AMPL Student version + LGO Solver Shipment
For MS Windows OS Based Personal Computers

Setup and Basic Usage Information

Copyright Notice

AMPL - A Modeling Language for Mathematical Programming
(C) AMPL Optimization, Inc., http://www.ampl.com

LGO Solver Suite for Global and Local Nonlinear Optimization
(C) Pinter Consulting Services, Inc. (PCS), http://www.pinterconsulting.com

These notes are partially based on the readme file available with
the AMPL student version which is included in the shipment by permission.

Additional notes by Janos D. Pinter, PCS.

1. AMPL-LGO Shipment Files

ampl.exe	Student AMPL processor:
			For all details and support, visit http://www.ampl.com

AMPLWin.exe	A free Windows GUI to use with AMPL, by Brian
			Kernighan, 1998. Note: this is an unsupported GUI
			(as far as JDP knows), but it can make life easier
			for those Windows users who prefer a GUI.

AMPLWin-readme.txt	AMPLWin help file written by Kernighan

LGO.* and user_fct.*	LGO solver files placed in the AMPL directory

sw.exe		Provides a scrolling window with cut and paste
			to Win32 console binaries, such as the other
			.exe files listed above.
			Copyright (C) 2000 Lucent Technologies.

sw-readme.txt	Text file with more details about using sw.exe.

GOmodels	Subdirectory of examples:
			Contributed models by Elena Bobrovnikova;
			Added models by Janos D. Pinter.

2. Other AMPL Models

Many other examples of model and data files are available from or
via the AMPL web site, often accompanied by helpful discussions.
See http://www.ampl.com/EXAMPLES/index.html.

3. Quick Start Using AMPLWin

After reading the brief AMPLWin help file, launch AMPLWin.exe. Next, you
can invoke models from the GOmodels subdirectory, or from other sources
to the Model window. Please observe the comments in the example models:
these may help you to develop other models. Model data can also be
invoked separately as needed, in the Data window. Once a model is setup
properly, the Solve action will lead to displaying the solution in the
Command window.

4. AMPL-LGO Solver Technical Support

The AMPL-LGO solver is supported by PCS. A detailed LGO User Guide is
available upon request from PCS.

Contact: Janos D. Pinter, PhD, DSc
Pinter Consulting Services, Inc.
Email: janos.d.pinter@gmail.com
Web: http://www.pinterconsulting.com