Seminar Announcement

David Gay

Thursday, July 19, 2001
Bldg. 921, Room 137
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. PT

Videolink to Sandia - New Mexico:
Bldg. 980, Room 24
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. MT

AMPL is an algebraic modeling language and system for expressing and manipulating linear and nonlinear optimization problems in discrete or continuous variables. AMPL has so far only dealt with deterministic problems, but as interest in stochastic optimization grows, we are working to add facilities that will make working with some kinds of stochastic optimization problems easier. In particular, "random parameters" will permit expressing some multi-stage problems while letting suitable stochastic solvers do their own sampling. This talk gives an overview of AMPL and our current work to extend it.

This seminar is hosted by the Computational Sciences and Mathematics Research Department at Sandia National Labs in Livermore, CA. For more information on this or other events, visit http://csmr.ca.sandia.gov/news.html. Visitors from outside Sandia require advance arrangements in order to attend. For more information, please contact the CSMR office management assistant Doretha Smith at dahall@sandia.gov or (925) 294-4630.