Linear Programming Packages
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Last modified: November 15, 2004

Name of the Package Author(s) Purpose
APOS Erling D. Andersen, TU Delft
Knud D. Andersen,
Dash Associates
Linear and Quadratic Programming,
Interior Point methods
ASLO Neculai Andrei, ICI, Romania
Mircea Barbulescu,
Canada
Linear Programming,
Simplex method
BPMPD Csaba Meszaros, Hungarian Academy of Sciences Linear Programming,
Interior Point method
CPLEX CPLEX a division of ILOG Linear Programming,
Simplex / Interior Point methods
FortMP Gautam Mitra, Mathematical Programming Group, Brunel University Large Scale Linear Programming,
Integer Programming,
Variable Separable Programming and Quadratic Programming.
WinGULF Erik B. Bajalinov, Debrecen University, Hungary
Linear and linear fractional programming package developed by Erik Bajalinov
especially for educational purposes
HOPDM Jacek Gondzio, The University of Edinburgh
Anna Altman,
Systems Research Institute, Poland
Linear Programming,
Interior Point method
LIPSOL Yin Zhang, Rice University Linear Programming,
Interior Point method
LOQO Robert J. Vanderbei, Princeton University Linear Programming,
Quadratic Programming, Interior Point method
LPABO Park Soondal, Seoul National University Linear Programming,
Interior Point method
LPAKO Park Soondal, Seoul National University Linear Programming,
Simplex method
LP_Solve Michael Berkelaar, Linear Programming,
Simplex method
MINOS Bruce A. Murtagh, University of New South Wales, Australia
Michael A. Saunders,
Stanford University
Large-scale linear and nonlinear programs
MOPS Uwe Suhl, Freie Universiaet, Berlin Linear Programming,
Simplex method
PCx Joe Czyzyk, Argonne National Laboratory
Sanjay Mehrotra,
Northwestern;
Michael Wagner
, Cornell University
Stephen Wright,
Argonne National Laboratory
Linear Programming,
Interior Point method
QPOPT Philip Gill, University of California, San Diego
Walter Murray,
Stanford University
Michael A. Saunders,
Stanford University
Linear and Quadratic Programming,
Active-set method
GIPALS Denis Smirnov, Marketing Director, Optimalon Software Linear Programming,
Interior Point method

2001 LINEAR PROGRAMMING Software Survey by Robert Fourer