Re: [Help-glpk] Version 0.1 of GLPK FAQ

[Hua Ni]

Thanks for such an excellent idea and doing such a
great job. Your effort will be greatly appreciated by
many.

Happy Holidays to you and all the GLOP community.

Ha Ni

--- Harley Mackenzie <address@hidden> wrote:
> I have taken the liberty of creating a GLOP FAQ for
> version 4.3+ based upon answers from Andrew Makhorin
> to my email questions, trolling through the mailing
> list archives and creating new content where
> required. I have tried to include contributors to
> the FAQ in the FAQ contributors list but if I have
> missed anyone please let me know.
> 
> At the moment I have written the FAQ using
> OpenOffice 1.1.0 to give me the greatest flexibility
> with the final formats but I have included only the
> text version here (with lots of hand editing). In
> the future I can produce PDF's , HTML and text
> automatically probably directly from OpenOffice or
> via DocBook and an XLST.
> 
> The FAQ is a contribution to the GLOP community and
> is licensed under GPL. I hope that this document can
> become part of the official GLOP distribution as I
> would have wanted to read a document such as this
> when I was starting out with GLOP.
> 
> Obviously this is NOT a comprehensive list of
> questions and answers yet, so if you have any
> questions (and hopefully the answers too) please
> send them to me at address@hidden for
> inclusion and I will ensure that your contribution
> is noted. Any ideas or suggestions for the FAQ would
> also be appreciated.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Harley Mackenzie
> 
> -----
> 
> GLOP Frequently Asked Questions
> 
> Author: Dr. Harley Mackenzie <address@hidden>
> Version: 0.1
> Date: 23 December 2003
> 
> 
> 
> Table of Contents
> 
> 
> Introduction
> 
>      What is GPLK?
> 
>      Who develops and maintains GLOP?
> 
>      How is GLOP licensed?
> 
>      How do I download and install GLOP?
> 
>      Who maintains this FAQ and how do I contribute
> to this FAQ?
> 
>      FAQ contributors
> 
> 
> GLOP functions & features
> 
>      What is the current state of GLOP development?
> 
>      How does GLOP compare with other LP codes?
> 
>      What are the differences between AMPL and GNU
> MathProg?
> 
>      What input file formats does GLOP support?
> 
>      What interfaces are available for GLOP?
> 
>      Where can I find some examples?
> 
>      How do I compile and link a GLOP application on
> a UNIX platform?
> 
>      How do I compile and link a GLOP application on
> a Win32 platform?
> 
>      How do I limit the GLOP execution time?
> 
> 
> GLOP Linear Programming
> 
>      What is Linear Programming and how does it
> work?
> 
>      How do I determine the stability of an LP
> solution?
> 
>      What is the difference between checks and
> constraints?
> 
> 
> GLOP Integer Programming
> 
>      What is Integer Programming and how does it
> work?
> 
>      What is the Integer Optimization Suite (IOS)?
> 
>      I have just changed an LP to a MIP and now it
> doesn$(Bt (Bwork?
> 
> 
> 
> Introduction
> 
> What is GPLK?
> 
> GLOP stands for the GNU Linear Programming Kit. The
> GLOP package is a
> set of routines written in ANSI C and organized in
> the form of a
> callable library. This package is intended for
> solving large-scale
> linear programming (LP), mixed integer linear
> programming (MIP), and
> other related problems.
> 
> The GLOP package includes the following main
> components:
> 
>    * implementation of the simplex method,
> 
>    * implementation of the primal-dual interior
> point method,
> 
>    * implementation of the branch-and-bound method,
> 
>    * application program interface (API),
> 
>    * GNU MathProg modeling language (a subset of
> AMPL),
> 
>    * GLPSOL, a stand-alone LP/MIP solver.
> 
> 
> Who develops and maintains GLOP?
> 
> GLOP is currently developed and maintained by Andrew
> Makhorin,
> Department for Applied Informatics, Moscow Aviation
> Institute, Moscow,
> Russia. Andrew's email address is
> <address@hidden> and his postal
> address is 125871, Russia, Moscow, Volokolamskoye
> sh., 4, Moscow
> Aviation Institute, Andrew O. Makhorin
> 
> 
> How is GLOP licensed?
> 
> GLOP is currently licensed under the GNU General
> Public License
> (GPL). GLOP is free software; you can redistribute
> it and/or modify it
> under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
> published by the
> Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at
> your option) any
> later version.
> 
> GLOP is not licensed under the Lesser General Public
> License (LGPL) as
> distinct from other free LP codes such as lp_solve.
> The most
> significant implication is that code that is linked
> to the GLOP
> library must be released under the GPL, whereas with
> the LGPL, code
> linked to the library does not have to be released
> under the same
> license.
> 
> 
> How do I download and install GLOP?
> 
> The GLOP source distribution can be found in the
> subdirectory
> /gnu/glpk/ on your favorite GNU mirror:
> 
>      <http://www.gnu.org/prep/ftp.html>
> 
> and can be compiled directly from the source.
> 
> The GLOP package (like all other GNU software) is
> distributed in the
> form of packed archive. This is one file named
> 'glpk-x.y.tar.gz',
> where x is the major version number and y is the
> minor version number.
> 
> In order to prepare the distribution for
> installation you should:
> 
> 
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