Shared computing facility for optimization modeling

我们建议建立一个共享的数学优化计算设施。该设施将由商业、计算机科学、工程和地理领域的研究人员共享。研究人员专注于不同领域的应用，包括化学过程控制、生物信息学、设施位置、呼叫中心操作和按需计算。它们的共同点是使用数学优化技术来找到优化某些性能度量的解决方案，以及对高性能优化软件的需求。最先进的优化软件是昂贵的，需要强大的硬件。因此，我们建议购买一台带有必要优化软件的服务器，供共同申请人及其研究生和研究助理共同使用。该软件将包括线性、整数和非线性规划求解器和软件，以促进这些求解器与其他必要的计算的集成。

We propose to establish a shared computing facility for mathematical optimization.  The facility will be shared by researchers in business, computing science, engineering, and geography.  The researchers focus on different areas of application, including control of chemical processes, bioinformatics, facility location, call centre operations, and on-demand computing.  What they have in common is the use of mathematical optimization techniques to find solutions that optimize some measure of performance and the need for high-performance optimization software.  State-of-the-art optimization software is expensive and requires powerful hardware.  Therefore, we propose purchasing a server with the necessary optimization software to be used jointly by the co-applicants and their graduate students and research associates.  The software will include linear, integer, and nonlinear programming solvers and software to facilitate integration of such solvers with other necessary computations.