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A Common Medium for Programming Operations-Research Models
September/October 2007 (vol. 24 no. 5)
pp. 39-47
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Suleyman Karabuk, F. Hank Grant, "A Common Medium for Programming Operations-Research Models," IEEE Software, vol. 24, no. 5, pp. 39-47, September/October, 2007.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/MS.2007.125,
author = {Suleyman Karabuk and F. Hank Grant},
title = {A Common Medium for Programming Operations-Research Models},
journal ={IEEE Software},
volume = {24},
number = {5},
issn = {0740-7459},
year = {2007},
pages = {39-47},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MS.2007.125},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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TY - MGZN
JO - IEEE Software
TI - A Common Medium for Programming Operations-Research Models
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SN - 0740-7459
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A1 - Suleyman Karabuk,
A1 - F. Hank Grant,
PY - 2007
KW - rapid prototyping
KW - scripting languages
KW - development tools
KW - simulation languages
KW - constrained optimization
VL - 24
JA - IEEE Software
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Suleyman Karabuk, University of Oklahoma
F. Hank Grant, University of Oklahoma
Operations research is an interdisciplinary science that develops scientific methods for modeling and solving decision problems. Software tools are essential in practicing OR, because model formulations and solution techniques are complex and require the use of computers. So, there are well-established software frameworks and implementations to support OR methodologies. Python, a dynamically typed language, can implement these software frameworks for major OR methodologies (mathematical programming and simulation) in the same programming environment. By doing so, Python, in effect, glues software environments that have been independent, thus improving the software development cycle for sophisticated applications requiring different model types. This article is part of a special issue on dynamically typed languages.
Index Terms:
rapid prototyping, scripting languages, development tools, simulation languages, constrained optimization
Citation:
Suleyman Karabuk, F. Hank Grant, "A Common Medium for Programming Operations-Research Models," IEEE Software, vol. 24, no. 5, pp. 39-47, Sept.-Oct. 2007, doi:10.1109/MS.2007.125
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