Mathematical Sciences Research Equipment, 1989

本项目为美国国家科学基金会数学科学部数学科学项目的科学计算研究设备项目。该计划支持购买专用于数学科学研究的专用计算设备。这些设备是几个研究项目所需要的，很难证明单独用于一个项目是合理的。国家科学基金会的支持与制造商的折扣和捐款以及提交提案的机构的大量费用分摊相结合。这个项目是学术、企业和政府合作支持数学科学基础研究的一个例子。该设备将用于支持莱斯大学数学科学系的三个研究项目：组合优化，由Robert Bixby和Andrew Boyd指导；《非线性规划》，约翰·丹尼斯和理查德·塔皮亚导演；计算地震学，由威廉·赛姆斯指导。

This is a grant under the Scientific Computing Research Equipment for the Mathematical Sciences program of the Division of Mathematical Sciences of the National Science Foundation. This program supports the purchase of special purpose computing equipment dedicated to the conduct of research in the mathematical sciences. This equipment is required for several research projects and would be difficult to justify for one project alone. Support from the National Science Foundation is coupled with discounts and contributions from manufacturers and with substantial cost-sharing from the institutions submitting the proposal. This program is an example of academic, corporate, and government cooperation in the support of basic research in the mathematical sciences. This equipment will be used to support three research projects in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Rice University: Combinatorial Optimization, directed by Robert Bixby and Andrew Boyd; Nonlinear Programming, directed by John Dennis and Richard Tapia; and Computational Seismology, directed by William Symes.