHSOPAS::BIGRED::HELLER"Miriam @DTN 441-3705 => Just say ES !Mon Feb 04 1991 20:4325
CPLEX is a simplex LP solver that I know we have here in our Houston ACT (where
we're also benchmarking it and vectorization variants on a 9000). It runs 3X
faster than LINDO and surpasses the 16,000 row limit of MPSX. It uses standard
MPS formats. I don't know what kind of agreements we have with CPLEX but
here's the contact:

CPLEX Optimization, Inc.
7710-T Cherry Park, Suite 124
Houston, Texas 77095
(713) 550-9763

I also noticed a reference to CPLEX in note 1249.2

One problem that was in the process of being resolved when I was looking for an
IP solver was that it doesn't do automatic branch and bound. So IP's and MIP's
are not fun to do using CPLEX.

Good Luck and I will be very interested in finding out whether you find LINDO
or how you solve your problem.

Miriam

P.S. Realizing that my presumption is you want to solve an LP and not just get
hold of LINDO, I may as well mention MINOS, a public domain LP solver. Where
does one go for public domain SW?