COIN-OR Documentation

This page contains documents related to each COIN-OR project. If you have corrections or additions to this page, please email coin-discuss@list.coin-or.org.

Documentation for COIN-OR comes in a variety of formats:

FAQs on this site
Several projects make use of Doxygen, which is a method of embedding documentation in source code, especially for C++. The information is extracted to form web pages. This is usually most useful as a reference.
Some projects have manuals or tutorials, usually available in PDF or PS format.
Developers have made presentations at a number of conferences. Often these presentations are a good introduction to the project.
Developers have also published articles on some projects.
Examples are available for some projects.
Some projects maintain their own web pages, in which case this page links to that page.

Projects:

General COIN-OR
ALPS: Abstract Library for Parallel Search
BCP: Branch-Cut-Price
CBC: COIN-OR Branch and Cut
CGL: Cut Generator Library
CLP: COIN-OR LP, a simplex solver
CoinUtils: COIN-OR utilities library
CppAD: An algorithmic differentiation tool for C++ functions.
DFO: Derivative-Free Optimization, a package for solving general nonlinear optimization problems when derivatives are unavailable
dylp: Dynamic LP
IPOPT: Interior Point OPTimizer for general large-scale nonlinear optimization
Multifario: a continuation method for computing implicitly defined manifolds
NLPAPI: Nonlinear Programming API, a subroutine interface for defining and solving nonlinear programming problems
OSI: Open Solver Interface
OTS: Open Tabu Search
SMI: Stochastic Modeling Interface, for optimization under uncertainty
SYMPHONY: A callable library for solving mixed-integer linear programs
VOL: Volume Algorithm

COIN-OR General Information

COIN-OR FAQs

Presentations:

"COIN-OR: Open-source Software for Operations Research--A Status Report"Presentation at the INFORMS Computing Society Conference in Coral Gables, Florida, January 2007.
"COIN-OR: Open-source software for Operations Research: What, Why and How" plenary presentation at the 2005 MOPTA Conference in Ontario by Brenda Dietrich and Robin Lougee-Heimer.
"How to Publish Your Code on COIN-OR" presentation at the 2005 IFORS Conference in Honolulu by Robin Lougee-Heimer.
Recent presentations from the 2004 CORS/INFORMS Joint Meeting in Banff.
The Common Optimization Interface for Operations Research (COIN-OR) Initiative: An overview of the COIN-OR project at IFORS 2002 by Ted Ralphs.
Common Optimization INterface for Operations Research: An Open Source Initiative for the Operations Research Community ISMP 2000 by John Forrest.
An Initiative for Open Source Mathematical Programming:at ISMP 2000 by Robin Lougee-Heimer.

Publications:

Robin Lougee-Heimer, "The Common Optimization INterface for Operations Research: Promoting open-source software in the operations research community", IBM Journal of Research and Development, Vol. 47, No. 1, 2003, pp. 57-66.
M. J. Saltzman, "COIN-OR: An Open-Source Library for Optimization," in S. Nielsen, ed., Programming Languages and Systems in Computational Economics and Finance, Kluwer, Boston, 2002.
Robin Lougee-Heimer, Francisco Barahona, Brenda Dietrich, J. P. Fasano, John Forrest, Robert Harder, Laszlo Ladanyi, Tobias Pfender, Theodore Ralphs, Matthew Saltzman, and Katya Schienberger, "The COIN-OR Initiative: Open-source software accelerates operations research progress", ORMS Today, 28, No. 5, 20-22, (October 2001).
Robin Lougee-Heimer, "The COIN-OR Initiative: Open-Source Software for Optimization," Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Integration of AI and OR Techniques in Constraint Programming for Combinatorial Optimization Problems (CP-AI-OR'01), Wye, England, 2001, pp. 307-319.
Problem solving with Common Optimization INterface (COIN) source code: article on developerWorks by Jeanne Murray, August 2000.

Examples:

COIN-OR Tutorials page at the Lehigh Industrial and Systems Engineering Department. Current examples focus on BCP and OSI.
COIN-OR Introduction page from Francois Margot at CMU. Current materials focus on BCP, CBC, CLP, and IPOPT.

The Doxygen class descriptions of the modules are available as tarballs as well.

	COIN-OR Documentation
	This page contains documents related to each COIN-OR project. If you have corrections or additions to this page, please email coin-discuss@list.coin-or.org. Documentation for COIN-OR comes in a variety of formats: FAQs on this site Several projects make use of Doxygen, which is a method of embedding documentation in source code, especially for C++. The information is extracted to form web pages. This is usually most useful as a reference. Some projects have manuals or tutorials, usually available in PDF or PS format. Developers have made presentations at a number of conferences. Often these presentations are a good introduction to the project. Developers have also published articles on some projects. Examples are available for some projects. Some projects maintain their own web pages, in which case this page links to that page. Projects: General COIN-OR ALPS: Abstract Library for Parallel Search BCP: Branch-Cut-Price CBC: COIN-OR Branch and Cut CGL: Cut Generator Library CLP: COIN-OR LP, a simplex solver CoinUtils: COIN-OR utilities library CppAD: An algorithmic differentiation tool for C++ functions. DFO: Derivative-Free Optimization, a package for solving general nonlinear optimization problems when derivatives are unavailable dylp: Dynamic LP IPOPT: Interior Point OPTimizer for general large-scale nonlinear optimization Multifario: a continuation method for computing implicitly defined manifolds NLPAPI: Nonlinear Programming API, a subroutine interface for defining and solving nonlinear programming problems OSI: Open Solver Interface OTS: Open Tabu Search SMI: Stochastic Modeling Interface, for optimization under uncertainty SYMPHONY: A callable library for solving mixed-integer linear programs VOL: Volume Algorithm COIN-OR General Information COIN-OR FAQs Presentations: "COIN-OR: Open-source Software for Operations Research--A Status Report"Presentation at the INFORMS Computing Society Conference in Coral Gables, Florida, January 2007. "COIN-OR: Open-source software for Operations Research: What, Why and How" plenary presentation at the 2005 MOPTA Conference in Ontario by Brenda Dietrich and Robin Lougee-Heimer. "How to Publish Your Code on COIN-OR" presentation at the 2005 IFORS Conference in Honolulu by Robin Lougee-Heimer. Recent presentations from the 2004 CORS/INFORMS Joint Meeting in Banff. The Common Optimization Interface for Operations Research (COIN-OR) Initiative: An overview of the COIN-OR project at IFORS 2002 by Ted Ralphs. Common Optimization INterface for Operations Research: An Open Source Initiative for the Operations Research Community ISMP 2000 by John Forrest. An Initiative for Open Source Mathematical Programming:at ISMP 2000 by Robin Lougee-Heimer. Publications: Robin Lougee-Heimer, "The Common Optimization INterface for Operations Research: Promoting open-source software in the operations research community", IBM Journal of Research and Development, Vol. 47, No. 1, 2003, pp. 57-66. M. J. Saltzman, "COIN-OR: An Open-Source Library for Optimization," in S. Nielsen, ed., Programming Languages and Systems in Computational Economics and Finance, Kluwer, Boston, 2002. Robin Lougee-Heimer, Francisco Barahona, Brenda Dietrich, J. P. Fasano, John Forrest, Robert Harder, Laszlo Ladanyi, Tobias Pfender, Theodore Ralphs, Matthew Saltzman, and Katya Schienberger, "The COIN-OR Initiative: Open-source software accelerates operations research progress", ORMS Today, 28, No. 5, 20-22, (October 2001). Robin Lougee-Heimer, "The COIN-OR Initiative: Open-Source Software for Optimization," Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Integration of AI and OR Techniques in Constraint Programming for Combinatorial Optimization Problems (CP-AI-OR'01), Wye, England, 2001, pp. 307-319. Problem solving with Common Optimization INterface (COIN) source code: article on developerWorks by Jeanne Murray, August 2000. Examples: COIN-OR Tutorials page at the Lehigh Industrial and Systems Engineering Department. Current examples focus on BCP and OSI. COIN-OR Introduction page from Francois Margot at CMU. Current materials focus on BCP, CBC, CLP, and IPOPT. The Doxygen class descriptions of the modules are available as tarballs as well.
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