Fw: Welcome to math-optimize-discuss

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/

Campus Relationship Manager: University of Washington

http://www.washington.edu

http://www.ibm.com/university

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

Kipp Martin <> 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

>