Communication Methods andStandards for Optimization

Internet/Web

• XML - eXtensible Markup Language

• SOAP - Simple Object Access Protocol

• UDA - Universal Data Access

Optimization

• MPS - Mathematical Programming Standard

  • The original standard from IBM

• xMPS - Extended MPS format

  • Free-format MPS with extensions for NLP, objective, etc.

• TMS - Transportable Matrix Storage

  • Allows transfer of matrix data through memory

• OptML - Optimization Markup Language

  • Matrix markup language based on xMPS and TMS

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