ABOUT AMPL

AMPL is a general purpose development environment for describing production, distribution, blending, scheduling and many other kinds of problems known generally as large-scale optimization or mathematical programming.
The familiar algebraic notation and interactive command environment are designed to help formulate models, communicate with a wide variety of solvers, and examine solutions.
It is ideal for rapid prototyping and development of models, while its speed and generality provide the resources required by repeated production runs.

AMPL includes all libraries and two solvers. Additional solver capacity is available by adding one or more solver toolboxes, see the list of our products.

Also see the FAQ for more information.

AMPL solves sparse and dense problems in the following areas:

• Linear, Quadratic Programming. AMPL /SNOPT.
• Nonlinear Programming. AMPL /SOL.
• Global Optimization (Several minima), Box-Bounded, Nonlinear and Integer Constraints. AMPL Base Module.
• Linear and Nonlinear Least Squares. AMPL /SOL.
• Nonsmooth Optimization.
• Unconstrained Optimization.