Model development and optimization with mathematical™

Abstract

Mathematica is an integrated scientific and technical computing system, with impressive numerical calculation, programming, symbolic manipulation, visualization and documentation capabilities. In recent years Mathematica's optimization related features have been significantly expanded, both by in-house development and by application packages. Such developments make it an increasingly useful tool also in Operations Research studies. We review and illustrate these features, placing added emphasis on nonlinear (global and convex) optimization, and - within this context - discussing the application packages MathOptimizer and MathOptimizer Professional. © 2005 Springer Science+Business Media, Inc.