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Subject: Welcome to math-optimize-discuss
Hi: Welcome to the OASIS math-optimize-discuss list. The purpose of the list is to prepare a charter for the formation of an OASIS Technical Committee (TC). The goal of the Technical Committee is to establish an XML based standard for representing instances of numerical optimization problems. The discussion list is not a forum for developing a standard, e.g. debating the specifics a schema. Establishing the actual standard is the goal of the TC. I think the TC should begin by establishing a standard for linear programming. This is perhaps the most widely used optimization model and is a relatively easy starting place. See http://gsbkip.uchicago.edu/fml/fml.html for a proposed standard. After establishing a standard for linear programming, the TC could work on standards for specific kinds of optimization models, e.g. stochastic programs, network flows, constraint logic, etc. Another direction for the TC is to address the representation of general nonlinear optimization problems. I think an important task of the TC will be to decide what to borrow from the Content MathML vocabulary. I think it is important to restrict the task of the TC to establish standards for representing instances of numerical optimization problems as opposed to developing an XML based modeling language. Opinions and suggestions are needed and welcome. Thank you, -- Kipp Martin Professor of Operations Research and Computing Technology University of Chicago Graduate School of Business 1101 East 58 Street Chicago IL 60637 773-702-7456
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