Overview: Mixed Integer Linear Programming Tutorial

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Gurobi has a number of new tutorials, Optimization Application Demos and Jupyter Notebook modeling examples to help you broaden your knowledge of Optimization.

Overview: Mixed Integer Linear Programming Tutorial

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Mixed Integer Linear Programming Tutorial

In this 14-part video tutorial, Gurobi’s Sr. Technical Content Manager Pano Santos, PhD, explains the foundational principles of Mixed Integer Linear Programming. This series is useful for data scientists, computer scientists, business analysts, and systems/IT engineers who have some background in mathematical programming.

In this tutorial, you will learn:

  • Why mixed-integer programming (MIP) is important.
  • The advantages of using MIP instead of heuristics as a problem-solving approach.
  • The basic methods for solving a MIP problem.

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Overview: Linear Programming – An Introduction

Watch this video to get a preview of the Linear Programming Tutorial.

Linear Programming Tutorial

In this 14-part video tutorial, Gurobi’s Sr. Technical Content Manager Pano Santos, PhD, explains the foundational principles of Linear Programming and Mixed Integer Linear Programming. This series is useful for data scientists, computer scientists, business analysts, and systems/IT engineers who have some background in mathematical programming.

In this video series, you will learn about the key components to formulate Mixed Integer Linear Programming problems and the key principles of Linear Programming, which is the foundation of the entire field of mathematical optimization.

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Optimization Application Demos

The new Gurobi Optimization Application demos illustrate the value of mathematical optimization. Each demo is essentially a proof-of-concept of an application that addresses a challenging and high-value problem of a particular industry. Gurobi Optimization Application Demos are deployed on Amazon Web Services using Docker and Gurobi Instant Cloud. These demos will give you the context to understand the problem you are solving before you dive into the modeling. You’ll also see how applications can be implemented within a modern IT architecture.

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Jupyter Notebook Modeling Examples

We’ve developed examples to give you a starting point to learn how to build your own models with our Jupyter Notebook Modeling.

These Jupyter Notebook modeling examples illustrate important features of the Gurobi Python API modeling objects, such as adding decision variables, building linear expressions, adding constraints, and adding an objective function for a mathematical optimization model. In addition, they explain more advanced features such as generalized constraints, piece-wise linear functions, multi-objective hierarchical optimization, as well as typical types of constraints such as allocation constraints, balance constraints, sequencing constraints, precedence constraints, etc. These modeling examples also show how the modeling objects of Gurobi and the typical type of constraints can be used in different contexts.

These modeling examples:

-Illustrate broad applicability of mathematical optimization.

-Show how to build mathematical optimization models.

-Are coded using the Gurobi Python API in Jupyter Notebook.

View the modeling examples here:

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