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