AMPL is a computer language for describing production, distribution, blending, scheduling and many other kinds of problems known generally as large-scale optimization or mathematical programming. AMPL's familiar algebraic notation and interactive command environment are designed to help formulate models, communicate with a wide variety of solvers, and examine solutions. AMPL's flexibility and convenience make it ideal for rapid prototyping and development of models, while its speed and generality provide the resources required by repeated production runs.
How to access AMPL: A student version (limited to problems of 300 variables and 300 constraints and objectives, but full-featured in other respects) can be downloaded from the first link below. Currently MFCF does not host AMPL.
MFCF Undergraduate Seminar: Introduction to AMPL
Associated Data FilesFormally the IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio . A powerful and flexible optimization suite that solves integer programming problems, very large linear programming problems and many other types of problems. It also interfaces with C++, C# and Java.
How to access CPlex: We do not support CPlex on our servers. However it is available free to Academic users through the IBM Academic Initiative (you will need to join, but membership is free).
A wide variety of optimization software is available for every type of problem. Many can be downloaded for free or on a trial basis. An excellent resource is the "Decision Tree for Optimization Software".