Fw: Welcome to math-optimize-discuss

[Alan King <kingaj@us.ibm.com>]

In addition to Kipp's points, which
I agree with, I think that the TC's mission should include standards for
interfaces between modeling languages, solvers, and data sources.

Alan King
Mathematical Sciences, IBM Research
http://www.research.ibm.com/
http://www.research.ibm.com/people/k/kingaj/

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King/Watson/IBM on 07/27/2004 10:04 AM -----

Kipp Martin <kmartin@gsb.uchicago.edu> wrote
on 07/26/2004 09:51:24 PM:

> 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
>