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A large number of solvers for mathematical programming models has been hooked up to GAMS. Below we give a brief description of each solver. For more information click on the appropriate link.
| AlphaECP | MINLP solver based on the extended cutting plane (ECP) method |
| BARON | Branch-And-Reduce Optimization Navigator for proven global solutions from The Optimization Firm |
| BDMLP | LP solver that comes with any GAMS system |
| BENCH | A utility to facilitate benchmarking of GAMS solvers and solution verification. |
| COIN-OR | Link to the solvers in the COIN-OR project (COmputational INfrastructure - Operations Research). |
| CONOPT | Large scale NLP solver from ARKI Consulting and Development |
| CONVERT | Framework for translating models into scalar models of other languages |
| CPLEX | High-performance LP/MIP solver from IBM |
| DECIS | Large scale stochastic programming solver from Stanford University |
| DICOPT | Framework for solving MINLP models. From Carnegie Mellon University |
| EXAMINER | A tool for examining solution points and assessing their merit |
| GAMS/AMPL | A link to solve GAMS models using solvers within the AMPL modeling system |
| GAMSCHK | A System for Examining the Structure and Solution Properties of Linear Programming Problems Solved using GAMS |
| GAMS/LINGO | A link to solve GAMS models using solvers within the LINGO modeling system |
| GUROBI | High performance LP/MIP solver from Gurobi Optimization |
| Gather-Update-Solver-Scatter (GUSS) | A framework for solving many instances of related models efficiently |
| KNITRO | Large scale NLP solver from Ziena Optimization, Inc. |
| LGO | Lipschitz global optimizer from Pinter Consulting Services |
| LINDOGlobal | MINLP solver for proven global solutions from Lindo Systems, Inc. |
| MILES | MCP solver from University of Colorado at Boulder that comes with any GAMS system |
| MINOS | NLP solver from Stanford University |
| MOSEK | Large scale LP/MIP plus conic and convex non-linear programming system from MOSEK ApS |
| MPSGE | Modeling Environment for CGE models from University of Colorado at Boulder |
| MSNLP | Multi-start method for global optimization from Optimal Methods Inc. |
| NLPEC | MPEC to NLP translator that uses other GAMS NLP solvers |
| OQNLP | Multi-start method for global optimization from Optimal Methods Inc. |
| PATH | Large scale MCP solver from University of Wisconsin at Madison |
| PATHNLP | Large scale NLP solver for convex problems from University of Wisconsin at Madison |
| SBB | Branch-and-Bound algorithm from ARKI for solving MINLP models |
| SCIP | High-performance LP/MIP solver from the Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum fuer Informationstechnik Berlin (ZIB) |
| SCENRED | A tool for the reduction of scenarios modeling the random data processes |
| SNOPT | Large scale SQP based NLP solver from Stanford University |
| XA | Large scale LP/MIP system from Sunset Software |
| XPRESS | High performance LP/MIP solver from FICO |
| Kestrel | Framework for using remote NEOS solvers with a local GAMS system |
These are the model types supported by each solver.
Solver/Platform availability - 23.7 July 14, 2011
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x86 |
MS Windows x86_64 |
MS Windows x86 |
Linux x86_64 |
Linux Sun Sparc |
SOLARIS Sun Sparc64 |
SOLARIS Sun Intel |
SOLARIS IBM RS-6000 |
AIX 5.3 Mac Intel32 |
Darwin Mac x86_64 |
Darwin ALPHAECP |
 BARON 9.3 |
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BDMLP |
COIN-OR |
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CONOPT 3 |
CPLEX 12.3 |
DECIS |
32bit |
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DICOPT |
GUROBI 4.5 |
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KNITRO 7.0 |
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LINDOGLOBAL 6.1 |
6.0 |
6.0 |
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LGO |
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MILES |
MINOS |
MOSEK 6 |
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MPSGE |
MSNLP |
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NLPEC |
OQNLP |
32bit |
32bit |
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PATH |
SBB |
SCIP |
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SNOPT |
XA |
32bit |
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XPRESS 22.01 |
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