Nonlinear Programming Packages

EA3 Authors J.G. Ecker
Department of Mathematical Sciences,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,
Troy, NY 12181, USA
M. Kupferschmid
Alan M. Voorhees Computing Center,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,
Troy, NY 12181, USA
Language FORTRAN
Algorithm ellipsoid algorithm
Input Format  
Modeling Languages link  
Commercial Status ask the authors
Platform Any machine with a reasonable amount of memory and a Fortran compiler
Remarks EA3 is an extremely robust and competitive package for general nonlinear programming.
References J.G. Ecker, M. Kupferschmidt, An ellipsoid algorithm for nonlinear programming. Mathematical Programming, vol.27, 1983, pp.83-106.
J.G. Ecker, M. Kupferschmidt, A computational comparoson of the ellipsoid algorithm with several nonlinear programming algorithms. SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, vol.23, no.5, September 1985, pp.657-674.